[Photographs: Allison Hemler] None of us grew up drinking coffee from the womb. In fact, I'll bet most of our parents kept us away from the slodgy brown stuff until high school, when we required caffeine to keep us...
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Imagine your local Greek coffee shop or diner being taken over by a hard-working fancypants celebrity chef, who happens to be Greek-American. Sounds promising, doesn't it? See what chef
Michael Psilakis (of Anthos, Kefi, and Mia Dona) has done at the new Gus and Gabriel Gastropub on the Upper West side.
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Photographs by Robyn Lee This just in from United States of Arugula author and serious eater David Kamp: Ed,HELP! Just walked past Joe Jr's, my beloved local greasy spoon [Kamp is very fond of greasy spoons. —Ed], and they...
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"If a diner could be this good, why were so many others so bad?" There are lots of things about Moustache Bill’s Diner in Barnegat Light that should make an adventurous eater suspicious. The cute name doesn’t inspire confidence, the...
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The neighborhood diner is a staple of New York life, just ask the cast of
Seinfeld. As serious diner enthusiasts, we have to know, what's your favorite neighborhood diner? And what should we order, when we're there?
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Last night, an ice cream craving hit me and Robyn. We also craved a brownie, so together, we were after a brownie sundae. We racked our brains for nearby options (we were at the Frying Pan in Chelsea) but...
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The blog Walking Off the Big Apple sheds light on the possible whereabouts of the illuminated diner, now demolished, in Hopper's iconic painting: the intersection of Greenwich and Seventh Avenue. Of course, it's meant to symbolize an Anytown diner where...
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One day you're a popular diner; the next, you're vandalized and about to be demolished to make way for a Jeep dealership. The 40-year old landmark Forum Diner at 211 East State Route 4 in Paramus closed over a...
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