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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What it’s like to get rejected from food stamps
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What it’s like to get rejected from food stamps

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Did you know that student loan debt doesn’t factor into your qualifications for food stamps? Neither did Brokelyn’s Caroline Shadood when she […]

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The easiest ways to cheat on your taxes, according to The NY Times
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The easiest ways to cheat on your taxes, according to The NY Times

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Our tax system is so flawlessly constructed and fair that I’m cashing out my retirement package from my last job to pay […]

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Should Barclay’s Center sell booze? (You guuuys…)
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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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Craigslist freebie of the day: Bushwick pillow-pocalypse
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Craigslist freebie of the day: Bushwick pillow-pocalypse

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At this moment in Bushwick, right near the McKibbin lofts, there is a 14′ U-Haul truck parked on the street. The back […]

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Monday linkage
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Monday linkage

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Superman’s gonna need a data plan [NYP] Your olive oil has been lying to you [Gothamist] Babysit for Mama Brokelyn, end up […]

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Fantasy tax credits for the 99 percent we wish were real
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Fantasy tax credits for the 99 percent we wish were real

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Oh if only there were such a thing as “freelancer subsidies” and a “no car credit.” Via The Strip in yesterday’s NYT […]

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This weekend in BK: Dance parties galore, markets markets everywhere and two Mad Men
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This weekend in BK: Dance parties galore, markets markets everywhere and two Mad Men

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There’s loads to do this Eastover weekend in Broketown. It’s a Good Friday for dancing, as you can your groove thang at […]

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NYPD: OK, fine, we’ll pay attention to bike accidents now
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NYPD: OK, fine, we’ll pay attention to bike accidents now

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It may come as a surprise to you that the NYPD has not been tracking bike accidents this whole time, because for whatever […]

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Friday linkage
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Friday linkage

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Coming soon: Biggest rooftop garden in the world [NYT] Awesome Austin theater coming to NYC [Gothamist] Kombucha miso sex and other new […]

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