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Lost City Asks, "Who Goes to La Grenouille?" 24 Aug 2013 | 09:25 pm
It took me 25 years of living in New York to get to La Grenouille. Now that I've been, I will be back many times. It easily established itself within five minutes as one of my favorite New York restau...
Lost City: Wisconsin Edition: The Hob Nob 21 Aug 2013 | 03:21 am
The Hob Nob is a classic Wisconsin supper club that sits alongside Lake Michigan in a lonely stretch of rural highway between Racine and Kenosha. Is was founded in 1937 in downtown Racine by the Higgi...
Old Schrafft's Building Destroyed 14 Aug 2013 | 01:30 pm
A reader wrote in in dismay last week to report that workmen were tearing down a one-story structure at 155 E. 79th Street between Lexington and Third that used to be an outpost of the once prominent ...
Jackie's Fifth Amendment, Classic Brooklyn Dive, to Close 13 Aug 2013 | 11:10 pm
Mars Bar. Holiday Cocktail Lounge. Blarney Cove. O'Connor's. Now Jackie's Fifth Amendment. Another timeless, irreplaceable dive bar has found the new New York inhospitable to its kind. Jackie's, loca...
Brooklyn's Mastellone Italian Deli Closes After 80 Years 11 Aug 2013 | 07:07 pm
Mastellone Italian Deli, a quiet, unassuming mainstay of old Italian South Brooklyn for 80 years, closed without notice on Aug. 1. As Brooklyn Paper reported, owner Vincent Mastellone had had enough, ...
Coney Island Nathan's Looking Good 9 Aug 2013 | 11:24 pm
I visited the Nathan's Famous flagship store in Coney Island a few weeks back, determined to hate it. The iconic restaurant had been closed since being hit by Hurricane Sandy, and was further decimate...
D'Auito's Bakery to Close Sunday After Nearly 80 Years 9 Aug 2013 | 02:50 am
A reader informed me that D'Aiuto's, the bakery on Eighth Avenue and 30th Street that has been open since 1924, and is know for its cheesecake, will close its doors for good on Sunday, Aug. 11. This, ...
Montero's Naked 14 Jul 2013 | 08:01 pm
For whatever reason, Montero's, the old waterfront bar on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn, was without its red awning this past weekend. This happy absence afforded passersby the opportunity to take in th...
A Perfect Storefront, Ruined 9 Jul 2013 | 07:43 pm
Klenosky Paint on Metropolitan Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, was the first shop I showcased in the running column "A Perfect Storefront," a feature I occasionally use to spotlight what I called at...
What's Left of the Astrotower 9 Jul 2013 | 12:46 am
The Astrotower's 50-year life came to a sudden, unexpected and violent end over the past week, following reports on July 2 that the one-time Coney Island attraction was swaying worryingly in the wind....
