| |  | Bar Carrera | | | “Basque tapas and Iberian wine flavor this simple, sexy bar.” —nymag | | Cuisine: Tapas, Wine Bar |
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| | | | | | Living in NYC, you tend to get spoiled very, very quickly. Take a walk outside and you're hit with more choices and possibilities than you could ever imagine. The East Village (my neighborhood) is easily one of the most vibrant and eclectic neighborhood in the city. I love that I can find mult... Read More | | | | | | | | | | | | After my embarrassment at having stood Andrew and Karen up on Sunday (and if you click here you can see they actually wrote a play about it! Funny!) I was sure to be early on Monday for our rescheduled rendezvous. The place, this time, was Bar Carrera in the East Village: I pressed Karen to choos... Read More | | | | | | We first heard back in February that Bar Carrera owner Frederick Twomey was expanding his East Village wine bar into the space next door when he applied and was approved for a liquor license. It looks like the expansion is complete. Jeremiah Moss discovered the news when he tried to get a soda at th... Read More | | | | | | That's great. Now can I see the wine list?Photo: Daniel MaurerBar Carrera exudes impeccable elegance in everything from its prominently displayed ham legs to its napkin dispensers — a touchstone of tapas-bar authenticity. But last night we were dismayed to see these notes from the NYPD dotting the b... Read More | | | | | | East Village: There's a chance, however slim, that Ko could start serving lunch, thereby doubling its available weekly covers. [Eater] Bar Carrera has actually expanded and taken over the deli space next door, though for bodega lovers this isn't necessarily a good thing. [Jeremiah's Vanishing New Yo... Read More | | | | | | Don't walk into that.Photo: Daniel MaurerWhat do you do when a gaping construction hole goes up next to your tiny tapas bar? Xicala, which is easy to miss even when not in the shadow of plywood, has made the best of it by erecting this giant photo of the Spanish countryside along with a 3-D nameplat... Read More | | | | | | Don't go here. Because I am madly in love with this place, and I want it to be mine all mine and I don't want to have to wait for crowds to disappear so I can sit at the bar and debate Barca vs Madrid… Read More | | | | | | Astoria: Tell Astoria doesn’t seem to be reopening anytime soon. [Joey in Astoria] Clinton Hill: Green Planet has opened with its shelves stocked with vitamins and drink mixes, but some still hope that actual produce could turn up. [Clinton Hill Blog] East Village: The sliver of a Spanish restau... Read More | | | | | | We were recently asked about recommendations for good first date spots: "she's allergic to shellfish, I hate TexMex - any thoughts?" We have plenty of thoughts. The first is that a first date, depending on how well you know the person, should be limited to drinks or coffee. This way, if... Read More | | | |
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