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Posted 11/11/08 in Grub Street

Dives

List of Dirtiest Dives Slanders Blarney Cove, Overlooks Bailarina Bars

A magazine feature takes us into the lives of ‘faux’ girlfriends who dance with men for $40 an hour.

Posted 11/05/08 in Daily Intel

Neighborhood Watch

Queens Hit With Foreclosures

An alarming number of Queens homes went into foreclosure last month.

Posted 10/27/08 in Daily Intel

Neighborhood Watch

Sunnyside Outrage Over Shopowners Who Keep But Don’t Feed Cats

The stores starve the cats so they'll catch more mice, protesters allege.

Posted 10/20/08 in Grub Street

In the Magazine

Hunters Point: Newcomer v. Old-Timer

An old-timer and a newbie pick their LIC favorites.

Posted 09/08/08 in Daily Intel

Gogol

Queens Woman Orders Hit Against Husband’s Nose

Vassili Cotoulas was a little too vain about his new nose, his wife alleged, and so she thought she’d teach him a lesson.

Posted 09/04/08 in Grub Street

Mediavore

Fro-Yo for Dogs; Cheap Chains Taking Over City

Gelato is gaining popularity in the U.S., a six-foot-long zucchini grows in Queens, and more from our glance at the morning headlines.

Posted 08/29/08 in Daily Intel

Neighborhood Watch

The Queens Zoo Gets ‘Babydoll Lambs,’ We Are Smothered by Their Cuteness

Light, cheery news from Prospect Heights, Park Slope — even Queens and Staten Island. It’s Labor Day weekend, so the last boroughs report of summer doesn’t want to make you work too hard.

Posted 08/27/08 in Daily Intel

In Other News

Gay Couples Choose the Bronx, for Some Reason

Gay Couples Choose the Bronx, for Some Reason

The majority of gay couples with children are living up north.

Posted 07/24/08 in The Cut

Loose Threads

Alleged Sweatshop Busted; Lauren Conrad Doesn’t Really Design Her Clothing Line

Alleged Sweatshop Busted; Lauren Conrad Doesn’t Really Design Her Clothing Line

Also, Halston expands and Armani's profits soar (Giorgio celebrated by wearing a Speedo on his yacht).

Posted 07/17/08 in Daily Intel

Neighborhood Watch

There’s a Sloop on the Gowanus

Plus the Upper West Side gets "rods of falling water," and Flushing's Sky View Parc–condo dwellers get sludge-front property, in our daily neighborhood wrap-up.

Posted 06/16/08 in The Cut

Cult of Personality

Britain Honors Anna Wintour With a Fancy New Title

Britain Honors Anna Wintour With a Fancy New Title

Anna Wintour has been named an Officer of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire! Congrats! Now what does that mean?

Posted 06/04/08 in Grub Street

NewsFeed

How New York Kitchens Cut Costs

From Queens to the Upper West Side, restaurants cut costs and hope that you'll still eat out.

Posted 05/30/08 in The Cut

Run Through

Handbags, Clothes, Condoms Recovered in Counterfeit Bust

Handbags, Clothes, Condoms Recovered in Counterfeit Bust

Authorities arrested eight people in the latest counterfeit bust in Queens, where over 1,100 boxes of fake goods were recovered.

Posted 05/22/08 in The Cut

Loose Threads

Kate Moss: ‘Vogue’ Cover Girl? Sean Combs: Lying Low at Cannes?

Kate Moss: ‘Vogue’ Cover Girl? Sean Combs: Lying Low at Cannes?

It looks like Kate Moss is gearing up for a 'Vogue cover' spot, and Sean Combs went solo to Cannes so film people take him seriously.

Posted 03/25/08 in Grub Street

Openings

Ion’s Ups the Romanian Ante in Long Island City

Ion’s Ups the Romanian Ante in Long Island City

Ion's, in Long Island City, continues the march of good new Romanian restaurants across the New York cityscape.

Posted 03/18/08 in Grub Street

NewsFeed

Interborough Burger Contest Heading to Queens

Posted 03/12/08 in Daily Intel

Gossipmonger

Predictably, ‘Lipstick Jungle’ Star Used to Lust After Andrew McCarthy

Posted 02/21/08 in Grub Street

NewsFeed

Roosevelt Avenue Enjoys a Moment in the Sun

Posted 01/09/08 in Grub Street

The Orange Line

Riding the V Line: Tokyo Teriyaki’s Gloriously Unironic Spam Roll

Posted 01/07/08 in Grub Street

Back of the House

King Yum Patriarch Jimmy Eng Dies at 87