You’ll Never Forget Ponty Bistro (Unless You Leave Really Drunk)
A look at the charming signage outside a French-African newcomer.
Posted 12/11/08 in Daily Intel
Real-Estate Porn
Natasha Lyonne Proves Obnoxious Real-Estate Cliché
That, of course, celebrities are able to find cheap, fantastic real estate when you can't even find a place where the toilet is in the same room as the shower.
Posted 08/06/08 in Grub Street
Neighborhood Watch
Almost Half-Off at Picholine; Brunch Comes to the General Greene
Danny Meyer is importing San Fran's Blue Bottle Coffee, and Jim Mamary continues to colonize outer Brooklyn, in today's neighborhood food news.
Posted 07/24/08 in Grub Street
Neighborhood Watch
Food-Cart Turf Wars; Wii at Wildwood
Astoria: Restaurant Week is happening in Queens too, you know. Among others, the superexpensive Water's Edge is participating. [Joey in Astoria] Gramercy: A weekly Wii boxing tournament will begin next month at Wildwood Barbeque. The gig will play to their...
Posted 07/03/08 in Grub Street
NewsFeed
Have Models Turned Rose Bar into the World’s Fanciest High School Cafeteria?
According to one blogger, a turf war has erupted.
Posted 06/11/08 in Daily Intel
Neighborhood Watch
The Golden Rule, Graffiti-Style
East Harlem's incoming big-box mall, Rockaway's unexpected turn, Gramercy's strange tenements within a condo, and even more, in today's boroughs report.
Posted 06/06/08 in Grub Street
The In-box
Ess-a-Bagel Customer Demands: ‘Stop the Scooping’
A friend of Grub Street has alerted us to a trend among her fellow females that is as disturbing to bagel lovers as the whole "Jack and Diet" thing is to anyone who takes drinking seriously.
Posted 06/02/08 in Grub Street
Neighborhood Watch
Sweet Melissa Brings Specialty Sundaes to Cobble Hill; Tasting Room on Last Breath
Where to sample a whole new world of frozen-yogurt flavors in the West Village, and where to find free burgers and beer in Astoria, in today's neighborhood food news.
Posted 05/29/08 in Grub Street
Neighborhood Watch
Miss Favela Sambas Into Williamsburg; Q&A With Gordon Ramsay's NYC Go-To
Gramercy's latest BYO spot, and why you should buy your BBQ Block Party fast passes now, in today's neighborhood food news.
Posted 05/21/08 in Grub Street
Neighborhood Watch
Michael White's Favorite Junk Food; Cabrito's Spicy Martini
Wildwood Barbeque wants to know who you are before they make your reservation, and the next restaurant from a Bouley alum, in today's neighborhood food news.
Posted 05/09/08 in Daily Intel
Neighborhood Watch
Greenpoint Gets a Thematic Swimming Pool
A tourist treat in lower Manhattan, a vomit victim in Prospect Heights, and a paucity of pedagogy in Tribeca … all in our daily boroughs report!
Posted 04/17/08 in Grub Street
Neighborhood Watch
Rose Bar Blossoms With Beautiful Women; Pizza Prices Rise in Bensonhurst
Find a recipe for pea shoots and a $5 wine tasting in today's neighborhood food news.
Posted 04/07/08 in Daily Intel
Company Town
Katie Couric and Sean McManus: Chipper at CBS in Spite of It All
More troubles for Sam Zell, Heather Mills is coming to town, and half of Bear Stearns employees are facing the ax. Click through to read the rest of our news roundup from the fields of media, law, finance and real estate.
Posted 03/27/08 in Grub Street
Neighborhood Watch
Bar Milano Merely Weeks Away; Winegasm Hopes to Avoid Schism in Astoria
Winegasm has a terrible name but a good location, Fedora is truly old-school, and Bar Milano isn't far off.
Posted 03/17/08 in Daily Intel
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