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Archive for February, 2008

The City Bakery is the perfect way to spend a chilly afternoon, although it’s no oasis: too much beverage-slinging and too many bustling people to qualify as peaceful.  Instead, it offers great people watching from the balcony tables and the richest hot chocolate imaginable along with dreamy, dense handmade marshmallows.  From the balcony, you can [...]

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Why?  Why?  Why?  Why have I wasted time on other dumplings when I could have been going to this Chinatown joint? I could have been ordering up 8 flavorful vegetarian dumplings for $2.50 (you’ve done the calculations correctly: that equals a value of cheaper than not eating AT ALL) along with a delightful sesame pancake [...]

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I have to give props to the Alligator Lounge in Williamsburg.  It’s a nice enough bar – good vibe, good jukebox, good selection of beers – but nothing that stands out beyond just being a comfy place to have a drink among vast throngs of hipsters.  Nothing, that is, except that they give you a [...]

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