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23 Feb 2010

Mad for Chicken: Koreatown Gets it Right

Hot wings may have gotten their claim to fame in Buffalo, but upstate New York pales in comparison to the Korean fry masters at Mad for Chicken. Having gone to a state school, I’ve eaten my share of fried chicken wings. I also grew up in what was voted multiple

Laura S - Spendthrift Scribe 0
23 Feb 2010

FREE Pancakes Today and the Peggy Lee of Punk: Phat Man Dee

So today is National Pancake Day!!  This means that you should go to an IHOP and fill up on your FREE short stack of buttermilk pancakes.  Offer good from 7am ‘“ 10pm today only.  The one catch is that they ask you to consider making a small donation to support

Danielle Levanas - Bargain Soul Huntress 0
22 Feb 2010

Luscious Foods, Brooklyn

The truth is that I’m really super lazy. To a horrifying extent, actually, as I have realized more and more in recent weeks. If you can believe it, in the wintertime I am even lazier. I do love the idea of coming home in the evening, putting on some music,

BAS Writers 0
22 Feb 2010

FREE OCD Lecture: The Secrets of Jet Propulsion

While growing up in The Bronx, my friend’s dad used to build rocket ships to launch off of buildings. And he used hamsters as pilots. While I will remain silent on my opinion of hamster misuse in the situation, I will say that my friend’s dad is now a physicist

Kiley E - Ragamuffin Researcher 0
21 Feb 2010

My Awesome Invention

I come from a long line of inventors.  The most highly developed in our lineage was my grandpa Ralph.  It all began, he told me, when he invented a basket that he lowered from his second floor bedroom as a child, into the kitchen below.  He claimed that his mother

Christine Witmer - Sparing Stringer 0
20 Feb 2010

Panna II: Where Chili Peppers and Christmas Lights Meet

I was focusing more on the waitstaff turning out the lights and yelling when they brought out my birthday cake, so it took me a minute to notice that a customer from another table had stood up, taken off his shirt, and started running back and forth in the restaurant’s

Kiley E - Ragamuffin Researcher 0
19 Feb 2010

Drink Brooklyn Tonight for FREE

It’s too cold to wander around, and we’re too poor to pay for our drinks.  So here’s the plan for tonight folks.  (It’s Friday Feb. 19th.) 6:00 Start at Brooklyn Kitchen Labs/Meat Hook in Greenpoint for FREE Sixpoint Beer and Kombucha on tap. Kombucha Brooklyn is celebrating with a chill

Danielle Levanas - Bargain Soul Huntress 0