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April 6, 2012
Blogroll Gazette: Cooking Iguanas, Best Food Blog Awards
Squid Ink posts a promo video for the Chef's Feed App,"The Critic Hunter," which spoofs nature wildlife shows and makes fun of Yelpers in one fell swoop. Gourmet Live visits the pope's farm. Find out how to how to hunt and cook iguana at The Perennial Plate.
Blogs
January 17, 2012
A Baby Was Born on a PATH Train Yesterday
A baby boy was born on a PATH train en route to Manhattan yesterday, allowing for all sorts of hilarious "express train" jokes from the dailies. Rabita Sarkar and her husband, Aditya Saurabh, New Jersey residents, hadn't expected the baby for another two weeks, but, as they say, the baby waits for n ... More >>
Dining
January 11, 2012
Taste of India and Thali (Food) Court Jersey City
There's hope for your tongue at Newport Centre Mall
Blogs
January 11, 2012
This Week in the Voice: The 100 Most Powerless New Yorkers
This week in the Voice, out today: Steven Thrasher's listing of the 100 most powerless New Yorkers. Among them: weed-delivery guys and the transgendered sex workers of Hunts Point. Maura Johnston notes the many aesthetic links between David Lee Roth and Kanye West.
Blogs
December 20, 2011
Fork in the Road's Favorite Hot Dogs in New York City
Dinnercraft / FlickrIt's time for Tuesday Toasts, our weekly feature highlighting the Fork in the Road team's favorite versions of popular dishes and favorite spots in the city for a given activity. They might not be the best or the coolest or the newest, but instead represent the things and ... More >>
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November 11, 2011
A Refuge for Foodies With Legal Problems?
On Journal Square's main drag in Jersey City, the prominent legal offices of Anise & Anise. After a voluminous meal of dosas, iddlies, and other South Indian brunch items in Jersey City, and groggy from so much food, a friend an I stumbled on the law offices of Anise & Anise. Pretty funny ... More >>
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November 5, 2011
Best Vegan Brunch in the NYC Area?
The vada-iddly combo will set you back less than $5, and is served with homemade coconut and peanut chutneys. To hell with eggs and to hell with bacon. Yes, they can be great, but what if your dietary preferences prevent you from eating them? A brunch at Jersey City's Sri Ganesh's Dosa Hou ... More >>
Blogs
October 29, 2011
Stealth Barbecue at Legal Beans Coffee Bar in Jersey City
The pulled pork sandwich may be Legal Beans' only actual barbecue offering -- but it depends on how you define BBQ. The New York area is filled with barbecue fanatics who will travel almost any distance to check out a new 'cue emporium, and it's a rare place that escapes the notice of smok ... More >>
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April 29, 2011
Watch Titus Andronicus' Jersey Travelogue "No Future Part Three: Escape From No Future"
It's true, as Titus Andronicus frontman states in the prelude to his band's video for "No Future Part Three: Escape From No Future", that New Jersey has taken a bit of a beating, reputation-wise, over the past year or so, thanks in large part to the many reality-TV depictions of the Garden St ... More >>
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April 22, 2011
Video Arcades Are Basically Kept Alive by Alcohol
Game over.For anyone who's spent more than 15 minutes in Barcade, this should come as no surprise, but it seems that alcohol is the reason the bar has been successful enough to expand to Jersey City and, this summer, Philadelphia. This news comes courtesy of The Wall Street Journal, which r ... More >>
Blogs
February 16, 2011
Jeff Mangum Is Touring, Playing Town Hall
The greatest indie-rock comeback story of all time (probably) (hopefully) continues apace: Neutral Milk Hotel deity Jeff Mangum has now announced a clutch of East Coast shows to complement his appearance at that crazy Asbury Park ATP event that I'm assuming is all sorts of sold out by now. Th ... More >>
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October 7, 2010
Tomorrow: Our 10 Best Vegetarian Restaurants
Robert SietsemaThe kanchipuram idly at Sapthagiri, a strictly vegetarian Indian restaurant in Jersey City.Having already explored the inside of a pig's cranium this week, we've decided to venture in a slightly different direction for tomorrow's Our 10 Best. While New York abounds with excel ... More >>
Blogs
June 29, 2010
Jersey City Madam Arrested for Running Prostitution Ring Out of Her Apartment
This photo is irrelevant, but we feel it sets a certain mood for the story.You're going to love this. A smooth-operating Jersey madam revealed the details of her business to "an undercover Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent posing as a corrupt cop offering protection," according to the ... More >>
Blogs
March 25, 2010
Paulie Gee, Brooklyn's New Pizzaiola: Moving From IT to Pizza, and the Pie's Eternal Appeal
If you've read Slice in the last three years, you've probably heard of Paul Gianonne, aka Paulie Gee. The man has a serious love for pizza, so serious that he's turned it into his second career--lending hope to unhappy IT experts everywhere. Gianonne lives in Warren, New Jersey, where he rais ... More >>
Dining
March 24, 2010
Spring Guide: A Tongue-Torching Tour of Town
If you've read Slice in the last three years, you've probably heard of Paul Gianonne, aka Paulie Gee. The man has a serious love for pizza, so serious that he's turned it into his second career--lending hope to unhappy IT experts everywhere. Gianonne lives in Warren, New Jersey, where he rais ... More >>
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March 11, 2010
The Week of New York's Free Nicotine Fix: Reasons to Sign Up That Don't Involve Quitting Smoking
Do you smoke? Doesn't matter. You should register for New York City's free patch and gum program going on for the next two weeks. Not because you're going to quit -- because, let's face it: you won't -- but because it's there for the taking. To be clear:
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February 3, 2010
Pix From Sapthagiri, a Vegetarian Indian Restaurant in Jersey City
Kanchipuram idly (weekends only) are turmeric-orange in color and come studded with cashew nuts, fresh ginger, and coriander leaf. This week Counter Culture wigs out at Sapthagiri, a strictly vegetarian restaurant in Jersey City's Indian Square neighborhood, a three-block walk north of the P ... More >>
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February 3, 2010
Sietsema at Sapthagiri; DiGregorio at Torrisi Italian Specialties and Despana
This week in the Voice, Our Man Sietsema samples an array of vegetarian southern Indian, including Jain and Swaminarayan food, at Sapthagiri in Jersey City. Sarah DiGregorio makes a couple of meals out of the Italian-American bites at Torrisi Italian Specialties and the Spanish tapas at Despana. Sa ... More >>
Dining
February 2, 2010
No F*%#ing Onions at Jersey's Sapthagiri
Anger-making orbs and other delights at a veggie Indian restaurant
Blogs
December 1, 2009
Latest Attack by Nature on New York: Sleeper Deer
How did a deer get on Governors Island, where it was tranquilized and captured today? "Deer are considered good swimmers," says Fox News. Oh, so it swam there from, say, Bay Ridge? "The deer," says Fox, "was spotted earlier in the day in Jersey City," where it presumably has a loft with chea ... More >>
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November 14, 2009
Ellis Island evacuated again
A week after a transformer fire forced the evacuation of Ellis Island, it was evacuated again today for an hour and a half after a visitor found white powder on an audio headset. Visitors reported waiting an hour for boats to take them to lower Manhattan. A Jersey City fire official said tha ... More >>
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October 13, 2009
The Taco Truck Opens in North Jersey, Reaches Apotheosis of Vendrification
Per its publicity arm, the Taco Truck has officially launched, and is now roving the streets of Hoboken and Jersey City, selling "sustainably responsible" Mexican staples like tacos, tortas, tamales, and sopas. While the truck's commitment to green practices -- it's outfitted with recycling ... More >>
Film
September 29, 2009
A Beautiful Life: Misery Pile-Up About An Abused Teenage Runaway
Per its publicity arm, the Taco Truck has officially launched, and is now roving the streets of Hoboken and Jersey City, selling "sustainably responsible" Mexican staples like tacos, tortas, tamales, and sopas. While the truck's commitment to green practices -- it's outfitted with recycling ... More >>
Blogs
June 19, 2009
Vegetarian Delights of NYC--Jalapeno Pie at Famous Pizza
You can feel your lips burning, and stomach churning, by just looking at this jalapeno pie (click for heartburn) Elmhurst is the location of the original Famous Pizza, a chain which has spread to locations as far-flung as the East Village and Jersey City. It's still the best by far, though the ... More >>
Blogs
June 18, 2009
Organ Recital--Sheep Intestines and Trotters
Our friend and far-flung correspondent (and former Gourmet food editor) Lillian Chou picked up and moved from Jersey City to Beijing in February, and you can read about her exploits in the blog Chinagirl. Periodically, she sends us pictures from behind the Bamboo Curtain. She posts these p ... More >>
Blogs
April 27, 2009
Plane Circling Statue of Liberty Just "Taking Photos," Says Paper
If you were worried about the plane lazily circling the Statue of Liberty this morning, don't be: the Staten Island Advance reveals, albeit belatedly, that the military flight "taking photos" of the statue. "Reports indicate it may be Air Force One," they add, suggesting that the Obama may have got ... More >>
Blogs
March 30, 2009
All Points West Lineup Announced, New York Gets Some Friday Night Love
No Radiohead compound this year, but All Points West is evidently returning to Liberty State Park in Jersey City. We applaud the overdue local chauvinism in having the Beastie Boys (and fellow New Yorkers Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Vampire Weekend, and the National) headline Friday. Tool and MBV hold down S ... More >>
Blogs
January 28, 2009
The Search for Kenyan Food in Jersey
A year ago the Voice ran a piece called "Kenyan Unrest, Jersey Style," a fascinating story about how Kenyan immigrants who identified with the opposition party, the Orange Democratic Movement, were streaming into a fairly obscure corner of Jersey City after a disputed election a few mont ... More >>
Blogs
January 27, 2009
Strange Snacks of the World -- Cracker Nuts
Everyone has heard of Beer Nuts (redskin roasted peanuts) and corn nuts (roasted or deep-fried kernels), but what about cracker nuts?
Blogs
January 7, 2009
Pix from Krishna Cuisine
In conjunction with our review of Jersey City's new vegetarian restaurant, Krishna Cuisine, and for people who would rather look at pictures of food than read about it, here are some photographs of the principal dishes. One of the remarkable appetizers presented, as far as we can time, for the first ... More >>
Dining
January 7, 2009
Hearty Krishna Cuisine in Jersey City
New vegetarian restaurant hits Jersey City's Newark Avenue
Art
July 29, 2008
'How Soon Is Now?' at the Bronx Museum of the Arts
New vegetarian restaurant hits Jersey City's Newark Avenue
Voice Choices
July 29, 2008
'How Soon Is Now?' at the Bronx Museum of the Arts
New vegetarian restaurant hits Jersey City's Newark Avenue
Voice Choices
June 24, 2008
Vinyl Mania
Eleven hours, one big-ass record store
News
February 5, 2008
Kenyan Unrest, Jersey Style
Kikuyus, Luos, and Kisii in Jersey City nervously watch events in Nairobi
Blogs
January 3, 2008
Our Man Sietsema: 'Some of the Best Indian Food in the Region'
Kikuyus, Luos, and Kisii in Jersey City nervously watch events in Nairobi
NYC Life
December 4, 2007
Newark Ave. Nights
"Restaurant Row" might be a stretch, but Newark Ave. is blowing up
NYC Life
May 8, 2007
Stuck in the City—and Lovin' It
Four cool adventures for three hot months
Dining
April 3, 2007
Tastes Like Turkey
A dough canoe from the Aegean mysteriously disappears
Music
October 3, 2006
Walk Unafraid
Yo La Tengo briefly convince us that New Jersey is for lovers
Dining
April 25, 2006
Trunk Show
It's all in the micro-organisms at vegetarian South Indian
News
November 1, 2005
Letters
It's all in the micro-organisms at vegetarian South Indian
NYC Life
August 23, 2005
Cyber-Pioneers Fight for Tenant's Rights and Political Reform
It's all in the micro-organisms at vegetarian South Indian
NYC Life
January 11, 2005
Close-Up on the Jersey City Waterfront
It's all in the micro-organisms at vegetarian South Indian
Dining
December 7, 2004
Day of the Dosa
A toasted-cheese surrogate comes to life in Jersey City
NYC Life
May 27, 2003
Close-Up on Jersey City
A toasted-cheese surrogate comes to life in Jersey City
Art
January 15, 2002
Case Clothed
A toasted-cheese surrogate comes to life in Jersey City
Books
May 1, 2001
Family Circus
A toasted-cheese surrogate comes to life in Jersey City
NYC Life
August 10, 1999
Sexism & the City
On the Bias
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December 15, 1998
Top Guns
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