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Bubble Tea Trend Officially Over

Posted on September 27, 2006 by admin
You know an innovative food trend is officially over when it makes its way to University Restaurant, perhaps the least creative restaurant in the world. It's a diner on University Place, right near New York...
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Tribeca on a Sunday Afternoon

Posted on September 25, 2006 by admin
Caf&#233 culture thrives in Tribeca, especially on the main drag of West Broadway, where Odeon first put down roots in 1980 and many sidewalk caf&#233s followed. Even on a drizzly day there's not much incentive...
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Blaue Gans (Oktoberfest Has Begun)

Posted on September 22, 2006 by admin
When Blaue Gans first opened last year, chef Kurt Gutenbrunner was criticized for not even bothering to redecorate. The single, high-ceilinged loft dining room originally belonged to Le Zinc, which shut its doors after a...
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Black and Blue

Posted on September 21, 2006 by admin
Taught from infancy never to mix black and navy, I report on this latest trend with a particular frisson of rebellion. Now it is not only OK to mix black and blue but endorsed by...
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Fresh Direct’s One-Click Recipes

Posted on September 19, 2006 by admin
Confession: I love Fresh Direct. Maybe their ever-present double-parked delivery trucks are annoying to some people, but the site itself is the culinary/internet dork's dream. Everything you could ever want to eat, and you don't...
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East Village Rant: There’s Nothing to Eat

Posted on September 19, 2006 by admin
Dozens of restaurants are opening this fall, and yet the cupboard is bare. Why? Adam Platt's review of Japonais in New York Magazine, notable because it conferred no stars whatsoever on the restaurant, pointed out...
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Anorexia, Manorexia

Posted on September 17, 2006 by admin
Just when I thought I could get used to being surrounded by fashion fanatics, I read something like this in Friday's The Daily Front Row, an otherwise useful publication. I may be an anomaly for...
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Fashion Week SS07: Doo.Ri

Posted on September 16, 2006 by admin
And...scene! That's it for fashion week. Wrapping it up was Doo Ri Chung, the Korean-born American designer, who won the Parson’s Designer of the Year award in 1995 and many accolades since. The beautiful collection...
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Fashion Week SS07: Badgley Mischka

Posted on September 14, 2006 by admin
Umbrellas were the most popular accessory at the Badgley Mischka show, held on a rainy day in Bryant Park.
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Fashion Week SS07: Behnaz Serafpour

Posted on September 14, 2006 by admin
A young and/or influential crowd showed up for Behnaz Serafpour's show, held at Exit Art on 10th Avenue.
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Fashion Week SS07: Oscar de la Renta

Posted on September 12, 2006 by admin
Oscar de la Renta is the Wizard of Oz of New York fashion: so powerful and talented that you half expect another, regular guy to appear from behind the curtain and tell you it's all...
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Fashion Week SS07: Diane Von Furstenberg

Posted on September 12, 2006 by admin
Few designers can claim their clothes are instantly recognizable. Diane Von Furstenberg never needed to emblazon her designs with logos, however, to establish her distinctive style. A crush of people, many of them women in...
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Fashion Week SS07: Tracy Reese

Posted on September 11, 2006 by admin
I always assumed Tracy Reese was a WASP, because her colorful designs verge toward the extreme side of preppy. Turns out she's a fabulous black designer, which should make us WASP-ish types gain a new...
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Prime Burger

Posted on September 10, 2006 by admin
CLOSED Whenever I find myself near Fifth Avenue and 51st Street at lunchtime, I make an obligatory stop at Prime Burger, which is right across the street from St. Patrick's Cathedral. The burgers here are...
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Fashion Week SS07: Balenciaga

Posted on September 9, 2006 by admin
Editors, customers, and investors arrive at one of the first fashion week shows, Balenciaga, held at Barneys New York, where the doormen are always stylish.
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