Creatives from Weiden + Kennedy kick off a monthly party series here this Friday from 11 p.m. - 4 a.m. featuring $6 glasses of sangria and treats from the Joyride frozen-yogurt truck. Mehr erfahren.
Recommended: Foie gras, sweetbreads, wild-mushroom risotto, Dover sole, quenelles of pike, veal kidneys, braised oxtails, soufflés. Mehr erfahren.
PHOTO: The Fourth of July Hot Dog Contest at Nathans is a Coney Island tradition. Check out this great pic from 1999's 83rd annual! Mehr erfahren.
PHOTO: Sidewalk superintendents watch construction of a new skyscraper on Lafayette and Leonard in 1971, at the link! Mehr erfahren.
Try the papas y rajas taco at this Nolita warehouse, the vegetarian combination is surprisingly addictive. It's one of NYC's 26 best tacos! Mehr erfahren.
PHOTO: Before 1965, this was the home of the Yorkville Casino, a dance hall and meeting place for Upper East Siders! Check out this pic of the exterior from 1947, at the link! Mehr erfahren.
Don’t miss the dumpling stand here for dim sum master Joe Ng’s take on har gow with shrimp and bacon. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Mehr erfahren.
PHOTO: Just around the corner- 1953 view of Broadway looking south from 30th Street. Photo at the link! Mehr erfahren.
Charlie Chaplin said in 1978 that “it was Willie Hammerstein, Oscar’s son, who invented pie-throwing” as a gag for one of Chaplin’s acts. Mehr erfahren.
Antipasti, some rich pastas, a pizza to share. Drink a little valpol. This was new here once, and important, and still as good as it ever was, for just this sort of meal. Mehr erfahren.
Recommended: Salad of greens, herbs and citrus; lentil dal; radishes; tacos de cabeza. The passion fruit crème caramel is a perfectly poised dessert. Mehr erfahren.
PHOTO: In 1929, a new marathon dance craze played out at the Roseland - stilt dancing! Photo shows two of the dancers after a tumble, as other contestants merrily dance on. Mehr erfahren.
Check out the latest offering from the Freeman's folks for an accessible, all-day menu of egg dishes like the Yosemite (poached, with succotash), and the inventive “build-a-biscuit” program. Mehr erfahren.
So you can cook chicken at home. You can't cook it better than Jimmy Bradley. Enjoy. Mehr erfahren.
PHOTO: 1933. An old NY law said one had to have a light on in one's car if it was parked on the street at night. To save battery, one car owner hung an oil lantern in his, at the link! Mehr erfahren.
Today Queen Elizabeth plans to visit the site for the first time and will lay a wreath in tribute to the thousands who died in the 9/11 attack, including 67 Britons. Mehr erfahren.