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Those nights sipping schnapps at the Fox Club in your boxers, or reciting whole memorized books of Milton's Paradise Lost at Naples Pizza. Well, this place is far less obnoxious than you! Though,...
Those nights sipping schnapps at the Fox Club in your boxers, or reciting whole memorized books of Milton's Paradise Lost at Naples Pizza. Well, this place is far less obnoxious than you! Though, it does have the old Ivy feel, wood paneled walls, framed pictures of lionized authors that used to dwell here--e.g. Dorthy Parker,Jack Kerouac,William S. Burroughs,F. Scott Fitzgerald,Anais Nin, Eugene O-Neill, J.D. Salinger, Norman Mailer, it goes on. The wooden door that leads its way in is not marked and it would not be clear that this was a restaurant at all. There is a bar breaking up the two halves of the restaurant serving Chumley's own tasty beers. The atmosphere is warm, bustling, and sheltered--it started out as a speakeasy during Prohibition. I like the feeling of a sense of history, secrecy, and being in a place without a sign outside just makes you feel a little special, an in-the-know New Yorker, that we all are here.And they make really good burgers!
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Soba-ya
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Restaurants
230 East 9th Street
New York, New York 10003
(212) 533-6966
Personally, my favorite appetizer is the abalone. This way you can get a taste of delicious abalone WITHOUT having to pay $80-$100 for a dish. This nice little $8 appetizer comes with a few slices...
Personally, my favorite appetizer is the abalone. This way you can get a taste of delicious abalone WITHOUT having to pay $80-$100 for a dish. This nice little $8 appetizer comes with a few slices (that's all ya need!) of abalone covered with a stripe of gold leaf. For me, it's the only place I've found that I can get my abalone fix affordably.
Everything else is good too. Made with care. It's as an eat-out Japanese restaurant should be.
The decor and atmosphere, in contrast to some of the more down-home places in the area, is just a little more sophisticated and understated without crossing over to formal. A nice collection of antique netsuke in the welcome foyer!
They don't take reservations and it may be crowded on a weekend night.
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@SQC
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Restaurants
270 Columbus Avenue
New York, New York 10024
(212) 579-0100
"@SQC", what the fuck?, right? This place screams "trying to be cool". But here's the thing... it's pretty cool. Not because of the wood ceilinged bathrooms with frosted glass doors, not for the...
"@SQC", what the fuck?, right? This place screams "trying to be cool". But here's the thing... it's pretty cool. Not because of the wood ceilinged bathrooms with frosted glass doors, not for the windowed "see me" atrium scene seating, but because the food is quite good and the place doesn't actually feel snotty or overly trendy. Zagat's said that this place was a little "cold" service-wise. But the reason I went in was because a VERY FRIENDLY front of house person (turned out to be Chef Scott Campbell's partner, i think), who basically charmed us in. While there, my glass of water was never half empty & I drink A LOT of water. The chef made gnosh bread was superb and risotto was yummy. The waiter was really nice & after dinner we met Mr. Campbell who talked about his days at Le Cirque when Nixon and Frank Zappa would often be dining in the same room; as well as a nice conversation about music, since he saw I was carrying my trumpet & my dining friend is a guitar player. Not cold at all! It's the kind of place I would never have thought of going into, or writing a review of... but here I am, giving it a 5 ! UWS, check it out.
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Max Soha
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Restaurants
1274 Amsterdam Ave
New York, New York 10024
(212) 531-2221
So sad. This restaurant used to be an old standby from yummy down-home pasta. They would make slightly overcooked fresh pasta that would melt in your mouth... and I don't normally like fresh...
So sad. This restaurant used to be an old standby from yummy down-home pasta. They would make slightly overcooked fresh pasta that would melt in your mouth... and I don't normally like fresh pasta. Sigh. They've gone al dente on what used to be my fav dish there Fettuccine al Sugo, now it tastes like anywhere else. Why must EVERYPLACE al dente EVERYTHING. It's like when you go to the suburbs & suddenly you can't get any bread except for sour dough bread, because everyone thinks it's special or classy or something. I had to ask the waiter whether they switched from fresh pasta to boxed.
It was a sad day. I'll go back one more time... I'll update again, if it was a fluke, but if they haven't gone back to their old ways, this review stands.
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BUT a really nice work friend of mine's family owns it. It's a Korean Bodega that just opened up this year & are still figuring out the ropes. They're just a really nice family & single mother...
BUT a really nice work friend of mine's family owns it. It's a Korean Bodega that just opened up this year & are still figuring out the ropes. They're just a really nice family & single mother trying to make it in the States. Please stop by if you happen to be in the neighborhood & if it's good, go back again!
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They won't cheat you for Saxophone/Trumpet/Brass repair. They do a good job & don't skeeze you out. They seem to do repair for some heavys. Better than International Woodwind across the street &...
They won't cheat you for Saxophone/Trumpet/Brass repair. They do a good job & don't skeeze you out. They seem to do repair for some heavys. Better than International Woodwind across the street & you won't have to go to Sam Ash and feel like you're on a conveyer belt. All the people who work there seem like they are musicians; but won't snub you when you bring in your cheap (in need of repair) instrument... you don't have to be Joe Lovano! (though he seems to trust them).Actually, I bought my used flugelhorn from them. Decent price. Nice instrument.
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They seem to be the game in town for Upper Manhattan in the Hudson Heights area. Some quality properties with some personable reps. Ask me about which ones... I might have more of an opinion by...
They seem to be the game in town for Upper Manhattan in the Hudson Heights area. Some quality properties with some personable reps. Ask me about which ones... I might have more of an opinion by then. I've used them to get my place.
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Amazing artist. Great teacher. One of the few people around that teaches photogravure & he's wonderful at it.
3 products he offers:
1. rental studio to do production printmaking
2....
Amazing artist. Great teacher. One of the few people around that teaches photogravure & he's wonderful at it.
3 products he offers:
1. rental studio to do production printmaking
2. teaching (catch him at a NY teaching facility near you... Manhattan Graphics, Lower East Side Studio, Cooper Union, Columbia, check on his site)
3. art (really amazing work)
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Spa 88
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Beauty Salons
88 Fulton Street
New York, New York 10038
(212) 766-8600
In downtown Manhattan in the heart of Wall Street lives this adequately run Russian Spa. All underground, it has a rather large facility... Russian Sauna, Ice Cold Pool, Swedish Steam Bath, Pool,...
In downtown Manhattan in the heart of Wall Street lives this adequately run Russian Spa. All underground, it has a rather large facility... Russian Sauna, Ice Cold Pool, Swedish Steam Bath, Pool, Hot Tub, weight room, billiards room, Tea room, Smoking room, Weight room. The locker room is decently maintained & there are plenty of clean towels. The price is reasonable & there's a good Russian diner in there as well. Service is not what I would call warm and friendly, by they aren't sneezing on you either. I think they used to cater to the Russian crowd and it is supposed to be popular with dancers visiting from out of town (e.g. Kirov Ballet), but it seems to be making a play for the actually bankerish Wall Street crowd, with unclear success. After going there (in a birthday gathering for a friend), I realized that it might be considered a pick up scene given some of the strutting (by both sexes)... but frankly, I don't think it's the best place for that... something too much about having people in skimpy bathing suits & pecks sitting next to older large hairy old-style rotund clientele seems just way too carnal for my tastes, but hey if you're into that, it could be a pretty interesting place.... The Spa itself, however, is a nice experience.
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The MOMA has definitely improve since it's renovation. It feels and is more spacious, it feels more open and the flow of the rooms is much more, well, flowy. There are some nice views where you...
The MOMA has definitely improve since it's renovation. It feels and is more spacious, it feels more open and the flow of the rooms is much more, well, flowy. There are some nice views where you can see other parts of the museum from multiple vantage points. The ceilings are higher and you don't feel claustrophobic anymore. The collection is just as good as it ever was, though I feel now you can see more of it (not sure if this is an illusion or not). I'm afraid Monet's Water Lilies looks kind of dusty... not sure if this is because of it's new location/light or because it hasn't been taken good enough care of. However, as much as an improvement it is, it is not an inspiring work of architecture. This is no J. Paul Getty museum, this is no Met, no I.M.Pei pyramid, no Bilbao. It's an improvement, maybe that's all we can ask for... but it's nice to get a suprise, especially given the grand city we live in. I feel it is a geniune lost opportunity. We'll have to wait another age for our Gaudi, alas.
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