Food: Mermaid Inn
Aside from their lobster sandwich and wedge salad, the East Village seafood bistro's Uptown offspring sports a brand new menu. Snack on grilled oysters and sauteed skate wing in their wood-laden dining room, while marveling at antique harbor maps that depict a shoreline once as bustling with merchant ships as it is now with rollerbladers.
This G-map's color-coded icons indicate sake hotspots: blue for restaurants, brown, retailers, and green, bars. Pop-ups give the establishment's name/address, but wisely omit phone numbers, as
This 2-month temporary shop'll sling Brooklyn-based threads (Coup d'Etat, Sir Hayes, etc) to Manhattanites with crippling Bridge phobias. Tonight's launch party'll feature live music/DJs, plus free, necrotically-steez'd tees from Kiser NY -- a first-one's-free marketing plan that'd make a Bed-Stuy crack dealer blush.
Opening today just steps away from its original location, the new Momofuku offers twice the space for grubbing on trademark dishes like Shrimp & Grits and Pork Neck Ramen w/ poached egg. Just as before, they proudly refuse to cater to vegetarians, and meet all green-ish demands with a hearty "momu fuk u".
This New York-based, chunky line of mewelry's tastefully music-inspired, e.g., speaker pendants, subwoofer rings, and boombox necklaces. New for November: 80s Walkman pendants and, in a complete break from theme, AK-47s -- 
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