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    January 24, 2012

    Presenting the Most and Least Compatible New York City Neighborhoods

    According to data released to us by OkCupid, some New York City neighborhoods are more likely to make connections on the dating site than others. This may seem intuitive in some ways, but it's better to know these things for sure, right? After all, just like that map that tells us where the single m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2011

    How to Be a New Yorker: Excerpts from the Memoir of Les Rich

    In my story in the Voice last week, inspired by Joan and Leslie Rich's 1964 book, How to Be a New Yorker, I talked to longtime New Yorkers, former New Yorkers, new New Yorkers, and even a few people who've never lived in this town, about what they think it takes to be "a real New Yorker." As expecte ... More >>

  • Art

    November 23, 2011

    Holiday Guide: Arts Picks

    In my story in the Voice last week, inspired by Joan and Leslie Rich's 1964 book, How to Be a New Yorker, I talked to longtime New Yorkers, former New Yorkers, new New Yorkers, and even a few people who've never lived in this town, about what they think it takes to be "a real New Yorker." As expecte ... More >>

  • Home

    October 26, 2011

    Education Supplement Listings

    In my story in the Voice last week, inspired by Joan and Leslie Rich's 1964 book, How to Be a New Yorker, I talked to longtime New Yorkers, former New Yorkers, new New Yorkers, and even a few people who've never lived in this town, about what they think it takes to be "a real New Yorker." As expecte ... More >>

  • Dining

    July 13, 2011

    Jones Wood Foundry Puts Some English On It

    Bubble and squeak your way through a new Yorkville gastropub

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2011

    This Week in the Voice: 4Knots Music Festival Preview

    ​This week in the Voice: It's the preview issue for our 4Knots Music Festival, set to take place July 16 at South Street Seaport! Maura Johnston previews the lineup, which includes the Black Angels, Titus Andronicus, Oberhofer, Eleanor Friedberger, Mr. Dream, and Davila 666. She also muses on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2011

    10 Postcards of Long-Forgotten NYC Restaurants

    ioffer.com​1. Divan Parisien Restaurant, 33 East 48th Street - Even to its frequenters, the meaning of "Divan" was somewhat unclear. Some said it was French for "meeting place," others claimed it was Turkish and referred to the furniture of the Sultan's palace. Others took it to mean, as "div ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2011

    Hot Dog Ménage à Trois: a Battle of the Dishes Three-Way Sausage Fest!

    Victoria BekiempisPapaya King goes dogging.​ Sometime in the late 1930s, a fruit-loving Greek busted ass on a pair of roller skates. The young Yorkville businessman, you see, was trying to impress a neighborhood chick, but wound up mangling his ankle instead, continuing the tradition of grisly ... More >>

  • News

    January 5, 2011

    Class Action Listings

    Victoria BekiempisPapaya King goes dogging.​ Sometime in the late 1930s, a fruit-loving Greek busted ass on a pair of roller skates. The young Yorkville businessman, you see, was trying to impress a neighborhood chick, but wound up mangling his ankle instead, continuing the tradition of grisly ... More >>

  • Dining

    November 24, 2010

    Szechuan Chalet Does Uptown Chinese Darn Well

    We slalom the menu with Dr. John

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2010

    Apple Soup Takes Wing

    Victoria BekiempisSpritely!​ Several rosy-cheeked, curly-headed cherubs suddenly find themselves sleepy and hungry. Their wings ache, and their music has slowed -- they've told their boss they need a break from the ever-intense routine of harp-song and meadow frolicking. So he tells them to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2010

    Mermaids on the Horn to Naruto Ramen

    Victoria BekiempisThe last sight an octopus wants to see​ Food rarely prompts deep, existential questions about mermaids. But Naruto Ramen's takoyaki leaves you with a philosophic doozy: Would these mythic, beautiful creatures ever serve it at a black-tie event? The Yorkville noodle house's s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2010

    Midnight Express's Rice Pudding and Nutella Sundae Is Not the Kind They Serve in a Turkish Prison

    Victoria BekiempisYour Yorkviille dealer​ Right off the bat, the menu listing suggests excess and abandon. At Midnight Express, the advertised rice pudding and Nutella sundae conjures images of fudge-and-yogurt-dipped rock candy, as well as sudden cardiac arrest.

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2010

    Hungarian Sour Cherry Soup From Yorkville Meat Emporium

    Almost as good as air conditioning​The Hungarian Yorkville Meat Emporium on the Upper East Side has a refrigerator filled with all sorts of homemade soups and stews, from goulash to clam chowder. But most appealing on a hot day is the traditional Hungarian cold sour cherry soup, or hideg meggy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2010

    Staten Island's Talay Thai Plans Monolithic Leap to Yorkville

    yummiec00kies/FlickrMore pad thai for the Upper East Side.​It's not often that Manhattan gets a Staten Island import -- Artichoke has been the only place in recent memory to even vaguely fit the bill -- but that isn't stopping Talay Thai from making grand plans to tear it up in Yorkville. Crai ... More >>

  • News

    February 16, 2010

    'Til Murder Do Us Part: A Familial Tale of Death, Dementia, and Drama

    Growing old without dignity: Uncle Paul killed Aunt Helen and then tried to kill himself. They were already dead to most of us.

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2009

    A Third Location of Blossom to Open on the Upper East Side Next Week

    One of Blossom's soon-to-be three locations.​ Vegan empire builder Pamela Blackwell, who has two outposts of Blossom restaurant and the new Cocoa V vegan chocolate bar to her name, is about to add another location of Blossom to her portfolio.

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2009

    2nd Avenue Subway Evicted Tenants Not Feeling the Alleged Drop in Manhattan Rents

    We keep hearing that Manhattan rents are down significantly, but the folks who are being eminent-domained out of their homes to make way for the new Second Avenue Subway line aren't seeing it. The Times talks to several who've worked with the MTA and its realty partner O. R. Colan Associates, and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2009

    Clip Job: No Pity For Dying Newspapers

    Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesJanuary 9, 1964, Vol. IX, No. 12Hopeless NewsmenDear Sir:Mr. Paneth's poking about in the ashes of the dead Mirror (January 2) reminds me of what the late A.J. Liebling wrote: "The end-of-a-newspaper story has become one of the commonplaces of ou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2009

    Clip Job: The Death of the Daily Newspaper

    Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesJanuary 2, 1964, Vol. IX, No. 11Postscript to '30'By Donald PanethA newspaper is a lively, amicable place of employment, and the city room with its atmospheres of excitement, legitimate urgency, and yet easygoing traditions, the center of its eff ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2008

    Preparing for the Pope

    Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesJanuary 2, 1964, Vol. IX, No. 11Postscript to '30'By Donald PanethA newspaper is a lively, amicable place of employment, and the city room with its atmospheres of excitement, legitimate urgency, and yet easygoing traditions, the center of its eff ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2007

    Our Man Sietsema: 'Bubble, Bubble, Toil, and Trouble'

    Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesJanuary 2, 1964, Vol. IX, No. 11Postscript to '30'By Donald PanethA newspaper is a lively, amicable place of employment, and the city room with its atmospheres of excitement, legitimate urgency, and yet easygoing traditions, the center of its eff ... More >>

  • Film

    September 12, 2006

    Toronto Confidential

    Mob scenes and murders: An action-packed installment of an all-encompassing festival

  • News

    July 25, 2006

    Dumping on Everyone Else

    Trash plan relieves our neighborhoods, but west of the Hudson, it's just more of the same old garbage from New York City

  • News

    April 25, 2006

    Letters

    Trash plan relieves our neighborhoods, but west of the Hudson, it's just more of the same old garbage from New York City

  • News

    November 25, 2003

    Hot for Santa

    A brief but startling history of the chocolate Santa Claus

  • Specials

    March 18, 2003

    Letters

    A brief but startling history of the chocolate Santa Claus

  • NYC Life

    November 26, 2002

    Close-Up on Yorkville

    A brief but startling history of the chocolate Santa Claus

  • News

    October 30, 2001

    Take It or Leave It, Mark Green

    Brooklyn Assemblyman Roger Green’s Challenge to a Turncoat Liberal

  • News

    February 22, 2000

    Gratuities Included

    Among New York’s Wheel Greasers and Palm Ticklers, Real Estate Types Lead the Pack

  • Dining

    May 11, 1999

    Still Hungary

    Among New York’s Wheel Greasers and Palm Ticklers, Real Estate Types Lead the Pack

  • News

    September 15, 1998

    Native Son

    Ginky SanSouci Dives Into the Deep End of Pool

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