Free Wine! (Need I Say More?)

Cottage Restaurant
For my money the absolute best part of Sunday brunch is the free beverages that usually come with it as an enticement. In my experience though the freebies are usually confined strictly to brunch, so imagine my delight when our friends Tim and Justin turned us on to The Cottage, a Chinese restaurant on [...]

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Beefeater Martini: $6. Tunes on the Jukebox: $2. A Little Perspective: Priceless.

Kasteli Cafe
I did a double take walking past the Kasteli Café (why it is called a café I am not sure because it doesn’t sell any food, but whatever) on 8th Avenue last night – it was about 8:30 and I had been pounding martinis and bitching about men with my friend Jason for a [...]

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One Man’s Stink is Another’s Ambrosia

Murray’s Cheeses
While I am not necessarily appreciative of all the qualities I inherited from my wonderful grandmother (shoulders like a linebacker and a propensity for peculiarly-shaped moles among them), I am deeply grateful she passed on her almost obsessive love of cheese. Grandma’s tastes were fairly simple – store-brand cheddar suited her just fine, two [...]

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GG Must-Have: Green Tea Soft Serve

BAMN!
In the early 80s there was a Japanese noodle house and restaurant around the corner from my house, long since defunct, called Dosanko. My mother, in her endless quest to broaden my culinary horizons (and thank the Lord she did this OUTSIDE the home. I love my mother dearly, but when I’m asked if she [...]

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Which is Scarier: Rats, Russian Mobsters or Horseradish-Infused Vodka?

Russian Vodka Room
On my way into the Washington Mutual at 56th and 8th Avenue, I was confronted with the biggest, ugliest rat I’ve ever seen in my life. It glared at me balefully before scuttling into a hole next to the floor vent, clearly not convinced that it should have been the one making a [...]

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