By Laura, on June 24, 2009, 1:38 am
Guest Post by Mari Abe, Downtown Correspondent
To celebrate its 20th year anniversary, Menchanko-Tei, a Japanese ramen/noodle house in midtown west is offering to pick up the tab… if you win a one-shot game of Jan-Ken-Pon (or Rock-Paper-Scissors) with the restaurant’s manager. I know, sounds too good to be true, but it’s for real. [...]
By Laura, on June 12, 2009, 2:40 am
Guest Post by Mari Abe, Downtown Correspondent
From the hip-hop beats blaring from the speakers to Andy Warhol’s Campbell soup reprints on the wall, Pop Burger is the sort of establishment that you can only find in New York. From the modern facade, Pop Burger looks more like a club than a burger joint [...]
By Laura, on June 8, 2009, 3:51 am
Guest Post by Mari Abe, Downtown Correspondent
There are a million places to eat in Manhattan, but as a general rule, any restaurants that my sister (operations manager for Townhouse Restaurant Group) and her boyfriend (general manager at La Fonda Del Sol) recommend, go right to the top of my list. Socarrat Paella Bar [...]