Masatoshi Sugio's third restaurant features 130 styles of enhanced sushi (e.g., fried Kumamoto oyster on the shell w/rice and foie gras w/daikon and ponzu). The chow's pricey, but Sugio's rep's above reproach, so the only question left to ask is: who the hell's Gary?

Check out the basic menu (dishes will be added)

Sample an international array of clear spirits, from Holland's controversially named "Bong", to "Herb's Vodka" -- infused with cilantro, fennel, and other sadly unbongable plants. You'll also get a nonstop procession of Valbella's upscale Italian chow, plus a smattering of new gins -- who'll be slightly bitter being the +1 at someone else's Fest.

Click here for tix, or $40 at door if you mention Thrillist

If you're hungry for underground fashion, but fear the troglodytic hipsters who sell it, check out Kazbah: a just-unveiled buying site for the best brands no one's heard of. Visit regularly, and you'll look so sharp, a jealous fellow Eloi will throw you down a manhole.

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There'll be free beer/wine in the lobby for this acclaimed singer-songwriter's show -- so all that'll prevent you from enjoying Cleaves' wry, Texas-yet-worldly folk will be the free beer/wine in the lobby.

Hear tunes, buy tix ($20) at ShadeTreeNewYork.com