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Marco Polo

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2012

    Q&A: 4th Pyramid On Touring With Too $hort And Wu-Tang, Hooking Up With Cosmo Baker, And The Makings Of A Good Hypeman

    Back in February, Adam Farag sat at the bar of scuzzy East Village drink spot The Library with an envelope stuffed with $500 in singles. It was early afternoon and he was alternating pints of beer with whiskey shots while telling stories about touring with the Wu-Tang Clan, recording in El-P's basem ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2011

    Sunday In New York: Death Grips Give Rock Beach A Demonic Chill

    ​ In Waste Of Paint, our writer/artist team of Jamie Peck and Debbie Allen will review goings-on about town in words and images. Spurred on by our desire to get away from the cement inferno our city had become, Debbie and I ventured to what seemed like the ends of the Earth (or at least the c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    Ten Great Neighborhood-Specific Brooklyn Rap Anthems

    ​This Saturday, the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival will conclude with shows by Brownsville's mighty M.O.P., who will perform their rambunctious brand of rap down under the Brooklyn Bridge, and, er, noted Queens representer Q-Tip. Rappers from Brooklyn have never been shy about proclaiming their her ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2011

    Go to Italy With Sara Jenkins

    ​At Porchetta and Porsena, Sara Jenkins has contented herself with figuratively transporting her customers to Italy. But later this year, she'll take a more literal approach.

  • Voice Choices

    February 2, 2011

    NEW CLASSIC

    Nico Muhly takes inspiration from the history books

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2010

    Download: Skyzoo and !llmind, "Speakers on Blast"

    Yes In My Backyard is a semiweekly column showcasing MP3s from new and emerging local talent. ​Fuck chillwave. Brooklyn rapper Skyzoo and producer !llmind have your tape-damaged nostalgia fix without any Peter Pan hysterics or lazy mush. Their full-length collaboration Live From The Tape Deck ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    October 6, 2010

    RAPPER’S DELIGHT

    CMJ kicks off with a hip-hop reunion

  • Dining

    September 1, 2010

    Fall Guide: Let Burning Lumber Do the Cooking

    Ten NYC restaurants that stoke the oven with wood&emdash;how autumnal!

  • Dining

    September 1, 2010

    Testaccio Tackles the Taste of Rome

    The Long Island City restaurant aims for modern trattoria

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2010

    Week in Review: Sign of Victory

    One of these dudes is noticeably less enthusiastic than all the other dudes. Photo by Nate "Igor" Smith​In the week we interviewed an actual fitness instructor about the theoretical plausibility of exercising to Sleigh Bells, we also penned a Twitter-based ode to Erykah Badu's habitual latenes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2010

    Download: Marco Polo, "Radio (Remix) ft. Torae and Ruste Juxx"

    Yes In My Backyard is a semiweekly column showcasing MP3s from new and emerging local talent. ​Brooklyn beatmaker Marco Polo is quickly becoming Duck Down Records' secret weapon, a neck-snapping producer who keeps the label supplied with bucketloads of no-nonsense boom-bap that is reverent bu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2010

    Flotillas Gone Wild: Belligerent Gaza-Bound Love Boat of Hate to Make for Mischevious Mari-Time Later Today

    ​In what can only be described as one of the more aggressively shit-starting plays in the history of humanitarian aid, yet another Gaza-bound activist-filled flotilla is headed towards an Israeli blockade in Gaza like, four days after the last "loveboat" got eight humanitarian activists killed ... More >>

  • Dining

    January 5, 2010

    Enjoy the Fish Stomach at Best Fuzhou Restaurant

    A Lower East Side Fujianese also kindly peels your goose feet

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2010

    The New York City Record Store Year-End Roundup

    ​In 2009, we began the weekly Local Top 10, a series we hoped would prove that New Yorkers were far too stubborn to let the record store go. The series ran until last month, when we literally ran out of stores to cover--not the best sign for the future of music retailing in New York City. Befo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2009

    Cracker Jack Still Strong; Like Yukon Golds? Try Keuka Potatoes

    ​Gourmet staffers have been invited to attend the annual Great Gathering of Chefs at the Mandarin Oriental on Sunday, where each will receive a Golden Fork Award and get to rub elbows with Emeril Lagasse, Daniel Boulud, Eric Ripert, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, and Michael Psilakis. [NY Post] C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2009

    Under Review: Sietsema at KeBeer Bar & Grill; DiGregorio on 'Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal'

    This week in the Voice, Our Man Sietsema discovers "a full Uzbek menu" at KeBeer Bar & Grill in Brighton Beach, while Sarah DiGregorio reviews the book Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal, which "lays bare the ways in which the developed world blithely goes about tossing food away." Sam Sifto ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    September 1, 2009

    Paul Motian, Joe Lovano & Bill Frisell

    This week in the Voice, Our Man Sietsema discovers "a full Uzbek menu" at KeBeer Bar & Grill in Brighton Beach, while Sarah DiGregorio reviews the book Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal, which "lays bare the ways in which the developed world blithely goes about tossing food away." Sam Sifto ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    August 11, 2009

    'Liquid Sound Lounge 10th Annual Boat Party'

    This week in the Voice, Our Man Sietsema discovers "a full Uzbek menu" at KeBeer Bar & Grill in Brighton Beach, while Sarah DiGregorio reviews the book Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal, which "lays bare the ways in which the developed world blithely goes about tossing food away." Sam Sifto ... More >>

  • Dining

    March 18, 2009

    Spring Guide: Slurp Through the Recession

    This week in the Voice, Our Man Sietsema discovers "a full Uzbek menu" at KeBeer Bar & Grill in Brighton Beach, while Sarah DiGregorio reviews the book Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal, which "lays bare the ways in which the developed world blithely goes about tossing food away." Sam Sifto ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2009

    The Holy Land: Bourekas, Pita and Tim Tams

    This week in the Voice, Our Man Sietsema discovers "a full Uzbek menu" at KeBeer Bar & Grill in Brighton Beach, while Sarah DiGregorio reviews the book Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal, which "lays bare the ways in which the developed world blithely goes about tossing food away." Sam Sifto ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2008

    Clip Job: A Trip on the Crosstown Stage

    This week in the Voice, Our Man Sietsema discovers "a full Uzbek menu" at KeBeer Bar & Grill in Brighton Beach, while Sarah DiGregorio reviews the book Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal, which "lays bare the ways in which the developed world blithely goes about tossing food away." Sam Sifto ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2008

    Top Gangsters Unrepentant

    This week in the Voice, Our Man Sietsema discovers "a full Uzbek menu" at KeBeer Bar & Grill in Brighton Beach, while Sarah DiGregorio reviews the book Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal, which "lays bare the ways in which the developed world blithely goes about tossing food away." Sam Sifto ... More >>

  • Dining

    November 28, 2006

    Follow the Yellow Silk Road

    Savory Uyghur cuisine comes of age in Rego Park

  • Dining

    September 9, 2003

    Marco! Polo!

    What's to Eat After Spending a Dusty Day on the Silk Road?

  • Books

    January 7, 2003

    Map Quest

    What's to Eat After Spending a Dusty Day on the Silk Road?

  • NYC Life

    September 17, 2002

    Listings

    What's to Eat After Spending a Dusty Day on the Silk Road?

  • NYC Life

    June 18, 2002

    Listings

    What's to Eat After Spending a Dusty Day on the Silk Road?

  • Film

    January 15, 2002

    Win, Lose, or Draw

    What's to Eat After Spending a Dusty Day on the Silk Road?

  • Art

    July 31, 2001

    The Anatomy Lesson

    ••• Robert Burton and the Library of Babel

  • Columns

    May 1, 2001

    Horoscope

    ••• Robert Burton and the Library of Babel

  • Music

    April 11, 2000

    Rising to the Top

    Laps and Marco Polo in the Hip Hop Pool

  • Dining

    December 1, 1998

    Marco and Me

    Laps and Marco Polo in the Hip Hop Pool

  • News

    October 13, 1998

    Be Here Now

    Despite a yearlong retrospective, John Guare wants to be a playwright of the present tense

  • Theater

    October 6, 1998

    Past Shock

    Despite a yearlong retrospective, John Guare wants to be a playwright of the present tense

  • Music

    January 13, 1998

    Consumer Guide

    Despite a yearlong retrospective, John Guare wants to be a playwright of the present tense

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