Thrillist New York
Emailed in a LIST on: Wednesday January 30, 2008The List
Food/Drink: Bar Veloce
Returning to its original location after a two-year hiatus, this low-lit sleeve of an Italian wine bar's pouring 60 bottles (30 by the glass) while plating up bruschette, panini, and dolci, e.g., strawberries veloce -- or "fast strawberries", the angry berry-picker's projectile of choice.
Service: Super Bowl Bars and Specials
This GMap's color-coded icons indicate each bar's patronage come game day: blue for Giants fans, red for Pats devotees, and green for unaffiliated drunks. Pop-ups give each joint's contact info, cover/reservations policies, and specials, like $2 Buds, or a free Zima every time you shush the crowd so you can hear the commercials.
Gear: Stuart and Wright sample sale
Up to 75% off premium local and national designers, e.g., Rogues Gallery, Gilded Age, and Beard & Bangs (successful cousin to the tragically hirsutier Muttonchop & Merkins).
Service: SMScab
Stranded in Brooklyn? Mute? Text this cab co. your location and the dispatcher'll text back the approximate wait time and cost, then send a car to meet you. SMScab also provides some BK joints w/ their own four-digit code, which you can text in lieu of an address -- because there's lazy, and then there's lzy.
Culture: Requiem for Alien vs. Predator
You didn't go see Alien vs. Predator: Requiem because you thought it'd suck. Coward, redeem thyself: these dueling rock vocalists each scream the case for which space adversary is beastlier. Not to spoil the ending, but, "Alien's unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality!"
Culture: Thrillist Las Vegas
In its first two blasts, Thrillist LV has answered the important questions, like "Who will help me rent a 32nd floor condominium for the weekend?" and "Where might I purchase jerky made of clams?" Sign up and the third email may answer your pressing query. (Hint: It's when a man and a woman love each other very much.)
