How to spot the best ethnic restaurants (and what’s your pick?)
Food & Drink

How to spot the best ethnic restaurants (and what’s your pick?)

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In his new book “An Economist Gets Lunch,” wonky Marginal Revolution blogger Tyler Cowen applies the laws of the market to restaurants. Do they pass the Brooklyn test?

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Should Barclay’s Center sell booze? (You guuuys…)
Food & Drink

Should Barclay’s Center sell booze? (You guuuys…)

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Having lost nearly every other fight in the battle against Atlantic Yards development, opponents are now turning their hopes on stopping everyone […]

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Let’s dish: Does a restaurant grade matter to you?
Food & Drink

Let’s dish: Does a restaurant grade matter to you?

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When you see that ominous ‘C’ brooding in the window of your favorite grungy taqueria, does it make you turn and walk […]

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Reminder: Get your free cone of overrated ice cream Tuesday
Food & Drink

Reminder: Get your free cone of overrated ice cream Tuesday

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Ben & Jerry’s is doing their annual free cone day thing Tuesday, which means you can line up and get a single […]

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The Sixpoint design contest is back, with fancier prizes
contests

The Sixpoint design contest is back, with fancier prizes

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Do you have rampant enthusiasm for the “cornerstone beverage of civilization” throughout the ages? Put more simply, do you love beer? Sixpoint […]

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The best Italian food under $10 in Bensonhurst
Bay Ridge/ Bensonhurst

The best Italian food under $10 in Bensonhurst

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Bensonhurst, like much of the rest of Brooklyn, is an area in flux. Take a stroll down 18th Ave. or 86th St., and […]

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A fancy butcher’s guide to cheap meat and how to cook it
Food & Drink

A fancy butcher’s guide to cheap meat and how to cook it

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Brokesters may not think of fancy places like Marlow & Daughters when it’s time to buy some meat, but if you know […]

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LAST NIGHT to Dine in Brooklyn. Been anywhere good?
Food & Drink

LAST NIGHT to Dine in Brooklyn. Been anywhere good?

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Our first Dine in Brooklyn experience consisted of over-eating Mexican at a mediocre Park Slope place then being hosed for $12 margaritas. […]

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Being laid off: bad. Going out for lunch in BK: Excellent.
Clinton Hill/ Fort Greene

Being laid off: bad. Going out for lunch in BK: Excellent.

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One newly underemployed creative finds mid-day salvation in the lunch specials at Deniz, Pequeña, Fulton Thai, Sushi Tatsu and Dao-Palate.

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Dill is a don’t, chervil is ervil, and other helpful herb hints
Food & Drink

Dill is a don’t, chervil is ervil, and other helpful herb hints

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Which herbs are most versatile and longest lasting? Hint: not tarragon, chervil or dill. How to get the most green from your grocery buck.

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