Category Archives: AFB: Where to Go
Weekend Bites
Tis the season for those excellent, sweet, crunchy, HONEYCRISP apples at the farmers market. My new favorite shoe line, DIEPPA RESTREPO, and their collection of boldly awesome oxfords and loafers, which are perfect for lazy Sunday walks from one cafe … Continue reading
Filed under AFB: Where to Go, Art/Lit/Design, Eating, Weekend Bites
Dell’Anima Still Rocks
Dell’ Anima is a small place along a portion of 8th Ave right before 8th Ave gets ugly. It’s always busy, which might be why it opened a wine bar next door. There is a high-top counter along the open … Continue reading
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Quick Bite: Peel’s
Peel’s is the brand new, surprisingly polished, very white, comfortable sister to taxidermied hipster restaurant Freeman’s. It’s a slightly more upscale diner with a takeout counter and a big long bar. The savvy Freeman’s people know that cocktails attract customers … Continue reading
Filed under AFB: Where to Go, Eating, In the News, Restaurants
Love That Dutch Design
For the first time, I thought I could live in a restaurant. Vandaag is light and airy, clean lines, modern, the loudest details being subtle textures like wood slab ceilings and tiled walls. There are big windows looking out onto … Continue reading
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Hello, Paris. I’ve Been Missing You.
AFB breathlessly, passionately, excitedly, jubilantly announces that from October 11-22nd it will be dispatching from Paris. Au my goodness. Truthfully, it’s about freaking time I returned. Paris gets under my skin and into my bones and fills up my heart. … Continue reading
Filed under AFB: Where to Go, In the News, Travel
Family Style at Torrisi
It’s remarkably freeing to be able to sit down at a table and know the only decision you have to make is red or white, and meat or fish. By day, Torrisi, a slice of a spot on Mulberry Street, … Continue reading
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My Oh Maialino
I mean, really, WHAT IS BETTER THAN A BOWL OF PASTA? Two bowls of pasta? One being a fettucine tossed with fresh fava beans and mint, the other a classic spaghetti tossed with tons of black pepper and pecorino? Maybe … Continue reading
Filed under AFB: Where to Go, Eating, Restaurants
