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Archive for Category: "Eat*Sleep*Shop"
Ninth Avenue Food Festival 2012
Love to eat? Have an adventurous palate (or trouble deciding on a cuisine)? Then run, don’t walk to that annual celebration of culinary consumption: The Ninth Avenue Food Festival. May 19th & 20th, Hell’s Kitchen’s main drag, 9th Avenue, will be given over to food stalls offering cuisines from all over the world. From 12pm [...]
Manhattan Budget Hotels
With a shortage of hotel rooms, and an “average” room rate of $275 a night, affordable accommodations in NYC are a highly elusive find. Fortunately, there are a few alternatives to budget-busting hotels. You’ll usually have to sacrifice room size and amenities (like, um, private bathrooms and elevators), but if cost is a priority, the [...]
Macy’s Flower Show 2012
Macy’s Herald Square, the world’s largest department store, presents its annual Flower Show – Brazil: Gardens in Paradise, March 25 – April 7, 2012. This year’s display breaks tradition by taking place in a large tent on the Broadway Plaza in front of the store. (The show’s usual setting, the landmark Art Deco main floor, [...]
Chinatown Restaurant Week
Love great Asian food? (okay, who doesn’t?) Well, grab your chopsticks and head to Chinatown Restaurant Week, a celebration of Asian cuisines, including Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, and Malaysian. Through March 18th seventeen Manhattan Chinatown restaurants will offer special multi-course dinners for $18.88 (tax and gratuity not included). Participating restaurants: Peking Duck House – 28 Mott [...]
Great NYC Irish Pubs for St. Patrick’s Day
In NYC, St. Patrick’s Day is a big party. If you’re looking to celebrate Celtic pride, or simply join the hedonistic revelry, take a look my recent piece for Yahoo – NYC’s Great Irish Pubs for St. Patrick’s Day A few more great Irish Pubs – Swift Hiberian Lounge – this great Nolita pub (close [...]
NYC Bagels
The Bagel – a fundamental NYC food. This doughnut-shaped bread ring should be a light caramel color, with a firm exterior that crunches as one bites into its soft, chewy center. Traditionally, the dough is briefly boiled, then baked. Bagels are best when eaten warm from the oven, and must be fresh (less than 5 [...]
NYC Restaurant Week 2012
Foodies rejoice – NYC’s Restaurant Week has returned! To celebrate its 20th Anniversary, the “week” will last 20 days: January 16th – February 10, 2012. Monday – Friday, participating restaurants will offer three-course prix-fixe menus for Lunch at $24.07, and Dinner for $35.00 (not including beverages, tax or gratuities.) Choose from hundreds of restaurants throughout [...]
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