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Lexington (Kentucky)

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2012

    Updated: Choice Eats Announces Additional Participants, Still More Coming Up

    ​Mile End's legendary smoked-meat poutine, with curds and gravy, of course. Choice Eats proudly announces the fourth group of restaurants, bakeries, and other purveyors of delicious foodstuffs to its Tuesday, March 13 festival line-up. Newcomers include: Bep, Brooklyn Brine Co., Fay Da Bake ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2011

    Happy Hour at Subway Inn

    If spending time with family on Thanksgiving doesn't drive you to drink, then a visit to a department store on Black Friday surely will.

  • Dining

    November 16, 2011

    Banana Leaf: Here's Your Skanky Wallop

    Brooklyn's Sunset Park goes a little more Malaysian

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2011

    NYPD Passing out "Gear Guards," Marking Phones with Invisible Ink for Straphangers

    Is your gear protected? Your phone marked with invisible ink? In response to increased crime on trains, NYPD officers have been passing out "gear guards" at various subway stations this week to make sure passengers' backpacks and purses are safe from pick pocketing thieves.

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2011

    New Yorkers Are Kind of Couch Potatoes, Says Survey

    This totally counts as exercise.​As residents of a city known for busy people who seem perpetually on the go, we weren't surprised that New York was not ranked the nation's Most Sedentary City by Men's Health. The honor there went to Lexington, Kentucky. That said, we were a little shocked to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2011

    Rickshaw Dumpling to Park It Permanently in Midtown

    ​Given that the Rickshaw Dumpling truck is a more or less constant presence in the lives of Midtown office workers, its original storefront on West 23rd Street can seem like a bit of an afterthought. But bricks and mortar are still very much a part of the company's MO, as their plans for expan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2011

    Our 10 Best and Cheapest Grand Central Station Eats

    ​Dive into the comparative culinary wonderland! For two railroad terminals only two-thirds of a mile apart as the crow flies, the chow couldn't be more different. Penn Station is awash in cheesy fast-food, and the rancid smell fills your nostrils as you run for the train. By contrast, the cu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2011

    Murray Hill Is For Douchebags, Arrested Development

    ​Even the New York Times says so! Murray Hill, the New York City neighborhood occupying blocks between 34th Street and 40th Street from Madison to Third Avenue, gets chuckled at in this morning's newspaper as the home of buildings "more challenging than a dorm, though not much more." Known for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2010

    The Underground Churros Scene

    Victoria BekiempisA token from the subway​ The stale trail mix, dusty soda cans, and pre-Cold War candy bars sold at news stands--alongside nudie mags and Kardashian-loaded celebrity rags--pretty much make up the subway's food scene. But deep inside the 59th and Lexington station, where the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2010

    MTA Unveils Six-Foot-Tall Futuristic Subway Intercoms for Interhuman Communication

    via MTA​Someday in the not-too-far-off future, you will be able to go about your daily business of work and life and never, ever have to speak to an actual person face-to-face. The MTA gets a jump on that with a new pilot program that will install new MTA Help Point Intercoms in the 23rd Stree ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2010

    NYC Cravings's Zongzi

    Pork fat, Chinese sausage and boiled peanuts lurk in the depths​One might legitimately balk at paying $4 for a zongzi, those streamed glutinous rice bombs stuffed with good things and wrapped in bamboo, which you can get in Chinatown for one buck. But in NYC Cravings's defense, their zongzi ar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2010

    Caroline Giuliani Arrested for Shoplifting at Sephora

    ​Uh oh. According to the New York Post, Caroline Giuliani -- Rudy's 20-year-old daughter -- was busted for shoplifting today at Sephora of all places, that magical, monstrous beauty store you may have heard of if you are or know of any women or metrosexually inclined fellows. Giuliani was repo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2010

    Fresh Kills "Smells Like a Dirty Pirate Hooker," and Other Things That Reek in New York City

    ​Four diligent, odor-scouting reporters at the Daily News were put to the task of smelling out the best and worst-scented places in New York City. Making the list of things that smelled good in this investigative undertaking: BBQ, flowers, coffee, pastries, other delicious foodstuffs. Bad smel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2010

    Hello Pasta To Take Over Midtown This Summer

    ​Hello Pasta--the noodle version of those build-your-own salad bars--opens its first shop next Wednesday on Lexington between 54th and 55th Streets. The company will then roll out two more restaurants in Midtown and one in the Financial District, all before October. Angling toward the Midtow ... More >>

  • Dining

    June 1, 2010

    Tamarind Tribeca Upscales the Tandoor

    Tabla and Devi get a little company

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2010

    Bhojan's Fenugreek Fritters

    ​The vegetarian cuisine from the northwestern Indian state of Gujarat is ancient and complex. Madhur Jaffrey has called it the "haute cuisine of vegetarianism." While special occasion foods are more elaborate, staples include stewed spiced vegetables of all kinds, roti, and khichdi, a spiced r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2010

    Choice Eats Is Nigh

    ​We are now but two months away from Choice Eats, the Voice's third-annual tasting blow-out representing some of the best and most diverse restaurants (and booze) in the five boroughs.

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2010

    Get Ready For Choice Eats 2010

    Yes, please​ In a new year, our thoughts turn to Choice Eats, the Voice's tasting extravaganza, representing scores of different cuisines from all over the city. Mark your calenders: Choice Eats 2010 will be held Monday, March 22nd at The 69th Armory on Lexington and 26th Street.

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2009

    Clip Job: Vietnam War Protesters Get an Earful

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. October 21, 1965, Vol. XI, No. 1 Peaceful Protesters Parade Against War By Paul Cowan Between 15,000 and 20,000 people marched along Fifth Avenue in a parade protesting America's involvement in Vietnam last Saturday. Though Sunday's ... More >>

  • Art

    October 13, 2009

    Contemporary Art Photographers Mess With the Medium

    Anxiety? Fetish? Picture-prone artists are loving themselves some process.

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2009

    Michael Pollan on American Obesity and the Healthcare Debate; Tavern on the Green Files for Bankruptcy

    ​Following last night's speech by President Obama on healthcare reform, Michael Pollan pens an op-ed pointing to the "elephant in the room" of the health-care debate: the way Americans eat. [NY Times] Tavern on the Green has officially filed Chapter 11, listing assets and liabilities of as mu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2009

    Pratt Student Beaten into Coma

    ​ Though we are constantly told that crime is at an all-time low, the neighborhood police blotters show that there is still enough street crime to be worrisome. Now we hear that Eduardo Sanchez, a 22-year-old student of architecture at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, was beaten into a coma and r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2009

    News Roundup: Surfjan Stevens Announces Intimate Tour, Lollapalooza, Them Crooked Vultures, Mike Seeger Dies

    ​--Sufjan Stevens has announced an intimate fall tour. In what Asthmatic Kitty Records are calling an "east-of-Lake-Minnetonka tour," the run focuses on eastern states, kicking off September 21st at Philly's 250-capacity Johnny Brenda's. Stevens wraps the tour with four New York dates: October ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2009

    Autolux Supposedly Coming to New York This Fall, May Actually Play All Tomorrow's Parties NY This Time, Babies Be Damned

    Maura Lanahan Autolux, the Los Angeles art-fuzz trio that blogs forgot, has been annoyingly dormant for the last few years: after releasing the sublime full-length Future Perfect, and touring throughout 2006, they virtually disappeared. Last fall, they booked for All Tomorrow's Parties New York, bu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2009

    H&M Goes Union

    Things are coming up roses for retailer H&M. Their stock hasn't been doing too badly lately, and they're even opening a new store this week at Lexington and 86th. This may have encouraged the company to reach an agreement with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union for a 3-year contract in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2009

    Wayne Kramer, Handsome Dick to Play Sing-Sing

    If you like Johnny Cash at San Quentin, you'll love Wayne Kramer at Sing Sing. The legendary MC5 guitarist, who did two years at Lexington for pushing coke, is working with addict outreach group Road Recovery, and after doing a benefit concert for them at the Nokia Theatre on May 1, he'll go the n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2009

    New Openings

    If you like Johnny Cash at San Quentin, you'll love Wayne Kramer at Sing Sing. The legendary MC5 guitarist, who did two years at Lexington for pushing coke, is working with addict outreach group Road Recovery, and after doing a benefit concert for them at the Nokia Theatre on May 1, he'll go the n ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    January 21, 2009

    OLD GHOSTS

    Obie winner Ain Gordon explores a piece of forgotten history

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2009

    Fork in the Road reviews At Vermillion

    Ehhhhhhhhh.Where do I even start with At Vermillion? Despite all evidence to the contrary, I thought it might be good. Although fusion concepts like this, Latin American-Indian, often end in disaster, I was excited about a place where you could get arepas topped with duck vindaloo, or crab curry in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2008

    The Early Word: Baoguette

    Ehhhhhhhhh.Where do I even start with At Vermillion? Despite all evidence to the contrary, I thought it might be good. Although fusion concepts like this, Latin American-Indian, often end in disaster, I was excited about a place where you could get arepas topped with duck vindaloo, or crab curry in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2008

    Test-Driving Murray's Real Salami

    Ehhhhhhhhh.Where do I even start with At Vermillion? Despite all evidence to the contrary, I thought it might be good. Although fusion concepts like this, Latin American-Indian, often end in disaster, I was excited about a place where you could get arepas topped with duck vindaloo, or crab curry in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2008

    Gourmet Mag Lists Best Oldies

    Ehhhhhhhhh.Where do I even start with At Vermillion? Despite all evidence to the contrary, I thought it might be good. Although fusion concepts like this, Latin American-Indian, often end in disaster, I was excited about a place where you could get arepas topped with duck vindaloo, or crab curry in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2008

    Make Way For 'Blogger of The Week' Number Two!

    Ehhhhhhhhh.Where do I even start with At Vermillion? Despite all evidence to the contrary, I thought it might be good. Although fusion concepts like this, Latin American-Indian, often end in disaster, I was excited about a place where you could get arepas topped with duck vindaloo, or crab curry in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2008

    Pragmatic and Defiant Supporters Greet Clinton in New York

    Ehhhhhhhhh.Where do I even start with At Vermillion? Despite all evidence to the contrary, I thought it might be good. Although fusion concepts like this, Latin American-Indian, often end in disaster, I was excited about a place where you could get arepas topped with duck vindaloo, or crab curry in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2007

    Talking to Strangers: Mexican Coke on the Upper East Side

    Ehhhhhhhhh.Where do I even start with At Vermillion? Despite all evidence to the contrary, I thought it might be good. Although fusion concepts like this, Latin American-Indian, often end in disaster, I was excited about a place where you could get arepas topped with duck vindaloo, or crab curry in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2007

    Our Man Sietsema: 'Indians are Snackers'

    Ehhhhhhhhh.Where do I even start with At Vermillion? Despite all evidence to the contrary, I thought it might be good. Although fusion concepts like this, Latin American-Indian, often end in disaster, I was excited about a place where you could get arepas topped with duck vindaloo, or crab curry in ... More >>

  • News

    October 17, 2006

    Trouble in the Air

    Reagan's mass firing of air traffic controllers made American skies much less safe in the 1980s. Is Bush's flight plan the same?

  • NYC Life

    July 11, 2006

    Pastries and Pétanque

    Commiserating with the French on Bastille Day

  • NYC Life

    June 20, 2006

    When the Streets Are Paved With Snacks

    Gorditas, mangoes, and corn in East Harlem

  • Screens

    April 4, 2006

    Nightmares of TV's Messy Adolescence

    Gorditas, mangoes, and corn in East Harlem

  • News

    January 10, 2006

    Empirical news

    The secret's out: Bush is overtaken by events—and overwhelmed

  • Art

    January 4, 2005

    Childhood's End

    The optician-photographer who became a poet of the unexpressed and the unknowable

  • NYC Life

    November 9, 2004

    Close-Up on Murray Hill

    The optician-photographer who became a poet of the unexpressed and the unknowable

  • NYC Life

    September 30, 2003

    Shortlist

    The optician-photographer who became a poet of the unexpressed and the unknowable

  • NYC Life

    August 12, 2003

    Words Will Never Hurt You When Queers Perform for Peace

    The optician-photographer who became a poet of the unexpressed and the unknowable

  • NYC Life

    June 25, 2002

    Close-Up on East Harlem

    The optician-photographer who became a poet of the unexpressed and the unknowable

  • Dining

    May 14, 2002

    Getting Wood

    The optician-photographer who became a poet of the unexpressed and the unknowable

  • NYC Life

    April 17, 2001

    Listings

    The optician-photographer who became a poet of the unexpressed and the unknowable

  • Music

    February 9, 1999

    Shake Your Bodega

    The optician-photographer who became a poet of the unexpressed and the unknowable

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