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Casa Adela‘s rotisserie chicken gets some love from the NY Times. Friterie now open on St Mark’s Pl.  EVGrieve Fuku opens in former Momofuku space. Eater Bago opens on 1st Avenue. Bedford + Bowery Babu Ji opens on Avenue B. Eater    

Cinco de Mayo Derby at Idle Hands Bar

If you haven’t been able to deduct from the title, tomorrow is Cinco de Mayo and also the Kentucky Derby.  Cinco de Mayo is normally seen as a celebration of Mexican pride & heritage or the anniversary of the unlikely win at the Battle of Puebla in 1862.  For a non-Mexican like myself, it’s normally […]