Catching the "Downtown & Breuckelen Express"? Pranksters have altered the signs at several stations, referring to Brooklyn's original name in the 1600s. But look fast: the MTA considers it vandalism. Read more.
Recommended: Cereal-milk soft-serve ice cream, chocolate-chocolate cookie, candy-bar pie, chocolate cake with yellow-cake icing, banana cake with hazelnut crunch, Chinese-sausage focaccia. Read more.
Prime plates an impressive menu of Japanese noshes and all-American meat in a bi-level joint split between a sleek downstairs sushi bar and a high-ceilinged, elegant dining room above. Read more.
Timing the fried chicken is a guessing game. Batches appear at unpredictable intervals. Sample the other entrees and sides, keeping an eye peeled. The baked chicken is nearly the equal of the fried. Read more.
Recommended: On Sundays, eat all you can of chicken, mutton and kingfish curries; eggplant with pineapple, green bean, beet and mellow garlic curries; and coconut and fiery onion-chili sambols. Read more.
This spot uses a wine life-extending dispensing system, so more than 80 global wines typically avail only by the bottle're broken down into 2oz & 5oz pours. Down some w/ the lobster stuffed mushrooms. Read more.
Well worth the trip for affordable dressers, coffee tables, and nightstands. Read more.
Daley Plaza does its yearly transformation into holiday central, with staples like mask decorating, a costume contest and a farmers’ market. Read more.
Diners looking to sample the delicious Florida King Crab can do so starting Saturday, when a delectably fresh selection become’s the menu’s hottest item. Free crab claws on the 29 or 30 with entree. Read more.
Named after the AA term for hooking up with one’s sponsor, 13S's morphed the former Telephone Bar space into a down-to-business, 28-flatscreen sports spot. (opens 7/8/2010) Read more.
In "The Dark Knight" (2008), Lt Gordon (Gary Oldman) arrests the gangster Sal Maroni while he is enjoying dinner, in scenes shot at The Berghoff restaurant. Read more.
FYI: Pepe's, where the pizza is as good as the best of New Haven, doesn't do slices. A medium clam pizza, slathered in garlic and oregano, feeds two and costs $19.50. Read more.
Director Steven Spielberg famously has a cameo role as the clerk in the Assessor's Office in "The Blues Brothers" (1980). Read more.