Author: cia
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466 Hudson Street 212/741.6479 about $45 for three dishes, with two beers, with tip ♥ With four locations in the city, my favorite is the one on Hudson Street in the West Village. Petite Abeille is known for their mussels. On Wednesday nights, you can eat all the mussels you want for about $20 with…
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Third floor of the Time Warner Center, 10 Columbus Circle 212/823.6123 about $75 for brunch for two, with mimosas and coffee, with tip ♥ Baby strollers of different sizes and colors almost blocked the entrance. One of the babies being held by its father burped and threw up a gooey substance on the floor. Where…
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What to do with eight pounds of cherries? After our trip to Dutchess County, I wanted to use some of the cherries we picked from Barton Orchard in some kind of sauce. There’s no avoiding using cherry preserve in this recipe–it helped make the fresh cherries a little more sweet than tart. The allspice and…
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We woke up early on Saturday to catch the 9am Metro-North train from the Harlem stop up to Poughkeepsie. I bet it was a beautiful two-hour ride, but I was catching some Zs the whole ride up while the Dr. studied for his board exams next to me. In the Poughkeepsie station, we stepped out…
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Corner of 14th Street and Eighth Avenue no phone number $10 for four tacos and a drink ♥ We had been drinking for several hours when the El Idolo truck caught my eye on the corner of 14th Street and Eighth Avenue. I convinced my tired and drunk friends to cross the street and eat…
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In the park on Bleecker and Hudson no phone number $13 for two hotdogs, one asparagus and a drink ♥ Right behind the playground on Hudson and Bleecker and steps away from the long lines outside Magnolia Bakery is a small hotdog stand with an expensive flair called the Dogmatic Gourmet Sausage System. The flair…
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After a free 7-minute ferry ride from the Battery Park Marine Terminal, we were on Governor’s Island. Back in the 1800s, Governors Island was used by the Coast Guard and the U.S. Army to protect the New York harbor. It became more popular after Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev met there for a 1988 summit…
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19 Old Fulton Street at Water, DUMBO, Brooklyn 718/858.4300 about $70 for two large pizzas for five, with drinks, with tip, cash only ♥ Still considered by a lot of people as one of the best places to eat pizza in New York, Grimaldi’s has been welcoming tourists and locals alike at its location by…
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140 East 41st Street between Lexington and Third 212/682.3710 if we paid, about $150 for two, with two drinks, with tip ♥ I was invited by the Public House to a tasting this week. I don’t usually hang out in the midtown area but I was curious to taste what bar food could mean to…
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29 Bedford Street corner of Downing 212/633.0202 about $100 for 5 people, with drinks, with tip ♥ ♥ It’s appropriate that Landmarc’s owners named Ditch Plains after the famous stretch of beach in Montauk, Long Island. While the Hamptons-style crowd mingles at Blue Ribbon and at Mas across the street, the laid-back type is inside…
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30 West 26th Street between Sixth Avenue and Broadway 212/255.4544 $75 for two people, with two drinks, with a small tip ♥ Updated, 2007: Added a photo of the salty beef ribs It was the perfect day for barbeque. We spent the better part of our Sunday sitting on a blanket under the trees in…
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2104 Frederick Douglass Boulevard at 114th Street 212/222.3323 about $30 for two egg meals with iced coffee, with tip ♥ I’m always trying to support my neighborhood, so when the bus drove by Society after one of my bootcamp sessions in Central Park, I took note to visit. There were diners eating outside under large…