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March 26, 2012
Cuban Singer Lubricates Herself In Hotel Bathrooms
Cuban spitfire Margarita Pracatan entertained the crowd of 32-year-old gays at the Laurie Beechman on Friday with her wacky wisdoms and zany song stylings, directed by Zach Udko. At one point, the malapropic marvel revealed that when she leaves the house for some fun, she doesn't want to come back ... More >>
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March 23, 2012
Say Goodbye to Eighty Four on Seventh, Sweet Paradise
Home/Made in Red Hook was severely damaged in a fire on March 19, and had to temporarily shut down. Red Hook CSA is taking donations to help the owners rebuild the restaurant. [Red Hook CSA] Eighty Four on Seventh has closed after a year and will be replaced by Leyla, a new American restaurant. [Gr ... More >>
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March 21, 2012
Where Am I Eating? Here's a Clue.
So far you've given me some solid guesses for Where Am I Eating?, and I'm feeling the Brooklyn love, but I'm not at Talde, Mile End, Shake Shack, or Purbird. I'll give you a photo clue. This Manhattan restaurant's restrooms have some pretty fun wallpaper, which looks like...
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March 19, 2012
What's Happening This Week: World Water Week, Pizza Lessons
Celebrate World Water Week (March 19-25) by participating in the UNICEF Tap Project. Restaurants this week will ask customers to donate $1 or more for the tap water they drink while dining, and donate all proceeds to the program. Here's a list of participating restaurants. Monday: The American Ins ... More >>
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March 15, 2012
What Killed The Nightlife?
Face it. Except for a few fun places and a couple of happening nights, it's even deader than the last time I asked what killed it. Here are my guesses as to the culprits responsible for this tragic death:
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March 14, 2012
This Week In The Voice: Ital's Spin Control, Lee Ranaldo Steps Out, And Why You Shouldn't Hate Boy Bands
In this week's Village Voice, out now: Michaelangelo Matos profiles Daniel Martin-McCormick, the Brooklyn electronic musician with widespread acclaim and punk rock roots; Jesse Jarnow talks to Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo, who just released his first solo album; and I defend the boy band against the sn ... More >>
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March 13, 2012
Brooklyn's Restaurant Week Is Almost Here
During Dine in Brooklyn, the borough's restaurant week that takes place March 19 to 29, thrifty Brooklynites and visitors can dine in 200-plus restaurants for $25 for dinner and $20.11 for lunch.
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March 12, 2012
What's Happening This Week: Hello, Choice Eats!
See what epicurean mischief you can get into this week:
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March 9, 2012
Speedy Romeo Dishes Up Some Yummy Baked Bivalves
Speedy Romeo (376 Classon Avenue, 718-230-0061) opened up recently on the border of Bed Stuy and Clinton Hill, offering a menu of wood-fired pizzas, steaks, and grilled seafood in a cozy setting. The spot, which is named after one of the chef's family's racehorses, offers a selection of inventive p ... More >>
Dining
March 7, 2012
Talde: Pan-Asian in the Pan
A Top Chef-er takes his toque to the Slope
Voice Choices
March 7, 2012
P-ART-Y
Who needs the art crowd of  Manhattan when you got Brooklyn?
Blogs
March 6, 2012
Sound Of The City March Madness: The Bracket Unveiled
Sound of the City's monthlong tournament to determine the quintessential New York City musician (since 1955, the year of the Village Voice's founding) has reached the bracketology stage, that moment where you, the viewer (and voter!) get to see just which musicians are up for consideration, and whic ... More >>
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March 6, 2012
Long Live the G-Train? New Petition Tries to Preserve Park Slope Extension
Well, here are four words we never thought we would type: Save the G-train? Brooklyn's straphangers, known to love the looping line as much as they hate it, are now rallying in support of the G: District Leader Lincoln Restler has organized a petition to keep the MTA from cutting off full Church Av ... More >>
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March 6, 2012
Coney Island Brewing Company Returns for the Summer Season
Shmaltz Brewing Company is launching the second official season of Coney Island Brewing Company -- a/k/a the World's Smallest Brewery -- located, yep, in the heart of Coney Island. Last summer saw the launch of the brewery, which produces a whopping one gallon of beer per batch. For the upcoming re ... More >>
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March 6, 2012
AG's Office: Pretending To Get Hit By A Car In New York Is Fairly Lucrative. It's Also Illegal
Turns out, there's a lot of cash in pretending to get hit by a car in New York City. Unfortunately, it's also illegal -- just ask the 16 Brooklyn residents arrested today for their alleged involvement in an insurance scam that consisted staging car wrecks and, in some cases, pretending to get hit ... More >>
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March 3, 2012
Puppy Theft Problem: Brooklyn and Queens Pet Stores See Doggy-Nappings
Today both the New York Daily News and the New York Post featured stories of poor innocent puppies being taken from pet shops by illegal means. Yes, if two's a trend, it seems like we have a puppy problem on our hands. First via the Daily News we learn that two 15-year-olds were arrested yesterday ... More >>
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March 1, 2012
Burnside Brooklyn's Sparkling Rose
The drink: Sparkling Rose The bar: Burnside Brooklyn (506 Grand St., 347-889-7793) The price: $10
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February 29, 2012
Download: Wet Witch's Pummeling "New Ways"
Radioactive industrial-punk mutants Wet Witch slither from the Burn Books label, the same sludgehurlers who got us Pregnant this time last year. Part Jersey Shore wash-up, part Brooklyn crust-over, Wet Witch's four-song, one-sided 12" (out now, limited to 500) comes complete with the band's name mel ... More >>
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February 29, 2012
Whole Foods Cleared for Brooklyn Site
It's official, Brooklyn is getting a Whole Foods on a site along the Gowanus Canal. On Tuesday, the supermarket chain got approval for zoning changes from the city's Board of Standards and Appeals, clearing the last hurdle before it can obtain building permits and start construction, reports the Wal ... More >>
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February 29, 2012
Andy Rourke of The Smiths to DJ at Choice Eats; Sixth and Final Group of Participating Restaurants Announced
Fork in the Road is proud to announce former Smiths bass guitarist and veteran DJ Andy Rourke will be spinning the wheels of steel at this year's Choice Eats tasting event. Which raises the question: Can you pogo while eating?
Voice Choices
February 29, 2012
NIGHT CRAWLERS
Widowspeak try out some new ones
Voice Choices
February 29, 2012
BRIDEZILLA IN BROOKLYN
It's a nice day for a nonwhite wedding
Voice Choices
February 29, 2012
Kent Odessa
It's a nice day for a nonwhite wedding
Blogs
February 27, 2012
What's Happening This Week: Meatball Slapdown, Craft Cocktails
At Edible Manhattan's cocktail pairing event, which takes place on Tuesday, February 28 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., you can try out drinks made by New York City mixologists with craft spirits. Tickets are $45.
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February 25, 2012
Year of the Takeout Day 54: Brooklyn Wok Shop
Chicken Bun from Brooklyn Wok Shop (182 North 10th Street, Williamsburg, 347-889-7992)
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February 24, 2012
Events for Meat Lovers This Weekend and Beyond
At Aporkalypse Now, an all-you-can-eat pork fest taking place this Saturday at 404 (404 Tenth Avenue, 212-290-2665), 10 New York City chefs will each prepare a whole farm-raised hog in nose-to-tail fashion and serve the spoils to the guests. Among the featured chefs this year are Prime Meats' An ... More >>
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February 22, 2012
GHOSTS WILL BURN
Parts & Labor go out in style at 285 Kent
Voice Choices
February 22, 2012
SUPERNATURAL
School of Seven Bells  haunt Mercury Lounge
Voice Choices
February 22, 2012
Robbers on High Street
School of Seven Bells  haunt Mercury Lounge
Blogs
February 21, 2012
What's Happening This Week: Butcher Lessons, Coffee & Tea Festival
Make fried chicken and skillet macaroni and cheese at the Brooklyn Kitchen on Feburary 22 at 6:30 p.m. Tickets for the class are $75. Sample the meats of Brooklyn butchers and learn about their craft at the Brooklyn Brewery on February 22 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $5.
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February 17, 2012
Tea Room's Kombucha Party in Williamsburg
Tea Room, a kombucha bar (yes, you read right, a bar dedicated almost exclusively to serving kombucha), just opened in Williamsburg last week, according to Grub Street. It sells six types of kombucha, all prettily named: Sunset Peach, Jasmine Pearl, Gingerly Love, Chocolate Tart, Silver Needle Jasmi ... More >>
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February 15, 2012
Updated: Choice Eats Announces Additional Participants, Still More Coming Up
Mile End's legendary smoked-meat poutine, with curds and gravy, of course. Choice Eats proudly announces the fourth group of restaurants, bakeries, and other purveyors of delicious foodstuffs to its Tuesday, March 13 festival line-up. Newcomers include: Bep, Brooklyn Brine Co., Fay Da Bake ... More >>
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February 15, 2012
Download: Farewell Republic's Churning Mini-Epic "Wake"
Winnie JengWhen alt-epic crew Farewell Republic recorded their beaming, hazegazy debut, Burn The Boats, none of the members had reached the age of 23, but it sounds like they lived through the 1990s multiple times: Swirly Corgan guitars with none of the arena cheese, shoegaze pedal chains for ... More >>
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February 15, 2012
NYPD Hit With Flurry of Bad Raid Lawsuits
Last month, the NYPD was hit with at least six bad raid lawsuits, including faulty incursions into a 76-year-old woman's apartment, and a residence occupied by a married couple and two five-year-old kids, court records show. A police officers named in one of the lawsuits has already cost the city ne ... More >>
Voice Choices
February 15, 2012
PROJECT WILLIAMSBURG
The fashion kings and queens of hipster nation
Voice Choices
February 15, 2012
Snarky Puppy
The fashion kings and queens of hipster nation
Blogs
February 13, 2012
What's Happening This Week: Batali Sandwiches, A Gumbo Cook-Off
Screening of Beer Wars at the Park Slope Co-op Learn about the U.S. beer industry at the Park Slope Co-op on Tuesday at 7 p.m. with Beer Wars, a documentary by director Anat Baron. Tickets are free. Batali Sandwiches at Num PangStarting February 15, Num Pang will serve sandwiches created by famou ... More >>
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February 10, 2012
Say Goodbye to Sweet Melissa, Little Branch
Little Branch in the West Village was shut down by the Department of Health yesterday for operating without a permit. [Eater]Sweet Melissa in Cobble Hill is no more. The owner will now dedicate all her energy to the Park Slope location. [NYT]
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February 10, 2012
New Amsterdam Market Gets a Pop-Up Soda Fountain
Remember when the perfect Valentine's Day date was taking your sweetheart to the soda fountain for a nice coke float? Neither do we. But you can re-create the experience at the pop-up soda fountain at New Amsterdam Market this weekend.
Dining
February 8, 2012
Kavkaz: Nuts to You
A Brooklyn restaurant leaves herds of sheep testicle-free
Blogs
February 8, 2012
No. 7 Sub Comes Up With More Crazy Heroes for Its Greenpoint Location
The innards of the shrimp-pork sausage submarine -- sandwiches don't get moister than this. There's an unspoken rivalry between places that offer doctrinaire versions of dishes and those that choose to be wildly innovative. Is it a better business model to give the public exactly what they're used ... More >>
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February 6, 2012
The Bureau of Unknown Destinations Offers an Outlet for Your Cabin Fever
Even the best New Yorkers can sometimes feel a little antsy after spending too much time in the city. Perhaps this is why rich folks have their summer houses out in the Hamptons, and there is a new four-story REI in Soho trying to convince people to give hiking and adventuring a chance. Now, a new ... More >>
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February 3, 2012
Bushwick Hipsters Apparently Too Post-Ironic to Care About Area Crime
One of the more unexamined elements of the shooting of police officer Kevin Brennan is that it happened in Bushwick, which has recently replaced Williamsburg as the cheap hipster neighborhood of choice. The influx of young, white college students, who frequent newer coffee shops in Bushwick and fa ... More >>
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February 2, 2012
Tomorrow: NYC's 10 Best Bargain Seafood Restaurants
Randazzo's shines like a beacon on Sheepshead Bay, the last man standing from what was once a large population of Italian clam bars along the bay. Will it make our top 10? The city's most well-regarded and renowned seafood restaurants -- places like Le Bernardin, Molyvos, and Esca -- are big-ticke ... More >>
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February 1, 2012
The Islanders Are Coming! The Islanders Are Coming!
Things have been mostly quiet on the New York Islanders arena front since their public vote for a new home in the 516 crashed and burned spectacularly last summer. That all changed yesterday afternoon, however, with the announcement that the team has scheduled an exhibition game against the D ... More >>
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February 1, 2012
Bushwick's Party Xpo To Reopen as Renovated XPO 929
Party Xpo, an uncommonly resilient DIY space nestled under the J/M/Z tracks, has magically withstood two years of logistical hassles. After opening in January 2010 with a typically cantankerous Japanther benefit show, local law enforcement took notice of the place, paid a few visits, and the space w ... More >>
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January 30, 2012
Architects Propose an 'Infinite Forest' for AIDS Memorial in West Village
Yeah, we know Manhattan is a really, really crowded place. There's not always a lot of room to build new stuff, but that challenge is not stopping a group of Brooklyn architects from proposing a forest in the West Village. And not just any ole' forest -- but an "infinitely" large one! Open-space-pa ... More >>
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January 27, 2012
Q&A: Southpaw Co-Owner Matt Roff Talks About The Venue's Closing
Yesterday the news that the Park Slope club Southpaw would be turning into an educational center for children broke, and we got comment from co-owner Matt Roff—whose business interests also include Williamsburg's Public Assembly, Greenpoint's No Name Bar, and Crown Heights' Franklin Park— ... More >>
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January 27, 2012
Bed-Stuy Gets Its Own Dollar-Slice Joint
New gastronomic asset at the corner of Nostrand and Fulton The phenomenon of the dollar-slice joint continues to spread across the city like a spilled bottle of ink.
Blogs
January 26, 2012
Southpaw Closing Next Month; Tutoring Center To Open In Its Place
On Tuesday, a flare regarding the future of the Park Slope venue Southpaw went up via Twitter: "I cant believe I'm writing this but, Southpaw will be closing its doors for good Feb. 20th," wrote @TheGreatHustler, a member of the Park Slope venue's booking and marketing department. "The venue has bee ... More >>
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