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Best of Manhattan 2010: City Living

Written by NY Press on October 27, 2010. Posted in Posts

Best New Nabe Makeover: Nomad OK, we admit that we’re certainly biased with this category since our editorial office is located right in the middle of the area north of Madison Square Park. We can totally go for grunge, but this neighborhood was a sad place to spend at least nine hours every day. We
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Best of Manhattan 2010: City Services

Written by NY Press on October 27, 2010. Posted in Posts

Best Cheap Gift Destination: Fish’s Eddy 889 Broadway, at W. 19th St., 877-347-4733 Need a quirky gift but don’t have the cash? Fish’s Eddy is still your place. The store has been a destination for decades, but may have been forgotten with all the new boutiques and chain stores that have moved in to hawk
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Best of Manhattan 2010: Eats & Drinks

Written by NY Press on October 27, 2010. Posted in Posts

Best Reason to Embrace The Slice: Best Pizza 33 Havemeyer St., betw. N. 7th & N. 8th Sts., Brooklyn, 718-599-2210 Most chefs, when realizing a dream of opening a pizza joint, opt for the sitdown, brick-oven, upscale routeno slices. Now, from the minds behind Roberta’s and Brooklyn Star comes the un-Google-ably named "Best Pizza" in
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Best of Manhattan 2010: Arts & Entertainment

Written by NY Press on October 27, 2010. Posted in Posts

Best New Music Venue: The Rock Shop 249 4th Ave., betw. Carroll & President Sts., Brooklyn, 718-230-5740Park Slope got in on the shoulder-to-shoulder crowd action typically reserved for the Lower East Side when The Rock Shop opened this summer. The 90-person-capacity music space, booked by former Union Hall and Bell House guy Jack “Skippy” McFadden,
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PRESSED FOR TIME

Written by NY Press on September 8, 2010. Posted in Posts

It’s like American Idol this week, except with people we actually idolize, not weird Midwesterners who can sort of sing OK. We’ve got a bit of the Beats, a slew of amazing authors, a punk rock dream come true, crushworthy public art and more. Call to lock in your votes now. Barbara Kruger Sept. 10
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