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Red Hook Food Vendors

B61 bus! don't give up, sometimes it takes a while for it to show up. It's a quick hop from the 2/3 or 4/5 train stops at borough hall. walk straight down court to atlantic avenue and the bus stop is in front of the drugstore.

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Digestive Liquors

agree on the Fernet Branca not being overly sweet, syrupy or heavy on the aftertaste (there is some, but it doesn't linger as much).

is eau de vie considered a digestif? bc sometimes i like that too. i eat too much.
i am a human goldfish (if it's good and in front of me, i'll keep eating).

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First Look: Shelsky's Smoked Fish Shop in Carroll Gardens

happy happy joy joy!!! this sounds amazing. smith street is deadly on the wallet and the waistline for tasty treats with the expanded stinky bk and this place and others. mmm. how does it compare to russ and daughters? worth sticking in the neighborhood or is the schlepp still worth it (which actually from here is about as easy to get to as anywhere, i mean, like 3 stops on the F, not transfers, but still!)

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Red Hook Food Vendors

B61 bus! don't give up, sometimes it takes a while for it to show up. It's a quick hop from the 2/3 or 4/5 train stops at borough hall. walk straight down court to atlantic avenue and the bus stop is in front of the drugstore.

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Digestive Liquors

agree on the Fernet Branca not being overly sweet, syrupy or heavy on the aftertaste (there is some, but it doesn't linger as much).

is eau de vie considered a digestif? bc sometimes i like that too. i eat too much.
i am a human goldfish (if it's good and in front of me, i'll keep eating).

From Serious Eats: New York

First Look: Shelsky's Smoked Fish Shop in Carroll Gardens

happy happy joy joy!!! this sounds amazing. smith street is deadly on the wallet and the waistline for tasty treats with the expanded stinky bk and this place and others. mmm. how does it compare to russ and daughters? worth sticking in the neighborhood or is the schlepp still worth it (which actually from here is about as easy to get to as anywhere, i mean, like 3 stops on the F, not transfers, but still!)

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Things to eat while reading a book

i hope these aren't library books! i'm a little stymied as to how eating and reading works but then i'm a two handed reader. maybe i'm the outlier? i would say tacos + books are a "recipe" for disaster. had to be said, try the veal, tip your waittress. but seriously, anything that is messy even with full attention and two hands isn't going to work with a book. my guesses would be something like a fully enclosed sandwich in a pita, chips, etc. i would stay away from anything that requires finger wiping though, because then you're going to get it all over the book pages.

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From Behind the Bar: The Magic

fernet branca is the best cure for a stomach ache. once after a particularly overindulgent meal, i stopped by a liquor store on the way home to pick up a bottle. i was in so much pain, i was doubled over. a few healthy swigs of fernet branca (in the store, natch!), i was right as rain within about 5 minutes. that stuff is gold. btw, i liked the article as well. ha

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New to NYC Burger Chains: The Counter, SmashBurger, Go Burger, and Elevation Burger

had a smashburger last night at the BK location and it was very good! the shop is clean, the staff is friendly, and the burger was a sloppy, salty, delight. yum!

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Nice Sitdown Mexican Restaurant for Dinner?

Zarela!!! That cheesy rice dish that they have is the bomb!

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Quiet restaurant but also group friendly?

an excellent challenge! seriously, restaurants have gotten so noisy and i have pretty bad hearing loss in one ear so i totally get this problem. bc of the nooks and side areas,

rosa mexicana in union square has tables that are much quieter than others.

there's a great space in chelsea, the restaurant used to be called alley's end that is now mexican food, starts with an S maybe? hopefully someone else will know.

paris commune downstairs, rouge bar is usually quieter and can handle a group.

hmmm quiet is quite a challenge, eh? would you consider brooklyn or does it have to be in manhattan?

ah, maybe the garden at aoc on bedford. it's an enclosed garden so no street noise and the tables are set reasonably apart for nyc so it generally isn't crazy loud and is a charming spot!

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What's Your Favorite Hot Weather Wine?

any bright light crisp white wine is great on a summer day and a rose hits the spot but the best is actually a red..... lambrusco! chilled sparkling red. the best!

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New to NYC Burger Chains: The Counter, SmashBurger, Go Burger, and Elevation Burger

sweet timing, i have an hour to kill in fort greene tomorrow. smashburger it is!

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Eating in Public

ah, the subway. i think the bigger problem than people eating on the subway (which does stink, seriously, what is up with people picking the most odiferous foods for their subway dining), is the trash issue. because of budget cuts, the trains don't get cleaned as often, so if some doofus leaves their container of spaghetti or spills a giant iced coffee all over the floor then it is going to stay there for a few train cycles. to be honest, though it doesn't smell, it ticks me off more to see people drinking on the trains because it is more likely to make a giant mess with the inevitable spillage.

but in all seriousness for you non-new yorkers, our subways are a hotbed of disgusting daily nightmares ranging from public PDA, body odor, subway fights, projectile vomiting (once someone must have drank a gatorade just before, because her vomit was neon green), random unleashed animals (chickens, ferrets, tarantuals, snakes), and finally at the end of the list, train eating.

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My Favorite Summer Drink: Pernod

ha! knew there had to be some other olds on the board that go back to the hilarious scene in gotcha when they hear about pernod. and i did order it that way once in france; my waiter was equally as unamused.

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Looking for Corned Beef Hash in NYC

sarge has the best reuben ev-ah, so i would imagine that their corned beef hash would be pretty good. if i recall, i had a really good corned beef hash at the second avenue deli many moons ago. i wonder if katz's does cb hash

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Does Dr. Pepper Ten Taste Even More Like Regular Dr. Pepper?

ah diet soda. i think they can get diet soda to taste pretty good but the aftertaste is the killer. i remember back in the day with cherry doctor pepper and its diet version were pretty close but the aftertaste will get you every time. same with coke zero which tastes pretty good.....until you swallow. ugh, aftertaste. so gross. on the upside, after drinking 5-6 cans of coke a day for years, i finally gave up soda for good! now if there is some way i could stop drinking snapple. sigh.

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kale chip variations

i squeeze lemon juice over after tossing the kale with olive oil and sea salt and it really brightens things up. i saute kale with soy and a splash of sesame oil, so i bet that would work well with the chips too. i'm thinking some dried chili would be pretty awesome too. i love kale chips.

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The Food Lab, Drinks Edition: The Ultimate Fully Loaded Bloody Mary

sometimes a hit of old bay, or celery salt, but a REALLY refreshing alternative is fresh dill. is there any more perfect brunch than a bloody mary, lobster roll and shoestring fries? swoon.

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Cook the Book: 'Super Natural Every Day'

eating this right now, whole wheat couscous with asparagus and feta. yum!

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Birthday Pasta

we did the pasta tasting at del posto for my mom's birthday a few years back and it was amazing. esp a buccatini with crab. drool. many years back, had the amazing spaghetti at rubochon. do you have a price point? those two are kind of at the high end range. Puh-lenty of more reasonably choices out there too.

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D. Trump Offers Worst Excuse Ever for Using a Fork to Eat Pizza

this bag of hair feeds off your attention. like someone else pointed out, famiglia was a sponsor of his tv show. don't fall for his desparate ploys for free publicity.

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Gelato vs. Ice Cream

absolutely team whichever is in front of me! both can be so excellent. mmm. like really good strawberry ice cream (the only blue marble hill flavor that i like, but dayum is it good!). or hazelnut gelato. or my childhood favorite mint chip. or grom's fruit gelato (almost any flavor). or coffee toffee heath bar crunch.

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Chinese Comfort Food

my mom was the queen of the overcooked pork chop but if i had to pick a chinese comfort food, i'd say wonton soup or soup dumplings. or scallion pancakes. or any kind of noodles. or if we venture into guilty pleasures, sesame chicken extra crispy! oh, or egg rolls, those are comforting. snarf a couple of those bad boys with a beer and the world will seem a better place.

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Best diner pancakes in New York

cafe luluc!!! mellow hole in the wall vibe and best plain and simple classic pancakes since time cafe shut down. nomnomnom

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Need suggestions for celebratory dinner

if you want to have a nice steakhouse celebration, i really like BLT steak. partly because the pre-meal popovers are to die for. ooooh it is so hard not to fill up before the meal gets going but those things are really freakin good. if you want to do a more raucous meatfest (don't know how celebration went to meatfest but ah well), then plataforma churrascaria (either midtown or tribeca) is fun and lively.

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cg_ups answered "Actively avoid them. " to How Do You Feel About Cash-Only Restaurants?

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cg_ups answered "In a skillet" to How Do You Reheat Your Pizza?

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cg_ups answered "Parties of 8 or more" to When Is an Automatic Gratuity Acceptable?

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