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FREE Chowder and Tunes at Frankenart Mart

This time last week, I went to Frankenart …

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Java Beach Serves the Sunset

When I lived out in the Sunset District back in the day, Java Beach was my favorite hang out. The neighborhood coffee shop

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Pretty Cheesy: Le Tour de Fromage

Chances are, if you’ve made it to Ocean Beach, you’ve made it to the peculiarly hip two-block stretch of Judah Street, home to this writer’s tattoo

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NYC Vegetarian Food Festival 2012 This Weekend

All you broke-ass carnivores are being given an ultimatum this weekend—stay home or eat your vegetables. The NYC Vegetarian Food Festival will be hitting the Metropolitan

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Why Arizmendi Bakery is a Broke-Ass’ Best Friend

Bread has long been a Broke-Ass’s friend. Yeast, flour, a lil sugar and oil and water, and you’ve got a loaf to last you around seven meals,

2012 Barworkers

The 7th Annual Mid-Winter Bar Worker’s Ball is on Monday!

 

If you work in the service industry, this time of year is sort of a blessing and a curse. The holidays, grueling hours, double-shifts and

Aw. Tony's.

Best Strip for Affordable Fake Meat

Lots of people get off the A/C at Nostrand Avenue, a hazy divider between Crown Heights and Bed-Stuy-Crown Stuy, my super punk hairstylist/realtor called it. Its home to

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A Taste Test of FREE Pizza Options in NYC

Two weeks ago while at Lulu's listening to The Fear and Trembling live, I savored my delicious free pizza. I stared

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Shan Dong: Oakland’s Best Dumplings

Sure, San Francisco’s Chinatown is world-renowned, but why not hop the Bay to Oakland’s Chinatown? It’s less hectic, possibly more authentic, and almost no tourists.

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FREE Honey, Cheese Tasting, and Candle Making Tuesday Night

My buddy Seth over at Live Local has teamed up with HMS Beekeeper for this awesome post Valentine event.  Apparently St. Valentine is the patron