Thrillist New York
Emailed in a LIST on: Tuesday October 10, 2006The List
Reclaim the Week
Food: Metro Marche
Good news: Simon Oren (of beer haven Café D'Alcase) has just opened the first half of his latest project, a brasserie-style 50-seat café. Suspicious news: it's at the Port Authority. But the food's great: by the time the 110-seat restaurant completes Metro's opening on the 15th, when you hear "Urine-drenched Bus Depot", you'll think "Bay Shrimp & Dry Sausage Risotto, with a Grey Goose French Martini".
Sports: Gotham Girls Roller Derby
Too violent for their former Bronx digs, this 70s-style league of women bruisers found temporary lodging at the only venue tough enough to take them: Hunter College. If Friday night's tooth-to-hardwood action proves too much for HC to take, Gotham Girls might have to relocate to an even meaner scene: the gymnasium of the Learning Annex.
$12.50 at BrownPaperTickets.com
Culture: Cowboy Mouth
Tearing up the Bowery Ballroom tomorrow: New Orleans' Cowboy Mouth. Formed in the early 90s, they're the Rolling Stones of raucous-but-talented-party-bands (with-drummers-who-also-sing).
$22 at TicketWeb.com
Food: Hawaiian Tropic Zone
Officially opened last night, this tri-level theme restaurant takes the basic Hooters concept and lends it Vegas-style...grandeur. Inside, you'll find a cascading water-wall, a far-beyond-wings menu (e.g., Swordfish Benedict w/ potato pancake, chorizo, quail eggs, and béarnaise), and of course, bikini-clad waitresses. If this ointment-branded spot proves successful, expect others to follow, starting with the anti-chafing-thigh-cream hangout The Friction Zone.
Grooming: Redo
Don't kid yourself: hair can stink. So, try this alcohol-free, vegetable-enzyme-based spray, which works as a deodorant for your rug. In a pinch, it'll even de-smell scarier hairy areas -- e.g., under your arms, or that which lies beneath your own bikini.
Check out Sephora.com
