Archive for March, 2008
City Council Approves Congestion Pricing, 30-20
Mayor Bloomberg appears to have the essential votes to get congestion pricing passed in the City Council, considering the Council scheduled a vote on the matter for that afternoon. The fact a vote has been suddenly scheduled is interpreted as a sign that fellow supporter Council Speaker Christin…
No Raining on Mets’ Parade in Miami
Photo of Johan Santana pitching against the Marlins by AP/J. Pat Carter
The rain that postponed the Yankees’ regular-season opener was nowhere to be found in South Florida, where the Mets disposed of the Marlins, 7-2, to start their eagerly awaited 2008 campaign. Johan Santana, living up to th…
Back to Work (Partially) at Trump Soho
The Buildings area has partially lifted the stop work order at 246 Spring Street, aka the Trump Soho building at Spring and Varick. On January 14, a interpretation worker fell to his death while pouring concrete molds on the 42nd floor. A moment worker plus fell, but was saved by netting aro…
An East and West Side Story
Perhaps an Uptown versus Downtown battle would have worked better, as The NY Times says only 100 humans showed up at that past weekend’s “Battle of Manhattan,” which pitted the East versus the West side of town (perhaps they were all at the Scotland Run).
Organizer Steve Bernstein (a concert p…
Faking New York, CSI:NY-Style
Television is coming back to life, with several shows (mainly on CBS) returning to the air that week with post-writers strike episodes. Amongst them, the comically inaccurate CSI: NY returns (Wednesday, 10:00 p.m., WCBS 2), with an observation of a dead assassin found in a warehouse, no doubt …
EaterWire: $81 Burger, Cocoa Bar Sold, and Joe’s Stone Crab Expanding to NYC
MEATPACKING DISTRICT—Bottomless Dish reports on the new $81 burger at Old Homestead: “Move by, David Burke: Your $32 foie gras burger seems like paupers’ cuisine now that Old Homestead has announced its $81 Kobe burger. For roughly the price of a meal at Momofuku Ko, diners get 14 ounces …
Your Home is Your Non-Smoking Castle
Property owners are not holding their breath for a citywide ban on domestic smoking, like the ones barring lighting up in bars or restaurants, but non-smoking is increasingly fitting a requirement for renters in New York City.
The Daily News reports that while the city’s health department does…
Tasting Cocktail History with Dave Wondrich
Cocktail wizard Dave Wondrich used a Boston shaker as a instance machine when he taught a room full of citizens how to build old-school drinks. Real old school–some of the libations that the author of Imbibe whipped up haven’t been made for more than 100 years.
The occasion was yesterday’s …
Amanda Hesser: We have it on good authority…
We have it on good authority that food editor for the New York Times Magazine Amanda Hesser has taken a buyout from the Times. We take in she plans to move on to a web-based venture once her book, a collection of the best recipes from the Times from the 19th century until nowadays, is published…
Madonna Thinks NYC is Boring
Coming to a newsstand approach you that Wednesday: Madonna’s hate mail to New York City. Well, sort of. In that coming month’s issue of Vanity Fair the fabric girl says New York has lost its magic.”It’s not the exciting place it used to be. It still has great energy; I still put my finger in the…
Board Wrap: What Makes the Perfect Hot Dog Truck?
· The First Word on 8th Street’s Maoz [CH]
· Past and Future Hot Dog Vendors Discuss the Perfect Dog Truck [Yelp]
· Worst Series concept: Project Food Blog Cook Off! [SE]
· Where to Eat Earthworms, Grasshoppers, (Farm-Raised) Crickets [Zagat]
· If you don’t like Texture…
Gowanus Hotel Boom Smells Funny to Some
Brownstoner has done the math and concluded that there are a ridiculous number of hotels going up approach Brooklyn’s lovely Gowanus Canal. The latest new development will be a nine story Fairfield Inn on Third Avenue amidst Douglass and Butler streets; interpretation will start once existing …
Who’s Tipping What at NYC Venues?
Do positive band’s fans tip better than others? Sasha Frere-Jones does an uncontrolled study at Bowery Ballroom — and Chromeo fans, you’re busted.“When Chromeo played, their crowd drank house vodka and Budweiser. Didn’t tip. Some of them did what I’ll sign the slide-backs. They put a doll…
