| |  | Café Fiorello | | | “For nearly thirty years, this clubby Italian cafe has attracted sightseers, show biz professionals, and neighborhood types alike.” —nymag | | Cuisine: Italian |
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| | | | | | Restaurant industry insiders weigh in on what they'd like to see more of – and less of – in the New Year See What the Pros are Saying: We Need More We Could Do With Less Culinary insiders have had it with the terms "celebrity chef" and ... Read More | | | | | | With the passing of Luciano Pavarotti, the world lost not just a great voice – but a great eater as well. In the many NYC restaurants that he frequented (including numerous spots in Little Italy), the Maestro was much loved as a legendary trencherman, capable of putting away a meal that woul... Read More | | | | | | Photo: Food of the Future The East Williamsburg Moore Street Retail Market is one of four remaining city-run public markets built during the tail end of the Depression; opened by Mayor Fiorello La Guardia in 1941, the Brooklyn market was created to clear the streets of unhygienic peddlers and mon... Read More | | | | | | (Thanksgiving in 1911) From at least the early part of the twentieth century until about the early 1960’s, Brooklyn children celebrated a curious custom on Thanksgiving morning. While Mom was cooking the turkey, kids would put on old, over-size, ragged clothes—usually belonging to one of their par... Read More | | | | | | Why did Teddy Bergman, co-founder and co-artistic director of the Woodshed Collective, situate his ambitious production of Caridad Svich’s Twelve Ophelias within the vast and creepy bowels of the McCarren Park Pool in Williamsburg? Maybe it’s ghosts. Svich’s play, after all, is practically suffused... Read More | | | | | | Why did Teddy Bergman, co-founder and co-artistic director of the Woodshed Collective, situate his ambitious production of Caridad Svich’s Twelve Ophelias within the vast and creepy bowels of the McCarren Park Pool in Williamsburg? Maybe it’s ghosts. Svich’s play, after all, is practically suffus... Read More | | | | | | My cousin Brian sent over an e-mail this week mentioning that a friend would be in NYC for the Thanksgiving Day Parade, and asked if we could recommend any good eats. I have a friend here at school who is going to be spending Thanksgiving in Manhattan, and she asked if I knew any places to get a goo... Read More | | | | | | Phew! Sorry for the delayed first post, everyone. Let's skip the excuses and get right down to business. A few weekends ago, Obe dragged two friends up to Arthur Avenue in the Bronx. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the area, Arthur Avenue is justly lauded as the "real" Little It... Read More | | | |
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