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Wylie Dufresne Opens Alder in East Village; Desnuda Opens in South Williamsburg

Wylie Dufresne has caused quite a stir with the opening of Alder, his new restaurant on Second Avenue. The hotspot opened last Thursday and was the newest East Village restaurant to warrant waiting lines around the block. Dufresne told Flo Fab, "It's not meant to be a destination, like wd-50." Inste ... More >>

The Ten Best Concerts in New York This Weekend, 3/15/13

Here are the 10 best concerts to check out around the city this weekend, in no particular order.

So-Called Modesty Committees Bully Businesses, Cyclists

It's typical for people in Orthodox Jewish communities to dress conservatively; you'll often see women in long-sleeved tops and full skirts or men in pants and high-collared shirts strolling through southern Brooklyn. What's unusual is the lengths some will go to make sure their neighbors follow t ... More >>

Yo Yo, Where Did You Go Go?

This hoard of meat and fritters sets you back only $7. For 15 years, one of my favorite Brooklyn restaurants was Yo Yo Fritaille, a Haitian spot on Nostrand Avenue somewhere south of Church. "Restaurant" is a bit of an exaggeration: The place consisted of a single large drafty room that looked lik ... More >>

KNOCK OUT

Championship boxing at Barclays Center

MUENSTER MASH

Action Bronson cooks up fun

Lana Del Rey's Top Six Hip-Hop Connections

She's no longer an Internet phenomenon, but the moody singer Lana Del Rey has turned into something of an infatuation for rappers, who are more than eager to collaborate and canoodle with her. In honor of her headlining a series of shows at Irving Plaza this week, here's a short list of her notable ... More >>

Who's Getting Foreclosed on in Brooklyn Tomorrow? A Grumpy Chinese Restaurant

The Voice is starting a new feature several times a week. As foreclosures continue unabated across the nation, the Voice will be profiling the foreclosures that happen every week right here in the five boroughs. We'll be looking closely at the properties facing foreclosure, the public auctions where ... More >>

Children Of The Night Wave The New York Flag On Queens... Revisited

"I find myself walking to work and I can see the sun rise right over Queens Boulevard, and I say to myself, why hasn't Queens gotten a trophy in a very long time? I mean, I feel like we deserve to shine right now, don't we? We got a beautiful, beautiful, beautiful team and I can see us parading down ... More >>

Live: Slaughterhouse (Minus Joe Budden) Satisfy The Faithful At Best Buy Theater

Slaughterhouse w/Flatbush Zombies Best Buy Theater Thursday, March 29 Better than: Spending the next few nights in the bookings alongside Joe Budden. There's Joell Ortiz. Here comes Crooked I. Royce just bopped onstage... but where's... uh oh. "Where's Budden at?" shouted the tipsy Nets hat next t ... More >>

Lil Wayne, Skrillex, And Others Fire Up Austin On Day Two Of SXSW

If you're familiar with chaos theory, which in its basic form is the attempt to find patterns in this planet's many happenings, then you may understand the difficulty that comes with describing a full day at the South By Southwest festival in Austin, Texas. To break down the chaos, a few of Village ... More >>

Forty-Year-Old John Lindsay Campaign Billboard Uncovered in Flatbush

John Lindsay was the mayor of New York City from 1966 to 1973. That's definitely far enough in the past that you'd think his campaign materials would be long gone. Check out this photo, though: That's a Lindsay campaign billboard from the late 60s, recently uncovered on the corner of Bedford and ... More >>

M50 Bus Wins "Slower Than a Lawnmower" Acclaim

According to this year's annual "Pokey" award, the slowest local bus route in New York City is the M50, which travels crosstown on 49th and 50th Streets between First and Twelfth Avenues, clocking in at just 3.5 miles per hour at noon on a weekday, according to Straphangers Campaign staff and volunt ... More >>

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Stoops to Conquer

Ode to a Brooklyn neighborhood

LIFE IS A CARNIVAL

Someone have a feather headpiece we can borrow?

Brooklyn Begets Another Market

dimensionsguide.com​What would summer in New York be without another market to ply the masses with artisan cupcakes and silk-screened onesies? It wouldn't be summer in New York at all, particularly for Urban Space, the specialty retail market developer that's planning to open a new market on F ... More >>

Whither the Korean Greengrocer?

Inha Leex Hale/Flickr​Although they may appear ubiquitous, Korean grocers, with their outdoor fruit and flower displays and inventory of everything from Clif Bars to Cup Noodles, are actually far less common in New York City than they were two decades ago.

Brooklyn's Best Butchers; New Coffee Hot Spots

​Goodfoodjobs.com, new Craigslist-type website for job seekers looking for employment in a sustainable food environment, has launched. [Diner's Journal] A roundup of Brooklyn's best butcher shops includes New Public Meat Market in Sunset Park, Michael's Prime Meats in Flatbush, and M&S Prime ... More >>

Taro Sushi's New Flatbush Avenue Outpost Is Open

​Earlier this month, we were excited to learn that Taro Sushi, a much-loved, miniscule Park Slope fixture, was expanding to a larger location on the corner of Flatbush Avenue and St. Marks Place. The restaurant projected a late-September opening, and according to Here's Park Slope, it has come ... More >>

Ed Cotton In at Plein Sud; Massimo De Francesca In at Nios

​Ed Cotton, formerly of BLT Market, will be the executive chef at Frederick Lesort's new Tribeca brasserie, Plein Sud, set to open next month. [NY Times] Massimo De Francesca, who was previously at Domaso, just outside D.C., will take over the kitchen at Nios, and is planning such new menu it ... More >>

Erinn Phelan of NYC Civic Corps Identified as Brooklyn Hit-and-Run Victim

​Recent Brown University graduate Erinn Phelan, 22, who was hired in June as a coordinator for Mayor Bloomberg's NYC Civic Corps initiative, has been identified as one of the victims in an early-morning hit-and-run accident in Prospect Heights. Police sources tell the News that Phelan, who was ... More >>

Shayquan Davis, Suspected Flatbush Rapist, Arrested

​Police announce they have apprehended Shayquan Davis, the young man sought for a sexual assault on a 17-year-old woman in Flatbush last Wednesday. The assailant also took her purse. They found Davis today in a basement apartment on East 91st Street in Brooklyn. Davis was originally though ... More >>

Shayquan Davis, 17, Sought in Flatbush Sex Assault

​​This is Shayquan Davis, 17. Police believe that last Wednesday night around 10:30, he grabbed a 17-year-old girl on Schenectady Avenue in Flatbush, and robbed and sexually assaulted her. If you have any info on Davis, NYPD asks that you call 1-800-577-TIPS, log on to www.nypdcrimesto ... More >>

Battle of the Dishes: Chicken-Fried Chicken Livers from Cornbread Diner and Tipsy Parson

​​ If the current fixation with all foods cholesterol-laden and comforting brings about a chicken-fried chicken liver renaissance, all that superfluous mac-and-cheese will have been worth it. They're elemental and delicious, entry-level offal. The crisp, rugged batter contrasts nicely wi ... More >>

Pix from Ambiance, a Haitian Restaurant in Canarsie, Brooklyn

​Djon djon rice is a Haitian homestyle specialty, rice boiled with spindly black mushrooms native to the island along with baby lima beans. While Hatian restaurants in town were originally concentrated in Flatbush and East Flatbush, a fanning out of the Haitian population in Brooklyn has resu ... More >>

10 Brooklyn Restaurants Worth Going To; Eater Founders' Favorites

​Daniel Boulud reportedly raced back from the Epicurious.com Entertains NYC event last week when he heard that a very recognizable Sam Sfton was at his flagship Restaurant Daniel. [NY Post] Costco has struck a deal with Tyson for testing for the pathogen E. coli. Costco will start buying beef ... More >>

Yes In My Backyard: Download Dinowalrus' "Electric Car, Gas Guitar"

Yes In My Backyard is a semiweekly column showcasing MP3s from new and emerging local talent. Ted Gordon​Brooklyn ecstasy-noize troupe Dinowalrus crawl out of the teeny-tiny opening Animal Collective and Black Dice have made for fluttery textures, ambient suckscapes, and incoherent blare-chan ... More >>

How to Be a Japanese Reggaephile

Step one: Move to Kingston or Brooklyn, and try not to get killed

The Cider Scene at Flatbush Farm

Flatbush Farm's Basque Cider Festival last night featured plates of Basque peppers and Idiazábal cheese. The cider itself--Sarasola Sagardoa, with its razor sharp acidity and yeasty funk--was poured as it should be: from high overhead into a glass held at waist level, which stimulates the bubbles ... More >>

New York Named Least Manly City

The compulsive listmakers at Sperling's Best Places have come up with "America's Manliest Cities." The #1 butchtown is Nashville, and at the bottom of the list of 50 towns is New York. Nashville took the warm, sticky crown with "its high number of NASCAR enthusiasts" and "popularity of hunting and f ... More >>

Get a Jamaican Fix at Gordon's Bakery

Poking around the Prospect-Lefferts Gardens neighborhood in Brooklyn today, I came across Gordon's Bakery and Restaurant. At first glace, I thought the place focused mainly on baked goods, but a second look revealed a long breakfast/lunch menu: Cow's foot soup, oxtail, curry goat, chicken and shrim ... More >>

Election Night Eating and Drinking (Plus Bonus Sex Toy)

More Voters Discuss Election with CUNY Students

The Biggest Little News Stories: Fat Cats and Big Ass Fans

Apocalypse Now? Purse-snatchers and iPhone Robbers

City Council Scorecard: Two Indictments and an Ongoing Investigation

Duck mistaken for chocolate in South Ozone Park

Rock-rock-Rockaway roti

A Mighty Wind in Brooklyn

Too Legit

Busta Rhymes pisses more grape seeds

2006 Jazz Supplement Listings

Fool's Gold

A Park Slope trattoria adds new recipes to the repertoire

The Man Who Would Be Kings

Wannabe 'Brooklyn Nets' Owner Ratner Already Is a Man for All Subsidies

Sports

Close-Up on Ditmas Park

Close-Up on Crown Heights

Listings

Hooky for a Day

Protesting the Louima Decision

Like, Zoiks!

Baby Warbucks