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Oral Fixation: This Week's Book Events Give New Meaning to "Reader's Digest"

Jami Attenberg and Teddy Wayne Pete's Candy Store Thursday, 7:30 p.m., free But speaking of eating yourself to death, the central character of Jami Attenberg's most recent novel The Middlesteins (Grand Central Publishing) struggles with just that very prospect. The morbidly obese Edie loses her job ... More >>

At Lotus Blue, Tribeca Makes Room for the Food of China's Far-off Yunnan Province

Even noodles get the blues

Olive Oil on Tap at Le Midi; Not Everything's Awful at Bill's Food and Drink

Tejal Rao took a break from professional eating this week, but our own Robert Sietsema kept at it by checking in at Le Midi Bistro. Located in a former East Village Woolworth's building and karaoke den, Sietsema notes in his review of Le Midi that the restaurant "is one of those old-school bistros w ... More >>

What's Happening: Harmony of Beer and Cheese and Cassoulet Cookoff

Monday, January 7th The Harmony of Beer and Cheese: If you're sick of pairing cheese with wine, Murray's Cheese is offering a beer and cheese pairing class for $75. The experts at Murray's say to pair German smoked Rauchbiers with a "meaty washed rind cheese" to create a "bacon bomb." Sounds delight ... More >>

Eat Latkes Out: Mile End's Hanukkah Super Duo, Second Avenue Deli's Instant Heart Attack

Making latkes is hard in a small apartment kitchen. The brave cook ends up with oil burns and will probably find crusty potato shreds on the floor come Passover. So we don't blame the Hanukkah-celebrating folk for venturing out to eat potato pancakes, especially when served with chopped liver or a h ... More >>

Hanukkah Face-Off: Ashkenazi Dish #3

Hanukkah is a time for enjoying Jewish culinary traditions with family and friends, and to that end we present a daily competition between Ashkenazi and Sephardic food, going up around sunset on the first seven days of Hanukkah - and presenting a wrap-up as the sun goes down on the eighth day. Whose ... More >>

Big Gay Ice Cream Opens in the West Village; Barcade Looks For Space in Chelsea

Big Gay Ice Cream opened a storefront in the West Village yesterday. No sparkly unicorn murals just yet, but Salty Pimps are up for grabs. 61 Grove St.

The People the Storm Killed

Sandy's human toll

Cómodo Is Street Legal

An amateur supper club goes pro in Soho

Two October Film Series Take on Life in the Last Days

Get your tickets for the end-times

Lotus Blue's Moon Festival Banquet On Sunday

The Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival is this Sunday and Lotus Blue, a modern Yunnan eatery in Tribeca, is celebrating with a Moon Festival Banquet. It's ten courses for $88 per person and $68 if you're opting for the vegetarian meal. The banquet will be prepared by Lotus Blue's executive chef Kian Lam K ... More >>

Jesse Abraham's Water Runs Deep

It's said hip-hop's best MCs have to master their flow, but New York underground rap artist Jesse Abraham is rocking the mic to bring a different type of flowing into the world. Teaming up with Charity Water, 100-percent of the proceeds from Abraham's new album I Am Water (which features Chino XL an ... More >>

Q&A: Drop The Lime On Growing Up With New York's Dance Underground, Bringing Punk To Le Bain, And The "Devil's Music"

A dracula is the image most frequently equated with Trouble and Bass founder and DJ Drop the Lime. "It's because I'm a night owl, always showing up everywhere," says Luca Venezia—and he's a New York night owl at that. Born and raised downtown to artist parents, Venezia has lived through three ... More >>

The Top Ten DIY Venues In New York City

In New York's chaotic do-it-yourself music ecosystem, nothing is a given. A venue might combust as suddenly as easily a new one might spring up, making this list obsolete—yet that volatility is part of the venues' inherent uncivilized appeal. Who's to say where the next bunch of longhairs migh ... More >>

Matzo Balls And Disco Balls: Pairing Great GoogaMooga's Food And Music Offerings

This weekend Prospect Park will host Great GoogaMooga, a festival that brings together some of New York's best restaurants and musicians from New York (disco technicians Escort; bouncy Brooklyn rockers Fort Lean) and outside the city (Saturday's headlined by the hip-hop polyglots The Roots, while Su ... More >>

Iron Chef Marc Forgione on Marc Forgione, New Fiancée's Cooking Part 2

Yesterday, Marc Forgione shared the details on his new Atlantic City steakhouse. Today, we bring him back to the city to find out what's up at his Tribeca restaurant, Marc Forgione, and what it's like to cook for a legendary chef . . . who happens to be your father. What's new at your eponymous out ... More >>

Get Your Duck Schmaltz Fries Delivered! Kutsher's Launches Delivery

Kutsher's, the Jewish-American bistro in Tribeca, will now offer delivery service.

What's Happening This Week: Afro-Brazilian Cooking, Julia Child's Birthday Celebration

Make Moqueca, Arroz à Brasileira, Dendê Farofa, and other Afro-Brazilian dishes at the Bowery Culinary Center on April 17 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tickets are $55. Don't let Thomas Keller's cooking intimidate you: learn how to prepare some of the chef's classic dishes and pair them with wine at The ... More >>

Franco Express

The actor/writer/artist shows off his latest book

TWIN PEAKS REDUX

Don’t forget the cherry pie

Surprise, Surprise: New York Becomes Even Less Affordable

Manhattan living has become more overpriced than before, even though there are more open apartments than in January 2011, a new study has found. Citi Habitats, one of the town's largest real estate firms, says that rents have gone up 5 percent compared to last year. "While rents often decrease dur ... More >>

Our 10 Best Cupcakes in NYC

You gotta feel sorry for the little cupcake. Overhyped by Sex and the City, then derided by food writers, they've become turds of the dessert world. True, cupcake conglomerates like Crumbs and even Magnolia Bakery aren't doing a lot for the single-serving confection (and everyone knows Magnolia is a ... More >>

Robert Sietsema at Land of Plenty; Lauren Shockey at Parm

​ This week in the Voice, Robert Sietsema samples Sichuan in his review of Land of Plenty: "At the end of the last century, who could have predicted Manhattan would someday be speckled with Sichuan restaurants? But as old-school takeaways vanished, pricier Sichuan places appeared in Chelsea an ... More >>

New York Neighborhoods Make List Of Top NYE Destinations

Oh, New Year's Eve. The most dreaded of holidays is fast approaching. CBS New York reports that the Times Square Ball is being installed today. But where should you venture come December 31? Luckily Priceline.com made a list of the"Top 50 New Year's Destinations for U.S. Travelers." (Read: "top New ... More >>

Thursday Night Whole-Lobster Special at Petite Abeille

​Flame-grilling the lobster produces a slight smoky flavor. One of the best red-crustacean deals in town is found Thursday evenings at Petite Abeille, where $25 gets you a whole lobster of an estimated pound-and-a-half with a bowl of fries and a Stella. Oh, and there's a little salad, too, s ... More >>

NYC's 10 Weirdest Restaurants

​Hmmmm, will flying to Mars for dinner make me seasick? There has always been an element of zaniness in the New York dining scene, ever since pretty girls started selling hot ears of buttered corn down on Delancey Street in the 19th Century - or maybe even before that, because a restaurant b ... More >>

Strip Poker Art Project Attracts a Crowd

Rebecca Nathanson​On Saturday morning, Art in General, an alternative art space at 79 Walker Street in Tribeca, opened a new exhibition called "I'll Raise You One..." in which a group of people sit in the gallery's storefront window space and play strip poker for all to see. The exhibition is ... More >>

Our 10 Best Cocktails to Drink Now

Keith WagstaffNice shot​ For the past couple of years, The Daily Shot, FitR's inappropriately named weekly cocktail feature, has scoured the city for the tastiest cocktails it could find. Straight up, on the rocks, with a twist, rimmed, and even on fire. You name it: We've knocked it back. Now ... More >>

Dominique Strauss-Kahn's Tribeca Townhouse Takes a $1.5M Price Cut

As we've noted before, the fancy Franklin Street townhouse where Dominique Strauss-Kahn spent his house arrest is now for sale or rent. When it went back on the market in September it was going for about $14 million; now the price has been cut to $12.5 million, Curbed noticed today. It's been availa ... More >>

Ron Suhanosky 'Out' at Stuzzicheria; Marcellus Coleman 'In' at Alias

​Ex-Sfoglia chef Ron Suhanosky has left Stuzzicheria after just four months, due to creative differences with owner Gerard Renny. Paul Di Bari, who worked at sister restaurant Stuzzi has taken over. [Grub Street] James Kent, who competed a in Bocuse d'Or this year, has been promoted to chef d ... More >>

Kutsher's Tribeca Should Open at the End of October

Modern, Jewish, and not quite kosher.​Some news to report about Kutsher's Tribeca, the "modern Jewish-food-inspired bistro" that's scheduled to open this fall at 186 Franklin Street.

Terroir Is Heading Uptown

Robert Sietsema​Following its southern expansion to Tribeca, Terroir will soon be heading north to the frosty climes of Murray Hill. Terroir co-owner Paul Grieco told Grub Street that he'll be opening a third location of his East Village wine bar on Third Avenue and the low Thirties this Septe ... More >>

Ask the Critics: Where Can I Get Veal Cordon Bleu?

Archangeli/Flickr​Melanie M. Asks: I'm living in New York as an exchange student from Geneva and I miss my Swiss cuisine from home! Do you know of any restaurants where I can find veal cordon bleu? Dear Melanie: While chicken cordon bleu is a relatively common (though somewhat passé) ... More >>

Columbine Gets a Name Change

ClementineSounds better now​Tribeca café Columbine will now be known as Clementine, swapping dismal associations to one of nature's tasty citrus fruits. A staff member confirms that the restaurant wanted to change its name "because the late unpleasantness." The concept and menu items will r ... More >>

About Last Night: It's a Bad Facsimile of Desire

Open and Closed: Say Hello to Brushstroke, Goodbye to Wai? Café

Restaurants and bars, they come and they go. Here are a few making their debuts and bowing out this week. The East Village's Wai? Café has closed and will be replaced by Sa Aming Nayon, serving "authentic Filipino cuisine." [EV Grieve] Havana Central is closing its Union Square location as part o ... More >>

Dutch Kills Begets an Artisanal Ice Company: Introducing Hundredweight Ice and Cocktails

Richard Boccato, ice king.​Richard Boccato and Ian Present, owners along with Sasha Petraske of Dutch Kills in Long Island City, have partnered with longtime employee Zachary Gelnaw-Rubin to launch an artisanal ice company and cocktail consultancy adjacent to the bar called Hundredweight Ice a ... More >>

Behold, the Dean Street Butterfly Effect

GA Shutter Bug/Flickr​Last week, we learned that Mike Franzetti was replacing Nate Smith at Dean Street. Franzetti came to the restaurant from Bar Stuzzicheria, so his departure created a space that needed to be filled.

Housing Works' A Chef Tasting Benefit Returns

Alex Guarnaschelli, not on her day off.​Feel good as you get fed. The second annual Housing Works A Chef Tasting benefit takes place Tuesday, March 29, hosted by Alex Guarnaschelli of Butter and The Darby. Other chefs making an appearance (and their signature dishes) will include Brad Farmerie ... More >>

What's Happening This Week: Fat Tuesday Dinner; International Women's Day Drinks

As you may know, our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the coolest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! Fat Tuesday Bash Blue Water Grill Tuesday, March 8 at 8 p.m. The restaurant's Jazz Room will host a three-course prix-fixe menu inspired by New Orleans and accompan ... More >>

UPDATE: Matsugen Closing Due to Contract and Visa Issues

​Following speculation that Matsugen would be closing this weekend, we've received both confirmation and a reason for the Tribeca restaurant's closure.

Jon Stewart Named to 9/11 Museum Board

​The Daily Show host, who used his program as a forum to push for health care for September 11th first responders, has been rewarded with a place on the board of the forthcoming 9/11 museum and memorial, the New York Times reports in Friday's paper. "We see him as helping raise awareness, and ... More >>

Our 10 Most Pretentious Restaurants

Sarah DiGregorioIppudo's ramen is good, but is it worth a three-hour wait?​New York City teems with restaurants, offering diners many, many tasty options. With delicious often comes pretentious, though. Just because a restaurant serves up some good grub doesn't mean that the overall dining e ... More >>

Open & Closed: Say Hello to Goat Town; Goodbye to Paladar

Restaurants and bars, they come and they go. Here are a few making their debuts and bowing out this week. Chiam Chinese Cuisine, known for its tasty dumplings, has shuttered after 19 years in operation in Midtown East. [Zagat Buzz] Orologio in the East Village appears to be on the chopping block. ... More >>

Marco Canora Talks Turkey and Twitter: Interview Part 2

Food NetworkDoes Marco Canora use this knife to cut turkey sandwiches?​ Yesterday we chatted with Marco Canora about his appearing on The Next Iron Chef. Today, the Hearth chef and co-owner of Terroir and Terroir Tribeca predicts the next big trends in dining.

Open & Closed: Say Hello to Weather Up Tribeca, Goodbye to the Navy Yard Cocktail Lounge

Restaurants and bars, they come and they go. Here are a few making their debuts and bowing out this week. The Navy Yard Cocktail Lounge, which has been called the "Scariest Bar in Brooklyn," has closed, and the space appears to have been taken over. [Brownstoner] Moe's bar, a Fort Greene mainstay, ... More >>

Damon Dash Resurrected

Cast out of Jay-Z's kingdom, a notorious hip-hop mogul takes a kinder, gentler, hipper approach to reinvention

Lower Manhattan Resurgence Leads to School Crowding

Little Dieterle

The skinny on the first Top Chef restaurant

Now Hiring: Danny Meyer, Wylie Dufresne, and an "Iron Chef"