Eat & Drink

05 Sep 2009

Poetry and Sausage and Incest, oh my!

You’re going to die. This, my friends and enemies, is a motherfucking fact. So you might as well be there when it happens. Or so say Ned and Andrew, who together manage the FREE and monthly You’re Going to Die poetry and prose reading currently held at Café du Soleil

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04 Sep 2009

FREE Labor Day Weekend BBQ with the Triple Threat DJs

Armed with a 6 foot grill, lots of meaty and veggie goodness, a huge sounds system, and a jumpy castle (for the kids), a collection of some of the Bay’s best DJs are throwing this weekend’s dopest FREE party. Anyone in the Bay who listens to hip-hop will recognize a

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04 Sep 2009

Cheap and Easy Snacks for Barbecues/Potlucks

I like the idea of cooking over fire, but I fail in execution. Last time I was in charge of watching the veggie burgers at a barbecue, I completely forgot about them until they were half charcoal. If you’re not blowing town this labor day weekend, chances are you’re going

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02 Sep 2009

Godzila Sushi: Raw and Cheap Sushi Gone Wild

When hearing the words ‘œraw fish’ and ‘œcheap’ in the same sentence, it’s easy to envision two days hunched over the toilet wishing your mom was there to make you soup and tell you everything is going to be alright. Going out for sushi is perfect when you’re in the

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02 Sep 2009

How to Behave in a Restaurant

You know how in places like Israel and Switzerland it’s mandatory for every citizen to spend a certain amount of time in the military?  I’ve always thought that it should be the same in the US, but that instead of the army or navy, Americans should have to be in

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02 Sep 2009

Two80 Cafe & Lounge: FREE Pasta, FREE Vodka, FREE Nuvo Liqueur

There is no question about it, the gentrification is well underway in Bushwick. A place billing itself as a “cafe/wine bar” just opened up a stone’s throw from my front door. It features overpriced food on a menu full of the tell-tale signs of pretention: ten-dollar cooking adjectives (“shaved”, “braised”,

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02 Sep 2009

FREE Kimchi Burgers at New York Hotdog and Coffee

Kimchi is such a staple food in Korea that the first South Korean astronaut brought some into space. The government spent years developing a bacteria-free, anti-gravity friendly version of side dish made of cabbage, garlic and peppers. Judging by the cardboard taste and texture of the freeze-dried astronaut ice cream

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01 Sep 2009

Bookish Events This Week!

Some people are made for the club scene.  They enjoy the dressing up, taking shots at home, traveling with friends to an underground spot, and then dancing and sweating it out for the rest of the evening, letting go of all inhibitions while teasing and attracting other wild and sexy

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