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The Ten Best Concerts in New York This Weekend, 3/15/13

Here are the 10 best concerts to check out around the city this weekend, in no particular order.

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Concessions Will Return to Rockaways This Summer

It might be hard to get tourists out to Rockaway Beach this summer, but concessions will be there even if the boardwalk might not be. At the Community Board 14 meeting on Tuesday night, the Queens Park Commissioner Dorothy Lewandowski told the crowd that some amenities like lifeguards, bathrooms, a ... More >>

A Whisper to a Roar

Where Was I Eating? Union Square Cafe

[See Where Else I Ate: Ai Fiori | Caracas Arepa Bar | Momofuku Noodle Bar] Congrats to lr3 who guessed Union Square Cafe. This is the yellowfin tuna burger with oozing ginger glaze on a toasted poppyseed bun.

Where Am I Eating?

[See Where Else I Ate: Ai Fiori | Caracas Arepa Bar | Momofuku Noodle Bar] It's time to play Where Am I Eating?, Fork in the Road's weekly restaurant photo guessing game. Take a look at the photo below, name the spot that serves the pictured dish, and leave your guesses in the comment sections. (If ... More >>

Where Was I Eating? Ai Fiori

[See Where Else I Ate: Caracas Arepa Bar | Momofuku Noodle Bar] I was eating the scallops and bone marrow at Ai Fiori. Congrats to foodforfel for guessing it right. Michael White's bone marrow is adorned with raw scallops, black truffle, and potato puree.

Where Am I Eating?

[See Where Else We Ate: Caracas Arepa Bar | Momofuku Noodle Bar | Gastro Bar @ 35th Happy Monday. It's time to play Where Am I Eating?, Fork in the Road's weekly restaurant photo guessing game. Take a look at the photo below, name the spot that serves the pictured dish, and leave your guesses in th ... More >>

Where Was I Eating? Caracas Arepa Bar

You guessed it JLee. I was grabbing dinner at Caracas Arepa Bar in the East Village. It's delicious Venezuelan food. The crowds can get a bit intense sometimes, but it does have a take-out window.

Aubrey Lee Price Allegedly Jacked $17 Million From A Bank. Now He's Missing And Suicidal

The United States Attorney's Office has filed charges against a Georgia man for allegedly embezzling more than $17 million from the bank he manages. The problem, however, is that he's now missing -- he's also apparently suicidal.Aubrey Lee Price has been missing since June 16, after he was last seen ... More >>

Where Am I Eating? Here's a Clue

Some great guesses coming in for this week's Where Am I Eating?, but I'm not dining at Cubana Café, La Mar, Yuca Bar, Coppelia, Yerba Buena, Boca Chica, Ceviche, Caracas, Mamajuana Café, or Tertulia. Very close, but no cigar. Here's a clue to help you guess where I'm eating.

Where Was I Eating? Caracas Arepa Bar

Lauren Shockey​ Looks like that last clue got us a winner. This week's Where Am I Eating? featured wall art from none other than Caracas Arepa Bar, located in the East Village.

Dish No. 34: Butternut Squash Soup at Caracas Arepa Bar

Lauren ShockeyYou'll find a hint of fall in this butternut squash soup at Caracas Arepa Bar​Butternut squash soup -- a hallmark of autumnal dining if there were ever one -- is slowly beginning to creep again onto our city's menus. In about a month's time, expect to see it at all the farm-to-a ... More >>

Next Week, People's Pops Will Pop up on East 7th Street

​Between the Big Gay Ice Cream Shop, Van Leeuwen's, and Butter Lane's Blue Bell ice cream, East 7th Street is shaping up to be a frozen treats fantasia. And next week it will get even frostier, thanks to the good folks of People's Pops.

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The Meat Hook and Roberta's Join Forces for Rockaway Beach Bar

Kristine Paulus/flickrTacos no longer the only game in beach town.​Brooklyn Based has the details on the gastronerd paradise that will be Rockaway Beach this summer. And the plan sounds like a foodie hipster's wet dream.

Coppelia Wants to Cuba Your Peru

Julian Medina's new place invents the Pan-Latin diner

Free Will Astrology: May 4-May 10, 2011

The High Line Will Get Itself Some New Elevated Eats

David Berkowitz/FlickrExtra nice with a dribbling lobster roll​ The food vendors lucky enough to win a spot on the High Line this summer are still being decided upon. But if the organization that runs the elevated park gets what they asked for in proposals due yesterday, April 14, New Yorkers ... More >>

Rockaway Beach May Become the Next Gastronerd Paradise

Like this, but with sustainably sourced fish tacos.​Back in February, Fany Gerson told us that she was thinking of partnering with Rockaway Taco to open a La Newyorkina concession stand on the Rockaway Beach boardwalk. It her plans materialize, it looks like she'll be in good company.

Mocha Mix

Mexicans and the dark side

The Best Thing I Ate Yesterday

Welcome to The Best Thing I Ate Yesterday, where we endeavor to remember the very best thing we stuffed down our gullets over the past 24 hours. Why? Because the only thing better than enjoying a meal is wallowing in the memory of one savored in the recent past. Today's fond reminiscences ...

ARMY OF MANY

What's hanging above your sofa?

Get Your Ticket and Start Dieting Now: A Choice Eats Update

​Time to invest in a pair of pants with an elastic waistband. The good folks over at Choice Eats have informed us that 82 restaurants and eateries are currently participating in what's shaping up to be the best tasting event of all time.

Ask the Critics: What's a Fun Restaurant for a Teenager?

iStockphotoFood to please both your teen and you​Marisa M. asks: I'm taking my young teenage cousin to dinner this week. Can you think of somewhere that's not too challenging that has like, yummy burgers or pizza and good people watching? Last time we went to Veselka. I want to take her to Mo ... More >>

Lima Limon Brings a Citrusy Addition to Little Latin America

True new Peru to chew

Ippudo Tops Yelp's List of Top Restaurants in America

Sarah DiGregorio2000 people have opined on this soup​ When a restaurant quotes two-hour wait times, you know that something special is going on there. Nevertheless, it's rather surprising that Ippudo came in as the most popular restaurant in America on Yelp this year with nearly 2000 reviews. ... More >>

Guayoyo Celebrates the 'Curvy Queen' of Venezuela

A South American restaurant bundles up its cheese children

Posts of the Week

It's Friday afternoon, and thus time to take a look over our collective shoulder, back at the week that was ... We ranked Our 11 Best Octopuses in NYC. Gabbana chef Ricardo Cardona talked modern Dominican food, why he hates being on TV, and how he manages six restaurants. This week's Top Chef: cr ... More >>

Caracas Versus Guayoyo: East Village Arepa Smackdown

Guayoyo's arepa queso​Arepas--the Venezuelan griddled corn cakes stuffed with various good things--can be had at two East Village restaurants separated by a bare three blocks. Caracas Arepa Bar has been open since 2003 and is so popular that they recently expanded to Brooklyn. Guayoyo opened a ... More >>

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Harina PAN: The Secret to a Great Arepa

Harina Pan made this arepa awesome.​A few nights ago, at Roneria Caracas in Williamsburg, a man was overheard asking about the signature arepas. He wasn't curious about what they came stuffed with or how much an order cost. Rather, he was interested in making them at home. The manager kindly s ... More >>

Free Will Astrology: January 13 through 19, 2010

Broken Lizard's Likably Stoopid Slammin' Salmon

Los Amigos Invisibles

Los Amigos Invisibles+Aterciopelados

JESUS IS MY HOMEBOY

Older than 33 need not apply

Carlos Cruz-Diez

Thursday 8/10

Heading South

Bubbling crude plans by the Bush team aimed at Venezuela's Chávez

Morning Report 9/17/05
Hugo Batters Bush

'Secuestro Express'

2 Torn 2B Worn

Leaning toward China at Flatbushian Guyanese restaurant

My Goal Or Your Goal? Documenting the Biased Docmaker

Power Vacuum

'Unmitigated Disaster' at the 50th Venice Biennale

Uncle Sam's Crude Solution

Our Expensive, Deadly Role as Global Oil Police

The Body Artists

Listings

Tearing Down the Wall

Two Views of Democracy Battle in Quebec City

Wide World Webs

Three Ways To Purée a Planet