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Yakiniku Gen

May 19, 2020

Sometimes there are places you just can't help but walk in to. Like this subterranean joint, Yakiniku Gen, which advertises Japanese barbecue. I mean eating und...

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The Central Bar

May 4, 2020

A generic bar name for a generic sports bar. Seems fitting. Because someone actually sat around thinking about his life's ambition and made the decision to call...

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The Hummus & Pita Co. – Chelsea

April 21, 2020

There was a time in my life when I ate at The Hummus & Pita Co. way too much. I mean just because it has the word hummus in it doesn't make it healthy. In f...

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Murray’s Cheese

April 16, 2020

Cheese, glorious cheese! Workin' on my night cheese. Extolling the wonders of curdled cow, goat and sheep's milk is as old as the world itself. And no place in ...

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Vanguard Wine Bar – Midtown West

April 7, 2020

Ah, the wine bar. The prime Midtown backlash to the Irish pub and beer joint. Discernibly feminine in its approach and its description. Often offered up as a "c...

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McGee’s Pub

March 27, 2020

I've never seen How I Met Your Mother. But, after visiting this bar — which they claim was the inspiration for the bar in the show — I have to figure that it wa...

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New York Mexican Food

March 19, 2020

I feel like I've talked about chicken mole more times than I can count. If it's on a menu, it's difficult for me not to order it. Hipster Dad has the same issue...

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The Tippler

March 13, 2020

It seems I'd been to The Tippler once before. The basement space, decorated like a Baz Luhrmann film, is very memorable. Yet my memory failed me. It was vaguely...

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Five Guys – 7th Ave.

March 1, 2020

Five Guys never seem to be clean. Maybe it's the white tile motif or the fact they don't have enough staff. Or the fact there are peanuts in a pile that people ...

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Pete’s Tavern

February 17, 2020

Pete's Tavern came into being when Abraham Lincoln was president. In the midst of The Civil War. I'm honestly trying to imagine someone way back then thinking "...

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Browns Bagels

February 5, 2020

Don't toast your fucking NY bagels. It's a travesty. The only acceptable toasting of bagels is if your kid orders one at a NJ diner or if the bagel is at least ...

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The Brooklyneer

January 29, 2020

I'm wondering if a celebration of Brooklyn culture is really needed in this day and age? And I'm not talking the 1910 days of Grandpa Hipster's Williamsburg, bu...

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Lucky Jack’s

January 23, 2020

In all honesty, Lucky Jack's was not in any way our initial or planned last stop. It was a stop of convenience. A bar that looked safe in its complete lack of d...

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Beauty Bar – New York

January 15, 2020

This bar originally opened at almost exactly the time I moved to NYC in 1995. Back then you could smoke in public spaces and beer menus mainly consisted of Amer...

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Arturo’s Pizza

January 10, 2020

The year was 1995. I was living on 85th Street between York and East End. A quiet block. A very quiet block. But one with a very special secret on its corner. A...

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Rooftop93 Bar & Lounge

January 2, 2020

There is nothing like reviewing a rooftop bar in the dead of winter. Honestly, it's like torture looking back at these sunny pictures of a city that is bathed i...

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Antler Beer & Wine Dispensary

December 22, 2019

Venture down those stairs, young man. Enter into the Lower East Side's version of a cabin in the woods. In a space that, as far as I can tell, used to be a Chin...

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Ramen Lab

December 9, 2019

I am ashamed that I've eaten very little in the way of ramen. My first experience was a mere eighteen months or so ago at Momofuku. So at least I had it somewhe...

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