TV Reviews

    They say TV will rot your brain. Mr. Hipster does his best to prove them right.

    Album Reviews

    Check out the albums that have left Mr. H with permanent hearing loss in his left ear, but a song in his heart.

    Movie Reviews

    Enjoy the rantings as Mr. Hipster proves he slept through his film criticism courses in college.

    Book Reviews

    This much ignorance about literature can only lead to hurt feelings and a whole lot of nonsense.

    Podcast Reviews

    Podcasts are like television for your ears, but on the train.

    Booze & Grub: NYC

    Reviews of NYC's Most Popular (and least popular) Bars & Restaurants

    Sweet and Vicious

    Sweet and Vicious

    We’re still not sure what’s going on with the bar naming in NYC. Wouldn’t you be scared to...
    Balthazar

    Balthazar

    For all of us Francophobes out there, welcome to Balthazar, a taste of Paris without the stinky Seine,...
    Blondies Sports

    Blondies Sports

    For a bar/restaurant on the Upper West Side, Blondies is about as close to a dive as you...

    Booze & Grub: NJ

    Reviews of NJ's Most Popular (and least popular) Bars & Restaurants

    Ruthie's BBQ & Pizza

    Ruthie’s Bar-B-Q & Pizza

    Barbecue is one of those words that just confounds me. Because it can also be barbeque. But, mostly...

    Apna Punjab Indian Restaurant

    There have been more Indian restaurants in Montclair and Bloomfield than one could possibly imagine. They’ve opened and...
    Obal's Inn

    Obal’s Inn

    Everywhere you look online Obal’s Inn is classified as a dive bar. I think that assessment is a...

    Product Reviews

    I'm a sucker for new stuff and am totally susceptible to bad marketing nonsense.

    Cocktail Courier

    Cocktail Courier

    This was a very sweet gift from Ms. Hipster. And conceptually a decent idea. Though in practice, sending...

    Travel

    I'm a world traveler, which mainly means places one can get to by scooter.

    Cayuga Lake

    Cayuga Lake, NY

    Ms. Hipster grew up in Upstate New York. Or Western New York. Or Central New York. I’m honestly...

    Reviews from the Archive

    Bringing You Content Since 2000-ish A.D.

    Kafka On the Shore

    Kafka On the Shore

    Fantastic realism I think they call it. Or mystic concretism. Maybe trippy groundedness? However you classify Murakami, this...