Thrillist New York
Emailed in a LIST on: Wednesday October 17, 2007The List
Food: Irving Mill
Helmed by a former Gramercy Tavern exec chef, this enormous, wood-beamed spot plates up French- and Italian-inspired fare (Stout-Braised Beef Short Ribs, Ricotta Ravioli w/ Lobster Mushrooms, etc), plus 20 wines by the glass and a six-pack of American microbrews. Dividing bar from dining room's a round, 3,000lb millstone table, which despite your chivalry, you will find difficult to scoot closer to your seated date.
Gear: DDCLab Sale
Denim starting at $40, leather coats, jackets, and pants starting at $100, and 70-90% off summer knits and tees made from bamboo and banana leaves (the Harry Belafon-Tee?).
Travel: Hotel le Bleu
Brooklyn's first boutique hotel offers 48 rooms with plasmas, Wi-Fi, and 300-thread count Egyptian cotton bedsheets. Coming soon: a rooftop bar and restaurant with stunning Manhattan views -- because there's nothing like going to Brooklyn to reaffirm your decision not to live in Brooklyn.
Gratis Grub/Drinks: Open Bar at Town Tavern
TT celebrates 3 years with a top shelf open bar plus a free burger for guests who bring a birthday candle; bring a trick candle, and they'll reward you with a burger that cannot be digested.
More Gratis Grub: Free Pizza, with Globetrotters
Oddest promotion ever: free cheese slices, plus a chance to watch Harlem Globetrotters create caviar/pepperoni pizza alongside employees from one of Sbarro's Russian franchises, which sits in a Moscow mall between Tsarist Candle and...Babbages.
Culture: Last Night's Garbage
A slight deviation on Last Night's Party, LNG presents photos of NYC street garbage with curatorial titles and musings on the trash's previous life, e.g., "Toilet" and its existential caption "What finally did it in? Was it Mexican or Indian?"
