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On Marriage and Destiny

Sun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT

describes how the novel ‘Gravity’s Rainbow’ inspires his method of solving mysteries, where he observes the…

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Down and Dirty at the OSR30

Sun, 14 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT

I love running, but unlike certain masochistic members of the cardio community, I don’t get my rocks off by proving how many long and…

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A Few Quick Thoughts on NextJS...

Tue, 30 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT

….From someone still learning the framework. NextJS is a React Framework which enables server-side rendering and static…

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My Top Restaurants of 2023

Sun, 31 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMT

- Itameshi - a fusion of Japanese and Italian cuisines which originated in Japan - is tossed with locally-sourced chef-driven…

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Why Won't New York City Let Me Enjoy My Favorite Kava Bars?

Thu, 31 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMT

On a punishingly cold afternoon at the start of this year, I stopped into a spacious and minimalist bar on Bedford Avenue called Kava Social…

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On Knowing the Standard

Mon, 31 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT

Do you ever wonder how far you could go - or could have gone - if you knew the standard you were trying to hit? I was recently made…

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2023 'till Infinity

Fri, 30 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT

A long time ago, I had a food blog, which I thought would be a novel way of getting my writing out to the world. My a priori faulty…

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Mochinut Made My K-Dog Meme Dreams Come True

Sat, 13 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Walking around for Saturday lunch throughout 2021, I’ve encountered scores of hungry, happy hypebeasts at Two…

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5C Cafe Dishes Out Soul Food for Carnivores and Vegans Alike

Sat, 23 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Digging into the steaming, syrup-coated plate of fried chicken and waffles at I would not have guessed the restaurant is ‘vegan…

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Original Square of Soho is Empirical Proof that New York is Back

Fri, 08 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMT

, a tiny Sicilian pizza takeout window near the corner of Spring Street on West Broadway, stands as a great sign for…

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Venchi Proves the West Village Love Affair with Gelato Lives On

Sun, 03 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMT

I set out for the Village earlier this evening, possessing only a vague idea of a handful of chocolate and gelato places I might encounter.…

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Murphy's Door Will Make You Say 'Thassa Vibe' in Alphabet City

Sat, 25 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMT

, a dim-lit, brick-laid coffee shop on East 9th Street off of Avenue A, is most definitely a vibe — the kind of place…

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MENO Pairs Philosophy with Crepe Cakes & Tea in Greenwich Village

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMT

is a minimalist coffee and tea shop on Thompson Street, about two blocks south of Washington Square Park. The stores’ philosophical…

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Surreal Creamery Brought My Wildest Dairy Dreams to Life

Sat, 04 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Here’s a tasty brain-teaser: , a below-ground storefront on MacDougal Street with another NYC location in Kips Bay, has 12…

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Roberta's Bee Sting Pizza Needs to be Decentralized for All

Sat, 28 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMT

the legendary Bushwick pie-slingers, have been lauded for their ,

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Mel the Bakery's Cookies are Just as Hype-Worthy as the Bread

Sat, 21 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMT

founder and head baker, Nora Allen, is no stranger to fame yeastie perfectionism. Prior to launching Mel, she…

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Funny Face Bakery Makes Cookies Worth Traveling for on Fulton Street

Sun, 15 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMT

, founded by art-school dropout turned genius-baker Sarah Silverman, has always had a powerful style. I still have fond…

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Nice Day Fuses Chinese Takeout with American Comfort for Maximum Deliciousness

Sat, 07 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMT

(f.k.a. Junzi Kitchen) in Greenwich Village specializes in Chinese takeout classics ‘remixed’ with American…

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Red Gate Bakery Delivers Creative Whimsy in Every Bite

Sat, 31 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMT

sun-bathed, minimalist storefront near the corner of First Street and First Avenue plays host to pastries…

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Chick Chick Delivers Sweet Saturday Serendipity on the Upper West Side

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMT

I came upon by happenstance this past Saturday afternoon, which is not how I usually end up at destination-worthy restaurants…

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No One Makes a Burger and Tots Like Nowon in Alphabet City

Sat, 17 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMT

‘Twas a hot, sticky afternoon in the East Village, the kind where one’s priorities are, first, getting a cool place to sit, and second…

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Maman is Keeping the Love Local but the Vision Global

Sat, 10 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMT

is winning right now; the French cafe’s eighth NYC location, opened on King Street in May, was described by the

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LeyRa Chocolate Brings Sweet Belgium Serendipity to Greenwich Village

Fri, 02 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMT

is a small storefront on MacDougal Street with three chocolate fountains and a matrix of sweet permutations across waffles,…

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Morgenstern's Doubles Down on New York Nostalgia with Burgers and Fries

Sat, 26 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Nick Morgenstern, the celebrated namesake and megamind behind , recently (but not…

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Posh Pop Bakeshop Brought Out the Maximalist in Me

Sun, 20 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT

I was in the mood to experiment yesterday. Maybe I was inspired by the hot new blog layout, or maybe I was just just delirious from the 90…

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Dan and John's Wings Sauced Me Up and Knocked Me Out

Sat, 12 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT

, founded in a Brooklyn apartment by two Buffalo natives, had been on my hit list for a while before this year. Their…

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At Molly's Cupcakes, Nostalgia Comes Heavy with the Buttercream

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT

John Nicolaides — former Leo Burnett creative director and Northwestern University advertising professor — probably spent as much time…

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Arturo's Put Me in a Time Portal in Greenwich Village

Fri, 28 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT

The three minutes I spent inside this afternoon felt like I had stepped through a time portal into old New York…

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Sweet Rehab Turns Dessert into Fine Art in Soho

Sat, 15 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT

I live right above — a Sullivan Street storefront with imported Parisian furniture and a distinctive honeybee logo — and am…

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Smashed Just Smashed the Lower East Side Burger Game

Sat, 08 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT

, a hip new Lower East Side burger joint, is dishing out ultra-thin, crispy patties that feel about as true to the original midwest…

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L.A. Burdick Concocts a Chocolate Chip Cookie Masterpiece

Sat, 01 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Surrounded by the chocolate bars and bon-bons in elegant Prince Street storefront, one could easily overlook the glass-domed…

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Bleecker Street Pizza Gets the Job Done in West Village

Sat, 24 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMT

The Google location description of might just tell you almost everything you need to know.

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Pot Pies Pizza Keeps Fiore's Legacy Going on Bleecker Street

Sat, 10 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMT

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Lil' Frankie's is an Easy Choice for Fast, Fresh Neapolitan Pizzas

Sun, 04 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMT

A , and overall ‘cool restaurant’ reputation have long drawn me to…

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Factory Tamal Takes Territories to New Territories

Sat, 27 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Today was a scintillating, hot mess in the East Village, and I came upon just moments away from hopping on a CitiBike and…

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Butterfunk Biscuit Co. Confuses, then Delights, then Confuses Again

Sun, 21 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMT

is the brainchild of Chef Chris Scott, who uses his family's fourth-generation biscuit recipe across a wide swath of…

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Alidoro Serves Up the Most Savage Salami Sandwich in Soho

Sun, 14 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMT

in Soho serves up the kind of hearty, meaty Italian subs you could mull over for an entire afternoon — or at least through an…

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Black Star Bakery Dishes Out Five Star Pastries in the Upper East Side

Sat, 27 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT

I’m always struck by the Upper East Side’s wildly diverse array of bakeries, pizzerias, cafes, beer halls and ethnic eateries. For me — a…

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Code Block Examples

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT

Here will a React component go: Here will a normal code block go: (function() { var cache = {}; var form = $('form'); var minified = true…

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Pommes Frites is Pushing my Ketchup Comfort Zone

Sat, 06 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMT

on Macdougal Street sells french fries, and only french fries — thick-cut and twice-fried, Belgian-style. The current…

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Mikey Likes It Throws the Mac Down on Avenue A

Sat, 27 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Serving food with love is one of Michael ‘Mikey’ Cole’s prerogatives. He told me so himself, one snowy evening in 2017, when I ordered a…

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I Got Lost in the Sauce on Rivington Street

Fri, 19 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT

is already written in the history books for which he called “just…

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Zazzy's Pizza Brings Fresh Mozz and 'Ronis to the Lower East Side

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT

is a three-month-old, mood-lit corner spot on Stanton & Orchard with mugshot-art of supermodels on the walls and beautiful pizzas…

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Pasticceria Rocco is an Old-School Italian Bakery Keeping the West Village Fresh

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Italian immigrant Rocco Generoso, Sr. officially opened in 1974, after buying the storefront from the bakery where he had…

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I'm Still Crazy for Cronuts

Sat, 30 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT

I got a cronut this morning at Okay, that’s not all I got — my baseline order at Dominique’s…

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Pops Eat-Rite Has Me Hooked on Vegan Food

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT

is a new school burger joint following an old school template. Their core specialty — smashed-and-griddled plant-based…

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Village Square Pizza Dishes Out Incredible 'Pandemic-Proof' Pizza Slices

Sat, 16 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT

When opened in April 2019, Barstool Sports founder and One Bite pizza reviewer Dave Portnoy issued probably the

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Holey Cream Serves My Basest Late-Night Munchie Desires

Sat, 09 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Ordering desserts for delivery can be anxiety-inducing — only a few bakeries in Manhattan deliver during late-night ‘stoner’ hours (not…

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Vesuvio Bakery is the Boss of Bombolinis

Sun, 03 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT

— the reincarnation of a nearly century-old family bakery run by the legendary ‘mayor of Greenwich Village’ Anthony Dapolito…

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Rubirosa Pizza Made Christmas Merry and Bright

Sat, 26 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMT

As far as I can tell, the maelstrom of 2020 has done little to dim Nolita’s shine as a pizza haven; the lines are still down the block for…

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Dinner at The Dutch Made Up for Everything Bad in 2020

Sun, 20 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMT

is a beautiful restaurant with beautiful food and — frankly — usually beautiful clientele. Even with the impossibly limiting…

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The Doughnut Project is a Fount of Inspiration in the West Village

Sat, 05 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMT

The Doughnut Project is a long-time social media darling known for artisan flavors — you’re as likely to come here for their famous…

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I Started Cheating on Regular Ice Cream with Oat Milk Ice Cream

Sat, 28 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMT

In this tragi-comic year of 2020, a lot of people have been forced to confront life's big questions — those kind of existential queries you…

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Two Boots, Many Opposing Ideas, One FANTASTIC Pizza

Sat, 21 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMT

F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote,

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Tis the Season for Holiday Sandwiches

Sat, 14 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMT

My tastes don’t necessarily change with the seasons - I’m as liable to crave a cheeseburger and fries on Christmas Eve as I am on July 4th…

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Need a Hero? Go Find Lil Susie on Essex Street

Fri, 06 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Today has been concerningly beautiful in New York City, with temperatures in the mid-70s and sunshine that makes you forget we’ll all be in…

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I Want More Eggdays and Less Weekdays

Fri, 30 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT

I don’t typically bite at the bait of ‘breakfast burgers’ - just give me a burger after noon and a breakfast sandwich before 10 a.m., and…

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The Audacity of Uncle Sam's Pizza on Clinton Street

Sat, 24 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT

I’m not sure it’s possible to open a pizza shop in Manhattan right now without offering a rendition of a square Sicilian slice with…

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