Lauren Booth

Late Bloomers

John Brown Smokehouse: Long Island City Gets a Great Barbecue

Queens now tastes a little like Kansas City

The Beat Hotel

Queens now tastes a little like Kansas City

Detachment

Queens now tastes a little like Kansas City

Live: The Secret Policeman's Ball Speaks Freely At Radio City Music Hall

The Secret Policeman's Ball: Coldplay, Mumford & Sons, Russell Brand, Eddie Izzard, and many others Radio City Music Hall Sunday, March 4 Better than: Watching the Lohan Saturday Night Live on DVR. Going to a live show that's actually meant to be broadcast on television can be a deadly propositio ... More >>

Coluck: Strange, Cheap, and Hidden

An odd Hong Kong café lurks down an alleyway

The Weirdest Portrayals of Asians In Movie History

Hollywood used to have a habit of putting slanty-eye makeup on non-Asian stars and passing them off as from "the Orient." Here are some of the more egregious examples:

Petula Clark Sings "Downtown" Uptown!

"I know a place where we can go," as Brit pop goddess Petula Clark sang in one of her 15 consecutive Top 40 U.S. hits that came out in the 1960s. It's Feinstein's at Loews Regency, where "Pet" is serving you her hits in grand style (without any of the self-conscious I'm-doing-you-a-favor attitude o ... More >>

Potbelly Sandwich Shop: One Great Genre-Hopping Sandwich

At Potbelly you'll be serenaded, as Andy Warhol looks on. When Potbelly and the Earl of Sandwich debuted a few months ago, they were treated as co-equal combatants in the new sandwich-chain sweepstakes. The first came via an ancient Chicago sandwich shop; the second as a claimant to the actual ped ... More >>

Underwhelmed And Overstimulated, Part Eight: What Happened When Skrillex Helped America Discover Rave

​Sound of the City's year-end roundtable, with contributions from Tom Ewing, Eric Harvey, Maura Johnston, Nick Murray, and Katherine St. Asaph, continues. Follow along here. Thanks Katherine—though I'm afraid I'm going to kick the "defending Drake" can further down the road, and leave i ... More >>

Downton Abbey Star: My Kids Think I'm Stupid!

January 8 marks the Season 2 premiere of Downton Abbey, the Masterpiece series on PBS, which has earned kudos for its wondrous mix of period dramatics and comedy-of-manners satire. Trust me, it's even better than the Kardashians.

Laura Marling

January 8 marks the Season 2 premiere of Downton Abbey, the Masterpiece series on PBS, which has earned kudos for its wondrous mix of period dramatics and comedy-of-manners satire. Trust me, it's even better than the Kardashians.

Za'atar Brings a Feast of the Middle East to the West Village

Greenwich Avenue has gotten a crop of new eateries recently. Whitehall, the new Brit-influenced spot from the team behind Highlands, is getting lots of buzz, but if it's cheap eats you're after, you're better off checking out new Middle Eastern spot Za'atar (50 Greenwich Avenue, 212-242-3451). The s ... More >>

London Boulevard

Greenwich Avenue has gotten a crop of new eateries recently. Whitehall, the new Brit-influenced spot from the team behind Highlands, is getting lots of buzz, but if it's cheap eats you're after, you're better off checking out new Middle Eastern spot Za'atar (50 Greenwich Avenue, 212-242-3451). The s ... More >>

Superman's British: Anyone Care?

​ This debate's been raging on for some time now, but I have to finally break my rule of not giving a flying hoo-ha about action heroes and weigh in on it. You see, Henry Cavill plays the title role in the eagerly awaited Superman: Man of Steel, coming out next year.

The Seven Worst Songs Of All Time

​Whenever these tunes get played, I hide under a rock for four minutes--actually, five, just for safety's sake. They are easily the seven worst songs in history. (7) Mr. Roboto by Styx. I would have ranked this a little higher, but its sheer kitschy audacity, pulled off in a sort of nouvea ... More >>

What's a Brunch Restaurant with Non-Boring Brunch Food?

Monica P. asks: Brunch is by far my favorite meal, but I always seem to end up at restaurants that have the same brunch menu, like eggs Benedict, eggs Florentine, buttermilk pancakes, and mimosas. I'm looking for an awesome brunch spot that offers something different. Any ideas? Dear Monica: When ... More >>

Posts of the Week

Rebecca Marx​ C'est la fin de la semaine. Et alors, les histoires de la semaine ... A goodly gallery of a garden herbs. Our 10 Best Hotel Restaurants. Sunset Park's Schnitzel Bar is one of the city's most obscure restaurants.

'Discovery' with DJ Harvey+Kyle Hall

Rebecca Marx​ C'est la fin de la semaine. Et alors, les histoires de la semaine ... A goodly gallery of a garden herbs. Our 10 Best Hotel Restaurants. Sunset Park's Schnitzel Bar is one of the city's most obscure restaurants.

This is Your Life? YouTube Crowdsourced Thingamamovie, Life in a Day

Rebecca Marx​ C'est la fin de la semaine. Et alors, les histoires de la semaine ... A goodly gallery of a garden herbs. Our 10 Best Hotel Restaurants. Sunset Park's Schnitzel Bar is one of the city's most obscure restaurants.

Dish No. 82: Roasted Old Fashioned Chicken at Jones Wood Foundry

​J.W.F.'s roast chicken in all its propeller glory You're liable to run into trouble claiming your food is old fashioned, since no one can agree just what old fashioned means. Indeed, there is something distinctly not old fashioned about the fussy arrangement of elements on the plate in the " ... More >>

Morrissey Thinks The Word "Indie" Has Been Bleached Of All Meaning

​"The word 'indie' is meaningless now. It's so over-used that people think it simply means green hair." —The always-quotable Morrissey has some things to say about the current state of pop music in an extended interview with Billboard; he calls Madonna "McDonna" and wishes she'd be more ... More >>

Robert Sietsema at Jones Wood Foundry; Lauren Shockey at Monument Lane

This week in the Voice, Robert Sietsema samples Brit bites -- not English tapas! -- at Jones Wood Foundry; Lauren Shockey finds Monument Lane a bit of a bore.​ Sam Sifton is enchanted by Brushstroke: "The menus are the product of thousands of hours of research and testing by Mr. Bouley and hi ... More >>

Ten Hot Famous Fat Chicks

Sam Zide Dan Weiss is the author of the blog Ask a Guy Who Likes Fat Chicks and he's profiled in our recent feature, "Guys Who Like Fat Chicks." He put together a list of ten hot famous bigger women with the disclaimer that he "tried to mix girls I personally think are pretty with girls you don't ha ... More >>

Ezekiel Honig+Xela+Borne

Sam Zide Dan Weiss is the author of the blog Ask a Guy Who Likes Fat Chicks and he's profiled in our recent feature, "Guys Who Like Fat Chicks." He put together a list of ten hot famous bigger women with the disclaimer that he "tried to mix girls I personally think are pretty with girls you don't ha ... More >>

'Saved Records Presents Nic Fanciulli+Stacey Pullen'

Sam Zide Dan Weiss is the author of the blog Ask a Guy Who Likes Fat Chicks and he's profiled in our recent feature, "Guys Who Like Fat Chicks." He put together a list of ten hot famous bigger women with the disclaimer that he "tried to mix girls I personally think are pretty with girls you don't ha ... More >>

With One Crazy British Stunt Over, Another Begins

​As his country was trying to get some shut-eye last night before its big gay wedding in the morning, Jon Beeby had left London and was arriving in New York City for a very different kind of commitment. The tall, strapping young man, all six-foot-four of him, plans to start walking Sunday fro ... More >>

Jerusalem Brings Blood And Guts To Broadway: My Review

​The new Olivier by way of John Belushi, Mark Rylance is willing to go to even darker places than an electrician in a power blackout. Three years ago, he won a Tony for his Buster Keaton-ish deadpan in Boeing Boeing, and more recently he played a scary vulgarian who spoke in verse in the stim ... More >>

Britney Spears Runs on (American) Idol

Famous for being a famous singer, she shows up—and that's about it

Frankenstein and Keira Knightley—Don’t Confuse the Two

A March march through London theater (sorry, ‘theatre’)

'Turrbotax Presents Jackmaster+Deadboy'

A March march through London theater (sorry, ‘theatre’)

Jamie Woon

A March march through London theater (sorry, ‘theatre’)

Lulu Guinness Features Ice Cream Handbags in Bleecker Street Store

​The ice cream confections featured on the Lulu Guinness clutch include (left to right): Chocolate Nut Sundae, Knickerbocker Glace, Fruit Sorbet Surprise Brit accessories designer Lulu Guinness is featuring ice-cream-themed purses in the window of her Bleecker Street store as part of her "Li ... More >>

Adele Tops The Billboard Charts, Actually Sells Some Records

​Finally, a Billboard #1 we can back wholeheartedly: Congrats to Adele, the Brit soul-singer non-diva of whom we are quite fond, for selling a whopping 352,000 copies of her excellent new 21, the best-selling chart-topper since ye olde My Dark Beautiful Twisted Fantasy back in November. This o ... More >>

Exclusive: Hear Obits' "Shift Operator," A Killer New Jam About A Math Problem

Yes In My Backyard is a semiweekly column showcasing MP3s from new and emerging local talent. ​The shaggy garage-punks in Obits have returned for a second round of three-minute yowlers and blues-rawk howlers. Already beloved as a grown-ass version of frontman Rick Froberg's manic indie-punk l ... More >>

Giveaway: Two Tickets To See Adele Friday Night At The P.C. Richard & Son Theater

​Bazooka-voiced Brit soul singer Adele's second album, 21, is out later this month (NPR is streaming the whole thing right now), and to celebrate, she's doing a free NYC show Friday night at the P.C. Richard & Son Theater, invite-only, courtesy your friends at iheartradio.com. That link puts y ... More >>

Open & Closed: Say Hello to 61 Local, Goodbye to The City Grill

Restaurants and bars, they come and they go. Here are a few making their debuts and bowing out this week. La Taqueria in Park Slope has closed completely after downsizing from sit-down restaurant to takeout joint in October. [Eater] East Village vegan café the Little Bird appears to be closed and ... More >>

Blind Items! Blind Items! Blind Items!

You figure out the names.

TURN IT UP

New talent flock to a bigger, better BEMF

Badly Drawn Boy

New talent flock to a bigger, better BEMF

TOXIC OPERA

Britney does it again, and again

Squeeze+Cheap Trick

Britney does it again, and again

How to Fix the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Tips on how to expand its reach—or blow it up entirely

'Film Comment Selects' at Lincoln Center

Hail to The Victors, and revolting youth, and confused assassins

William Lustig's 'Buried Treasures' at Anthology

Presenting a '70s hit list where the results aren't pretty

Soap Ogling

Jersey City harbors one of the area's best-value seafood spots

G-Spot

A new Village Italian bistro masquerades as a gastropub

Flying Snails

A new Village Italian bistro masquerades as a gastropub

Irish Stew

A new Village Italian bistro masquerades as a gastropub