[Photo: Robyn Lee] The greatest thing about Shopsin's—well, one of the six or seven greatest things about Shopsin's—is that no matter how many times you return, there's always something you haven't yet attempted on their constantly revised tome of...
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In the spirit of recessions, and not going hungry during them, we started a Friday morning feature on Serious Eats New York spotlighting recipes from the city's beloved (and oftentimes pricey) restaurants, like this "Eating in with Mario Batali: Spaghetti...
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Midtown Luncher Scott comments: "He’s like the Kenny Shopsin of Indian food," in reference to what looked like the manager of Taste of Tandoor. 149 Church Street, New York NY 10007 (map)....
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We got confirmation from Kenny himself this morning that Shopsin's is not moving. But after this post on Talk yesterday, we were a little bewildered: Friends were down at the Essex Street Market for the inaugural Sunday opening, and claim...
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Or, 'Chicken-Fried Eggs, Uncaged' The Wandering Eater We were all pleasantly surprised to open the New York Times Magazine last weekend and read that the notorious Kenny Shopsin was inspired to create his State Fair Plate (corn-dog sausage, s’mores pancakes,...
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Separated at birth? Random House's website promoting Kenny Shopsin's new book has a quote from Paula Deen, feeling that she's found a soul mate: I never thought I'd say this but Kenny Shopsin is the New York version of me!...
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That's Hodgman as in John Hodgman as in "And I'm a PC." As far as I know, Hodgman has no children. Which might be a good thing. I only hope that the "Mr. Rogers" he refers to here is...
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You already know about tonight's appearance on Conan, but if you want to see everyone’s favorite foul-mouthed short-order cook in the flesh, you'll want to head down to the Strand tomorrow night at 7 p.m, where Kenny Shopsin further undermines...
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No Shopsins for you! Photograph by Robyn Lee A hilarious-if-it's-not-happening-to-you story got posted in the Talk section of SE:NY yesterday involving a run in with "real New York treasure" Kenny Shopsin: I come in with a group of four...
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Kenny Shopsin complained bitterly to me a couple of weeks ago about the fact that no food writer had sampled his sliders, which he proclaimed to be the best in NYC. So last Friday I braved the sweltering heat and...
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