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iMix: October 2009

Posted on October 21, 2009 by admin
Here's an October mix of some of the best new songs coming out and a few rediscovered classics. Favorite sources include KCRW, the recent Fever Ray concert, the Where the Wild Things Are soundtrack and...
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Alto

Posted on October 20, 2009 by admin
CLOSED Plenty of top New York chefs are adding new restaurants to their portfolios now, but what happens to the existing restaurants that made them famous? That’s what we set out to find out the...
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The Ten Bells

Posted on October 20, 2009 by admin
You know the feeling: You get older, but the neighborhood stays the same age. So it is on the Lower East Side, where beer-soaked dens with an American-Apparel-clad clientele don’t have the same appeal after...
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The National Cafe

Posted on October 20, 2009 by admin
CLOSED The task of opening a restaurant has gotten even more daunting in the past few years: getting the investors, the space, the chef, the liquor license, and the staff is only the first part...
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Sweatpants: Why?

Posted on October 16, 2009 by admin
Alexander Wang's influence notwithstanding, I am mystified by the sweatpants trend. Perhaps because I was born in the pre-Lycra, pre-wicking-material era, I associate baggy gray sweatpants with the general humiliation of high school gym class....
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Street Chic: New York Women’s Foundation Benefit

Posted on October 16, 2009 by admin
The invitation says cocktails and dinner, not black tie, but the setting is the glamorous 1920s bank now known as Gotham Hall, and Mary J. Blige is performing. Stepping Out & Stepping Up, a benefit...
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Why Michael Sullivan Left Anella

Posted on October 14, 2009 by admin
We were so pleased when chef Michael Sullivan won entry to Meatball Madness through Eater's meatball contest and even more pleased to see him there. But this was right on the heels of the news...
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NYC Wine & Food Festival: Meatball Madness!

Posted on October 14, 2009 by admin
Dozens of NYC's top chefs gathered on Sunday to turn out their best meatballs for the Meatball Madness event. A $5,000 prize was at stake, with proceeds from the event benefitting the Food Bank for...
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NYC Wine & Food Festival: Grand Tasting

Posted on October 13, 2009 by admin
Perhaps the most controversial part of the NYC Wine & Food Festival is the reason it exists at all: The Grand Tasting mixes mass-market sponsors like ShopRite, Barilla and Skyy Spirits with upmarket chefs like...
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NYC Wine & Food Festival: Serious Eats Slice: The Pieman’s Craft

Posted on October 13, 2009 by admin
Two legendary pizzaiolos, one 700-degree oven, dozens of pizzas, and 35 lucky diners: imagine the pizza feast that followed. Serious Eats founder and Pizza: A Slice of Heaven author Ed Levine and Slice founder Adam...
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NYC Wine & Food Festival: Tour de Beef

Posted on October 13, 2009 by admin
You can taste the difference between an aged cut of beef and a supermarket steak, but what exactly goes into the aging process? DeBragga and Spitler, one of the few remaining butchers in the Meatpacking...
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NYC Wine & Food Festival: Bruni Unveiled

Posted on October 12, 2009 by admin
This weekend's NYC Wine & Food Festival reflected the current state of the food industry: corporate sponsors mixed with independent chefs, TV cameras were everywhere, and the competition was fierce. One of the kickoff events...
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Street Chic: Atlantic Antic Brooklyn

Posted on October 8, 2009 by admin
The annual Atlantic Antic festival on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn isn't your average tube-socks-and-Italian-sausage street fair: Hundreds of local Brooklyn businesses set up shop, from clothing shops like Steven Alan to favorite neighborhood restaurants like...
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Can Clogs Ever Be Cool?

Posted on October 8, 2009 by admin
The biggest surprise appearance at the Chanel spring 2010 show? Clogs. In theory, cooks should be ecstatic that clogs were blessed by the hand of Karl for spring 2010, since many of us wear them...
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Street Chic: Greenwich Village

Posted on October 7, 2009 by admin
It's back-to-school time in the NYU neighborhood, where you can always get a lesson on style without a huge clothing allowance. Some of the easiest, cheapest nods to current fashion: a flash of red, oversized...
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