New York

90 Worth St, near Broadway; 212.608.3222

Tossing Lazio-style thin crust slices (margherita, funghi, filetto, etc), plus panini (grilled eggplant, mortadella...) and an ever-changing array of soups, Farinella's a blonde-wooded eat-in/take-out spot run by Alberto Polo Cretara, an Il Forno-trained chef who's also a big-deal Italian hip-hop artist, yet has never recorded an album called Il Forno Communication.

Like a Pop-Up Video for financial turmoil, this constantly updated global GMap displays the fluctuating (read: mostly downward) value of every major index, from the western big 'uns (NASDAQ, London's FTSE), to the Middle East markets (Pakistan's KSE), to South Africa's rapidly declining TOP40, which apparently never recovered from the retirement of Casey Kasem.

85 Orchard St, between Broome and Grand; 212.226.3700

From a family of Vietnamese rookie restaurateurs, this Tetris-shaped cove sports a glass-walled kitchen in back and an up-front prep station where they're serving apps (beef salad in lime fish sauce; shrimp and pork rolls) and perfectly prepared sandwiches like Banh Mi Ga Nuong (shredded chicken breast w/ caramelized onions) and Banh Mi Thit Heo Quay (moist Chinese roast pork belly w/ slivers of crispy skin). Recently approved for beer/liquor, soon they'll pour Vietnamese suds (Tiger Beer, Bia Hanoi, etc) plus concoctions like a lime/fish sauce/lemongrass bloody mary (good Mary, Vietnam).

From two industrious Brazilians, these 9x9in hanging lampshades are influenced by everything from graphic/web design (Pantone swatches, oversized pixels, an RSS icon), to comics (a Captain Marvel-style lightning bolt), to New York, via a Times Sq-42 St Station subway sign that, when lit, will be sure to attract a crowd of backflipping b-boys, bootleg CD salesmen, and Jews for Jesus.

Thru Thurs at 317 W 33rd St, near 8th; 718.747.1656

Up to 60% off everything from dress shoes, to button-downs, to trousers from Hugo's collection "Boss Black", for men who like their management like they like their coffee.