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PHOTO OF THE DAY: Making Like a Tree Outside Upper West Side Whole Foods

A tipster sent us this photo of an elaborately adorned person/tree hanging out on the Upper West Side.* Said tipster writes: "Saw him yesterday walking down 106th, near Broadway, while at gym. Probably 8-9' tall on stilts, had to duck under deck scaffolding and was agile in doing so. Saw again toda ... More >>

Say Goodbye To Paninoteca, Funini

It's a dog-eat-dog world out there. Know of any restaurants or bars opening or closing? Drop us a line. Paninoteca, a sandwich shop on Columbus between 72nd and 73rd, closed a few days ago after only being open for a few months. [West Side Rag] Sandwich and juice spot Funini on Ludlow has closed. ... More >>

Who In History Would You Like To Interview?

At a Friars Club tribute to Bob Woodruff the other night, a panel of TV journalists was asked that very question. One replied Sandy Koufax because the famed pitcher was so inspirational and also has never talked much to press, so it would be a big "get."

Olive and the Bitter Herbs: Sour Power

In Charles Busch's new comedy at Primary Stages, it's ghosts, guffaws, and a super-kvetch

Robert Burnham Jr.'s 1983 Testament: An Astronomer-Recluse Inscribes His Universe (Part II)

Burnham in his Prescott, Arizona home lab, circa 1960.​ Yesterday, we published the first half of a 24,000-word "self-interview" by Lowell Observatory astronomer Robert Burnham, Jr. on what would have been his 80th birthday. Burnham died in 1993 at the age of 61. He was known not only for hi ... More >>

YANKEE DOODLE DANDIES

Land of the free and home of the gays

Times New Viking+the Babies

Open and Closed: Say Hello to Stivale, Goodbye to Baotique

Restaurants and bars, they come and they go. Here are a few making their debuts and bowing out this week. News has broken that the Oak Room at the Plaza Hotel is closing at the end of July, following management getting sued by the hotel for its rowdy champagne brunches. [NY Times]​ Baotique, ... More >>

Living in New York Keeps You Young!

​As you stumble home at 4 a.m. after a night of debauchery only to rise by 8 a.m. for work, and do it again and again, you might not think that your lifestyle is doing much to combat nature's curse, that is, getting old. But it is! (Well, it may depend on how many days of debauchery.) But eith ... More >>

Borders Bankrupt; Insert "Chapter 11" Joke Here

chillihead​As we mentioned in our morning link roundup, book retailer Borders is filing for bankruptcy and closing a third of its locations after posting losses of $680.6 million since 2007. Reuters reports that "the chain still faces questions about its longer-term survival in the face of com ... More >>

Upper West Side Librarian Wants Police Protection from Kids

​You don't need to convince us that large groups of children can be terrifying. Why are they so small? Why do they travel in groups? What are they plotting? Also, did you ever see Children of the Corn? But there's a librarian at the Bloomingdale Library at West 100th Street and Columbus (acros ... More >>

Free Will Astrology: December 1 through 7

How You Should Feel About Columbus Day, Plus 9 Other Things to Know About Today's Semi-Holiday

​Happy Columbus Day, if you choose to believe it's happy. If you do, and you're not working, you may want to check out the parade, which heads up Fifth Avenue from 47th to 72nd Streets, beginning at 11:30. New York gubernatorial candidates Andrew Cuomo and Carl Paladino are both expected to sh ... More >>

A Voce's Missy Robbins, Part Two: Travel, Summer Eating, and her Biggest Kitchen Mistake

A Voce's Missy Robbins​Yesterday, we brought you part one of this interview with A Voce's Missy Robbins--the chef talked about the practical ways she manages two kitchens at once, cooking for the Obamas, and why she doesn't think of herself as a female chef. Here, in the second half of the in ... More >>

The Fourth Annual Village Voice Readers' Film Poll -- The Best Films of 1967!

"We rob banks."​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. February 8, 1968, Vol. XIII, No. 17 Films by Andrew Sarris The readers of The Village Voice have responded in unprecedented numbers to the fourth annual poll of ten-best lists. For the record, the previous winners are "D ... More >>

Robert Sietsema at The Meatball Shop; Sarah DiGregorio at Merit Kabob and Dumpling Palace

This week in the Voice, Robert Sietsema discovers the most "perfect meatball hero" at The Meatball Shop. Unfortunately, "the restaurant insists on making several more varieties, some of dubious worth." Sarah DiGregorio finds the one place in New York where "you can get Bangladeshi trotter stew and T ... More >>

Bomboloni Descends Upon Columbus Avenue

nromagna/FlickrBeauteous bomboloni.​Behold, more fried dough fetishization: following months of delays, Bomboloni has opened on the Upper West Side. A project of David Ruggerio, who owns the neighborhood restaurant's Lansky's Old World Deli and Sushi a Go-Go, it will sell, as its name suggests ... More >>

'Numero's Eccentric Soul Revue'

Enjoy Your Non-Holiday Holiday

Today is Columbus Day. Alternate side of the street parking is suspended; schools, city government offices, and courts are closed; mail delivery is suspended. Some banks may be open. So, probably, is the place where you work, as Columbus Day has become, in our work-or-die era, something like an opt ... More >>

UWS Whole Foods Tries to Keep Things Kosher

Because nothing dampens outrage like the promise of bulk bins and vacuum-packed bags of goji berries, Upper West Siders lined up last night for a preview of the new Whole Foods at 97th Street and Columbus. According to Racked, the new store, located on the site of a former jazz club, won't be sellin ... More >>

Clip Job: Inside with Monk

 Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesAugust 13, 1964, Vol. IX, No. 43Inside with MonkBy J. R. GoddardFor the second straight week I've lucked on some good Village jazz, which makes me feel a little like Columbus discovering both North and South America on one quick boatride. M ... More >>

Disaster in Sausage-Land

​Snap these sausages up when you see them around town, because a key packaging facility in South San Francisco burned to the ground. Shown above, Columbus' uncured dry salame (left) and the transcendent cacciatore (right). Sixty-five fire fighters responded to multiple alarms at the Columbus ... More >>

Sriracha, Spotted Everywhere

While eating with my in-laws at a stodgy fish restaurant in suburban Massachusetts, I asked the waiter for Sriracha, almost just to see what he would say. But he nodded knowingly, and brought out a dish of the red, garlicky hot sauce. That's when you know that Sriracha has hit the mainstream. That, ... More >>

The Choke+Fiasco+the Back C.C.s+GDFX

Not Everyone Loves a Parade

Why Is Sex With Someone You Don't Know Such a Powerful Fantasy For So Many?

Are Mexicans Like Scots?

That's blarney.

Trinity House Residents Seek 'Kool Herc' Reprieve

Pinkberry to UWS

A Day Without White People

On May Day, the masses rose up in New York. But where were the white peaceniks?

The Bohemian Diaspora

The Yearning Annex: Education Listings

Journey to Norwabia

A culinary trek through Bay Ridge

Tonight! One of the World's Craziest Videos!

Goodbye, Columbus

I am wearing shorts, a tank top, and flip-flops. You will see why this is relevant.

Well Strung: Carter's Musical Present Tied Up With a Bow

Pranks for the Memories

Ex-Met Wiseacre Roger McDowell Hotfoots It Into Coaching

Clusters

Pelham Parkway's Profusion

Railroad Apartment in Tenement

Sports

Best of the Rest

Chinese Whispers

Edward Payson Vining’s Art of Error

The Winter 2001 Voice Education Supplement

Ketchup Versus Ketjap

Border Crossings

Ljubljana, Lyon, and Neo-Exoticism in the New Europe

Yanks: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly

Sumptuous Food on Special Reserve

Loft in former spice warehouse

Drip, Drip, Drip

Drip, Drip, Drip