Daniel Silverman: NYC Businesses of Note
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Please patronize these NYC businesses
| Loisida Fries: Superb burgers (and fries, of course) may be found at this greasy spoon down on Allen Street. |
| Ay, Falafel!: Oh contraire! You'll probably feel great after enjoying a meal at Atlantic Avenue's only Gibralterian restaurant |
| Beerhall Butch: Located in Yorkville, this is the city's only lesbian brewpub. Specializes in German-style lagers |
JewLibation: L'Chaim! He-Brews and She-Brews mix and match at this UES club that gives J-Date a run for its money |
EuphonAsia: From Bhangra to Cantopop, from Korean Lounge to Mongolian Rap, this midtown club plays it all |
Joie de Tel Avivre: French Jews flock to this East Village hot spot |
Kabul Hill: Authentic Afghan cuisine located--where else?--in Cobble Hill |
The Midbar: Israeli-owned desert-themed watering hole in Midwood |
The Bris Kit:They supply the moyel and the butcher. Your simcha is all set! Based in the Lower East Side |
Le Papillonion: French bagelry in Fort Greene |
Popeno: Lapsed Quebecois Catholics flock to this "alternative" fried chicken jernt in Bensonhurst |
Ka-Ching: Flushing "theme" restaurant honoring the Motherland's embrace of capitalism |
Scandalicious: UWS Northern European desserterie. Have your dinner elsewhere. Then, to finish, try something sweetish; a danish perhaps? |
Instabul: Turkish fast food finally makes it to the city. Two locations: Murray Hill and Astoria |
Havana Gila Monster: The city’s only Jewish-Cuban restaurant, open in Rego Park |
Eats Meets Wets: Tribeca’s newest Asian-Continental fusion restaurant and bar, featuring Bartender Pete, and his special sake cocktails . . . Come on in for Pete's sake! |
The Dump: Dumpling house on the Lower East Side (In a rush? Try their take-away window, Take-a-Dump) |
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Tequila Gadola: A Jewish-Mexican cantina specializing in--you guessed it--supersized shots |
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The Hip Hop Chip Shop: Bed-Stuy's trendiest Fish and Chips |
Franks But No Franks: Let chef Frank Levy prepare his vegetarian specialties for you at this Coney Island haunt |
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Sin-A-Gogo: Dance the night away in this Kips Bay Sephardic temple-turned-after hours pick up joint. |
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Lentil Mexicon: Two linguistic philosophers-cum-chefs-Oaxaqueños will delight your palate at this Sheepshead Bay hole in the wall |
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On The Download: Washington Heights cyber cafe, catering to closeted black guys. Also check out their ladies' lounge, Random Access Mammary |
So-Su-Mi: Kosher sushi bar, smack in midtown |
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Pizza π: This Battery Park City joint really packs 'em in when Stuy lets out. Their clever (if obvious) logo is not featured here, alas |
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Nuage de Champignon: Fine fare may be found in this former fallout shelter in Tribeca, now refurbished as a fashionable French basement bistro |
The Other White Meat: The only Jewish gay bar in all the Diaspora, just opened in Williamsburg. No pork, but that's the point, isn't it! |
