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5 Great Food Events This Weekend

Friday, May 17 Sweet Leaf Tea's Be Sweet New York Sweet Leaf Tea will unveil a bottle cap art installation on the High Line in Chelsea tonight. The event kicks off the company's "Be Sweet Out There" campaign to inspire kind acts in New York City, and complimentary tea and entertainment will be given ... More >>

Greta Gerwig Isn't Your Average It Girl

The Sequester Ruins...Fleet Week's Gay Nightlife?

If you tuned into this afternoon's dour White House press briefing, you would have heard a lot about...dun dun dun...the sequester. Several public goods are going to get mercilessly slashed as the cuts begin to take effect, and they go something like this: Head Start, Meals on Wheels, food facility ... More >>

Meningitis Outbreak Accelerates in NYC Gay and Bi Communities

Department of Health calls for 100,000 vaccinations as fatalities climb in 2013

The Return of Cost: The Tag Machine is Back

One of the nineties' best-known graffiti masters returns to the streets

How Uptown Money Kills Downtown Art

Students and Families Suffer Most In Bus Strike and City Has Itself to Blame

As more than 8,000 school bus drivers and matrons formed picket lines around the city this morning, some 152,000 students and their families were forced to find alternative means of transportation in the pouring rain. Jackie Ceonzo, mother of a 17-year-old autistic son, had to find a way to get her ... More >>

New Year's Eve In New York: A Survival Guide

New York, New York. The name luxuriously repeated by Frank Sinatra and later rejuvenated by Jay-Z evokes images of the city's guilty nightlife, where everyone who hustled and bustled all day finally let their vices loose. It's the lifeblood of our weekends in this hedonist metropolis, when bars, clu ... More >>

El Anatsui Hits the Bottle Cap

The artist gets an early start to his big year in New York

Q&A: Julieta Ballesteros of China Latina, Part 1

Julieta Ballesteros is a huge advocate for fusion foods. It's not often you see the words "Szechuan Beef Wonton Tacos" strung together on the same line, but innovative dishes such as these are what Ballestros is promoting at her newest venture, China Latina. The eatery opened up in October and ser ... More >>

DOC NYC Again Holds a Mirror to its Hometown

93 of the 8 million stories

The Show Does Not Go On

Sandy an unwelcome theater gate-crasher

What's Happening This Week: Fatty Crab Boil, Omnivore Food Festival

Tuesday, September 18 Crab Boil. Fatty Crew Hospitality Group announces the seventh anniversary of Fatty Crab this month. To celebrate, the restaurant will be hosting a Maryland-style crab boil from September 17 through October 17. It's serving blue crabs with "Malay old bay" seasoned water, steamed ... More >>

Say Hello To More 16 Handles, Ristorante Rafele

16 Handles Frozen Yogurt is expanding across Manhattan with four additional stores. Already opened: Chelsea at 178 8th between 19th and 20th streets. Slated to open late August: Murray Hill at 428 Third Avenue between 29th and 30th streets. October opening: SoHo at 240 Lafayette between Spring and P ... More >>

A Visit With Art-World Hero Chuck Close

Getting some face time, as he gears up for his new fall show

Five Questions To Ask About An MLS Soccer Stadium In Flushing Meadows Park

The week before last, rumors began cropping up that Major League Soccer's long-running search for a place to put a new New York City team -- a search that had circumnavigated the boroughs from Pier 40 in the West Village to Randall's Island and Willets Point -- had settled on a site: the northeast c ... More >>

New York Is Over. (But First, Weather on the 1s in Abel Ferrara's Last Day on Earth)

NYC's 10 Best Bargain Seafood Restaurants

​The catfish sandwich at Taste of Seafood (#10 in our countdown) is abundant, cheap, and delectable, especially smeared with tartar and jerk sauces. For those who think Omega-3 fatty acids mean longevity, fish is the new meat. For the rest of us, seafood is a just another delightful option ... More >>

Our 10 Best Cupcakes in NYC

You gotta feel sorry for the little cupcake. Overhyped by Sex and the City, then derided by food writers, they've become turds of the dessert world. True, cupcake conglomerates like Crumbs and even Magnolia Bakery aren't doing a lot for the single-serving confection (and everyone knows Magnolia is a ... More >>

Robert Sietsema at Land of Plenty; Lauren Shockey at Parm

​ This week in the Voice, Robert Sietsema samples Sichuan in his review of Land of Plenty: "At the end of the last century, who could have predicted Manhattan would someday be speckled with Sichuan restaurants? But as old-school takeaways vanished, pricier Sichuan places appeared in Chelsea an ... More >>

Ask the Critics: What Are Some Affordable, Non-Gimmicky Restaurants Where I Can Celebrate Thanksgiving?

Another Pint Please.../FlickrWhere to find turkey dinners (and non-turkey dinners) this Thanksgiving​ Rob Z. asks: I was wondering if you had any recommendations for Thanksgiving. My friend and I are going to be by ourselves. Do you know of restaurants that will be open that day? We would love ... More >>

What's Happening This Week: Beerathon!

Our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the hottest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here!Coast to Coast Wine and DineRestaurant Marc ForgioneNovember 15Satisfy your appetite for community service and epicureanism Tuesday night. Forgione's tasting features the talents ... More >>

Our 10 Best Things to Eat on 23rd Street

Lauren ShockeyLa Maison du Macaron makes cookies in every color you can imagine​23rd Street isn't necessarily considered a gastronomic thoroughfare. More likely, it's thought of as being home to various chain eateries (Pret, Chipotle, etc.) catering to the office worker lunch crowd and, of co ... More >>

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Say Hello to Sauce, Battersby, Loi

Here are the latest newcomers to New York City's cutthroat dining scene. If you hear of any new openings or closings, let us know. International Gourmet Kitchen (IGK) is a new lunch spot in Chelsea, offering great value on everything from burgers to burritos to Asian rice bowls. [Midtown Lunch] To ... More >>

Say Hello to Burnside Brooklyn, The Smith Midtown, Ventanas

Here are the latest newcomers to New York City's cutthroat dining scene. If you hear of any new openings or closings, let us know. Plenty is a new bakery on the Upper East Side, offering crumb cake, rugelach, and layer cakes. [NY Times] Williamsburg is getting a Midwestern-themed bar in Burnside B ... More >>

Our 10 Best Museum Restaurants

Not long ago, the museum cafeteria was where you lunched on sad ham-and-cheese sandwiches while resting your weary feet after gallivanting through crowded exhibits. No more. New York City boasts not only some of the best museums in the world, but also some of the top museum eateries, offering up e ... More >>

Mark Malkoff's 14-Hour Cab Ride Cost $468.10

A few weeks ago, we posted on comedian Mark Malkoff and his attempt to give out free cab rides to New Yorkers. Malkoff ended up driving around in that cab for 14 hours, and he filmed the entire day. "You can imagine how long of a shower I needed," he said. In addition to regular old cab rides (one ... More >>

Fall Arts: Juan Puntes Likes to Poke at Things Inside the White Box

Chiles & Chocolate Follows Beer Table and Toby's Public House From the Slope to Manhattan

nsnn.com​While Brooklyn and Manhattan's dining exchange program has generally followed the pattern of the latter's restaurateurs colonizing Williamsburg, Park Slope is leading the reverse charge into Manhattan.

There Is a Steampunk, Submarine-Inspired Apartment for Sale in Chelsea

Richard Caplan for Core​We love real estate. Especially WTF/How Is This Even Possible? real estate, like New York City apartments with indoor pools and swings and slides that one can use to travel from room to room. And apartments inspired by submarines! Such an apartment is currently for sale ... More >>

Did Chipotle Kill Soul Daddy?

NBCJamawn Woods​Even by the embarrassingly low standards of New York City restaurant life expectancy, Soul Daddy's six-week lifespan was pretty flagrantly bad. And according to Jamawn Woods, who created the Soul Daddy concept for the reality TV show America's Next Great Restaurant, it's all Ch ... More >>

Hate Violence Up for LGBT People, in New York Area and the Nation, Says Report

A flyer from a 2010 vigil for gay teens who committed suicide​Violence against gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgender people was up last year, both in New York City and the nation at large, according to the 2010 National Report on Hate Violence. The report was released today by the National C ... More >>

'Hot In Cleveland' Gals Sex Up NYC!

Sitcoms' oldies talk about their new golden years on TV Land

Anthony Weiner and Huma Abedin, Like Many Couples, Had a 'Miserable' Saturday Out

​Recently resigned Rep. Anthony Weiner was spotted again -- first it was buying spinach, then bad flowers -- this time with his wife Huma Abedin in Manhattan, where the couple, who are expecting their first child, ate "plain pizza, a salad and pasta" in Chelsea, while "chained to their cellpho ... More >>

Open and Closed: Say Hello to The Lot on Tap, Goodbye to Café Charbon

Restaurants and bars, they come and they go. Here are a few making their debuts and bowing out this week. New Roma Pizza on the Lower East Side has been closed since Memorial Day and will not reopen. [Bowery Boogie] The New York Film Academy Café will close its doors on June 30, as the building t ... More >>

10 Places Better Than the Apple Store to Take Pictures in NYC

Really?​There are a lot of neat places in New York, tourist attraction or otherwise, which is why we were pretty shocked to learn that one of the most photographed spots in the city is the Fifth Avenue Apple Store. (The findings were based on one researcher's experiment with Flickr geotags.) C ... More >>

Summer Guide: Lisa D'Amour's Motor City Bayou

First new trees, then off to Detroit for the wide-ranging playwright. Plus, summer theater picks.

James Beard Awards Restaurant and Chef Semifinalists Announced

opentable.comThe product of blood, sweat, and tears​It's almost time for the Oscars. That is, the Oscars of the food world: the James Beard Foundation Awards. Today marked the announcement of the restaurant and chef semifinalists, who were chosen from a record 28,000 online entries. Finalists ... More >>

The Roasting Plant Plans to Put Down Roots Around Manhattan

Photo courtesy of the Roasting Plant​When the Roasting Plant opened almost four years ago, it made the block of Orchard Street between Broome and Grand an unlikely coffee geek destination, one that would help to make the neighborhood below Delancey attractive for high-end caffeine pushers like ... More >>

Go Go Tales A Sweet Strip Tease

Kim Kardashian: "I Love Being 30 and Single!"

She's 'empowered'; Dan Choi's having fun; Joan Collins is showing slides

This Week in the Voice: Shock The Junkie with Ibogaine Ingestion

​It's common knowledge that kicking a capital-H Habit isn't the most pleasant experience, to say the least. But what if there were a cure for drug addiction out there that only comes with one side effect, that of intense hallucinations? For this week's Village Voice cover story, join Keegan Ha ... More >>

Fat Pants Friday: An Early Look at Lulu Cake Boutique

Lulu's chocolate-raspberry rugelach.​ Although our field research for Our 10 Best Bakery Desserts had by the middle of the week made us ready to swear off sugar until the next election, we were lured back into the hypoglycemic fray by Lulu Cake Boutique, which opened its doors on Wednesday. ... More >>

Blind Items About Abortions And Trannie Chasers!

Who's doing what to whom? Your guess is not as good as mine.

Sneak Peek at 42nd Street's Gay Urban Resort

Big, lavish complex planned—hotel, dance club, spa. Y'all come!

New York's Ten Worst Landlords, Part 2

In a city of slumlords and broke-ass apartment buildings, these stand out.

Iron Chef Boyardee

Our man Sietsema opens up a can of worms

Humpless

Why you should go to Newark to gorge yourself on barbecued beef

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