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There’s Magic in the Grease at Jimmy’s Diner
Admittedly, I’m a little distracted while I’m writing this post. I keep staring out my window and watching the snow. It’s in that phase where the flakes are big and fluffy and beautiful. But if you’re sick of the snow and plan to spend the weekend hibernating, you should go
Craft Beers Galore at Williamsburg Cask Beer Festival this Weekend
For most of the beer-drinking population, how a beer is brewed becomes less and less important the more of it they drink. For others, a poorly-brewed beer is, to put it simply, a buzz kill. If beers are like babies, then the cask is the womb – and if cask
Grassroots Tavern: A St Marks Refuge
Walk down St.Marks Place on any given evening and you’re bound to see the usual mix of crust-punks hanging onto a scene that nolonger exists, hordes of NYU students in search of half-price sushi, and tourists picking over counterfeit sunglasses embracing the “New York” experience. While the street has gone
Broke-Ass of the Week – Food and Travel Writer David Farley
Every week we feature a different person from the community shedding a little light on their life of brokeitude. Who knows, maybe you’ll learn something about the human spirit…probably not.
Victory Drinks and Jazz with Search and Restore Tonight
Tonight at Littlefields, the fine folks behind jazz-lover mecca Search and Restore are rewarding you for their hard work (can this happen more often, please?). To celebrate the success of their Kickstarter campaign raising funds to help them document the NYC new jazz scene in film form, they’ve invited some
FREE Expert Oddities Show and Tell
So your New Year’s Resolution was to learn more weird dances, like the Grizzly Bear or the Cake Walk, right? If so, the Flux Factory’s Night of Expert Oddities is exactly where you should be tonight. Presenters will have nine minutes to perform a short lecture on a subject they’ve
Cheese-Covered fun at The Levee
I first fell in love with The Levee in the same way I fell in love with watching old re-runs of “Cops”… I couldn’t can’t resist its guaranteed cheap thrills. It doesn’t try too hard, just delivers a large drink selection for wallets big and small, gives us kids some