From pre-ordering the alcohol to groping, here are 11 ways to piss off your brunch server
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From pre-ordering the alcohol to groping, here are 11 ways to piss off your brunch server

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Are you tired of not leaving a lasting impression during your brunching endeavors? Are you looking to up your game from needy […]

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Edith Pop talks making it: ‘You need balls to ask people to book you’
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Edith Pop talks making it: ‘You need balls to ask people to book you’

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Edith Pop sounds like it might be Iggy’s eccentric aunt, but it’s actually the name of a band. Formed in 2014 and […]

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We asked a Passover expert: Why do people drink Manischewitz?
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We asked a Passover expert: Why do people drink Manischewitz?

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No matter what kind of seder I’m hosting or attending, be it Upper West Side formal, Crown Heights casual or Bushwick non-traditional, I bring […]

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New Music Friday: The Bones of J.R. Jones went from playing upstate punk to Greenpoint blues
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New Music Friday: The Bones of J.R. Jones went from playing upstate punk to Greenpoint blues

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Jonathon Linaberry is a complicated man. Otherwise known as The Bones of J.R. Jones, he began in the hardcore punk scene of […]

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The 9 best record stores in Brooklyn, and what to find in their bargain bins
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The 9 best record stores in Brooklyn, and what to find in their bargain bins

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A long long time ago, in a galaxy far far away, by which I mean Baltimore circa 2007, I worked in a […]

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You ‘can’ cook it! How to make three bodega gourmet dinners for just $10
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You ‘can’ cook it! How to make three bodega gourmet dinners for just $10

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The friendly neighborhood bodega is a staple of New York living. You know them by the faded awnings, vivid pictures of sandwiches on […]

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Brooklyn has spoken: Fermenting everything is the new pickling
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Brooklyn has spoken: Fermenting everything is the new pickling

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This weekend I went to a fermentation party in Clinton Hill. No, I’m not sorry. Despite its reputation as a yuppie/yuccies-only trend, fermentation is actually a widespread […]

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New Music Friday: Parquet Courts made it through mental instability to perfect garage pop
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New Music Friday: Parquet Courts made it through mental instability to perfect garage pop

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Parquet Courts are so cool, they have two names. Or rather, two spellings of the same name, one of which, I realized […]

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Dropping my phone into a toilet was a great reality check, you should try it once
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Dropping my phone into a toilet was a great reality check, you should try it once

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On Tuesday, I was at Littlefield bar. Don’t ask me what I was doing there, because the answer definitely isn’t “competing in […]

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Brooklyn finally has an artisanal matzo company — and it’s got nothing to do with Passover
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Brooklyn finally has an artisanal matzo company — and it’s got nothing to do with Passover

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Are you Jewish? If so, try to explain matzo to someone who isn’t. It’s like this flat cracker. That doesn’t have flavor. It’s […]

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