Justin Kennedy
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4 NYC bars where dogs are allowed, 🌼dไespite city law
Last month, Bobby Gagnon was issued a stiff fine from the Health Depart𒁃ment. His crime? Allowing dogs in his popular Park Slope bar, the Gate. Gagnon subsequently banned pups from...
5 alcoholic imports that a✃dd an international k🌃ick to cocktails
Order one of these hot new imports - only recently available in the U.S. - and sha꧂ke up your cocktail with some international intrigue. Salers Gentiane Made from the root...
Local brews battle Ger🎀man classics for Oktoberfest. Who will win? ꦆ
TIME to dust off your giant steins, strap on the lederhosen and march merrily to the nearest b🔴oisterous beer hall. This weekend marks the start of Oktoberfest — Munich’s traditional...
𒉰 The classic beef tartare gets an update
Tartare — chopped raw meat seasoned with a few pungent accou﷽terments and capped with a raw egg yolk — is a perfect summer dish. But that hasn’t stopped some NYC...
How to cool o🐼f🧔f with red wine in the summer heat
Looking to cool off with something different? Red wines can be as refreshing as whites and rosés when chilled down in the fridge or wedged into🍨 a bucket of ice....
Say ওcheers at the💛se 5 new NYC breweries
Gun Hill Brewing Co. 3227 Laconia Ave., The Bronx, 718-881-0010 Gun Hill is the first to establish a physical microbrewery in the northernmost borough. S🌜ince opening in March, the space...
5 green cocktails in honor of St. Patrick's Day
Partying on St. Patrick’s Day doesn’t have to mean swilling astringent Irish whiskey or cheaply dyed suds. Instead✤, use the holꦺiday as an excuse to explore some unusual green concoctions:...
The sour brews that beer gee🧸ks are buzzing 🅘over
When Dave Brodrick, owner of the Blind Tiger Ale House in the West Village, tried to serve his patrons a classic sour Belgian beer called Cantillon Lambic in th♐e late ’90s,...
Your guide to NYC's beer fests
Sept. 21 HUDSON RISING: Fall flavors and heritage clipper ships converge at this waterfront festival, with suds 🀅from upstate breweries (Broken Bow, Yonkers), cider🙈s from the Hudson Valley and wines...
♒ Raise your glass to Oktoberfest
The New York region’s craft beer ꦉscene has undergone a meteoric rise over the past few years, with dedicated specialty-beer bars and local microbreweries popping up all over. Although some...
Move over, Cronut! The new Ramen Burger has😼 New Yorkers in a foodie frenzy
Early Saturday morning, hordes of 20-somethings began lining up for one of New York’s most coveted culinary creations. They passed the three-plus-hour w💛ait with smartphones in one hand and iced...
Would you wait an hour to eat 'fast food'? A new wave of lunch spots are cheap and casual, but sure not quick
🌊 Most New York worker bees have an hour to grab lunch, if that, but increasingly many of them are spending their time waiting . . . and waiting to get midday sustenance...