casual dining
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Life Style
Surprise Scoop ice cream shop picks the flavor for you
You never know what you’re gonna get. At Surprise Scoop, a new ice cream shop in the East Village, customers…
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Stories
NYC restaurateurs frustrated as city issues only 40 outdoor dining permits with thousands still in limbo: ‘Extorted money from us’
There’s a backlog of more than 3,600 applications for outdoor dining sheds in the Big Apple — thanks to the…
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Opinion
Return of NYC dining sheds is a calamity waiting to happen — the DOT must stop the insanity
The Department of Transportation’s petty bureaucrats — who gave us infinitely extended bike lanes and ugly, traffic-congesting “plazas” – have…
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Life Style
NYC restaurant week eateries ration, cut menu items as owners struggle to keep up with rising costs: ‘It’s not sustainable’
This deal isn’t too sweet. Some restaurants participating in NYC Tourism’s semi-annual Restaurant Week are giving customers less bang for…
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Life Style
Dubai chocolate berry cup at Bryant Park draws long lines
It’s berry nuts. New Yorkers are waiting as long as two hours in the cold for a $25 cup of…
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Life Style
New Yorkers are ice skating in heat wave at Bryant Park e
At Bryant Park, Christmas is in the air — even if the air is a balmy 80 degrees. Temps in…
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Life Style
NYC restaurants say hottest reservations at at 7 p.m.
It’s the hour that ate the Big Apple’s restaurants. When the pandemic ended and New Yorkers finally returned to full-capacity…
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Business
Chili’s and Applebee’s woo inflation-weary diners as fast food prices continue to climb
It’s a soar point. Fast food lovers have been watching helplessly as the price of a burger and fries climbs…
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Life Style
NYC’s hottest chain, Sushi by Bou, turns old utility rooms into elaborate 200-square-foot sushi bars
If you have an extra 200-square-feet of empty, windowless space laying around, Richie Romero might want to turn it into…
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