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We’ve already added a pair of ramen mash-ups to your to-eat list today, but allow us to add another must-try. Jum Mum, the bun spot on St. Marks Place, recently added fried bao to its menu. The fried buns, which are going for $4.30, are filled with Korean-style BBQ beef, lettuce, carrots, fried onions, cilantro and spicy BBQ sauce.
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If you thought the ramen burger would be the last of the ramen mash-ups, think again. Miss Lily’s 7A Cafe has started serving up a (limited-edition, naturally) jerk ramen and — even more exciting? — a new Hester Street Fair vendor, Corndog Factory, is making corndogs with that stuff that kept you alive during college.
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If the dishes at the Lower East Side’s newest Indian restaurant taste familiar it might be because the chef, Razan Kunwar, previously worked over at The Masala Wala on Essex Street.
Time again for Good Shows, our weekly roundup of what’s good in live music.
The LOT LIC Music & Film Series, an eight-week summer party, makes its debut in Long Island City this weekend. It’s a free event, with music on Saturdays and film on Thursdays. We know what you’re thinking: no G train service will make it impossible to go. Not true! You can take the 7 to Court Sq. or the N to Queensboro Plaza and it’s a quick jaunt from there. This week’s performers are Sinkane, Takuya Kuroda and DJ D-Felic. 43-29 Crescent St, Long Island City, Saturday, August 2 from 3-9 p.m., tickets free
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Three East River Housing co-op tenants facing eviction filed federal complaints with the Department of Housing and Urban Development, stating that their building’s no pets policy is discriminatory, as their dogs improve their mental health. [NY Times]
In Williamsburg crime news: a man with a machete robbed an 18-year-old Sunday afternoon; a man was stabbed by a group of assailants Saturday around 3 a.m.; and a 15-year-old allegedly tied up his 13-year-old brother and drugged him with ammonia in their S. 3rd Street home Thursday morning. [The Brooklyn Paper]
And on Saturday afternoon, police say a man hit a child on the L train at the Lorimer Street station, then shoved a woman teeth-first into a subway pole before throwing her against the floor. No arrests have been made. [DNA Info]
The Farmigo Logo: “the F is only in existence when you bring all the pieces together,” explains founder Benzi Ronen (Photo: Kirsten O’Regan)
If the nightmare-ish appearance of Soylent in the real world (as opposed to in dystopian cannibal-populated literature) terrified you into thinking Silicon Valley had declared a war on food, please rest assured—our tech overlords have not yet given up on the fuel of the humble peasant (that’s us). In fact, several West Coast dudes are actually trying to make it easier for you to get access to fresh food. One such specimen is Benzi Ronen, who just expanded his company Farmigo into an attractive new office space in Gowanus.
The grandiose blurbs on the back cover of Marc Spitz’s Twee promise the reader a book that will analyze “the most polarizing and important youth movement since hop-hop,” and one that will do so “in the same way that Douglas Coupland branded Generation X.” Well, that would have sold me, even if I weren’t being paid to review it. As someone who still enthusiastically debates the exact moment when grunge became post-grunge, I’m a sucker for philosophizing about What The Kids Are Up To These Days and What It All Means.
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You’ve probably noticed the bright new signage Stephen Powers recently brought to The Strand. What you might not have known is that the artist and sign painter also known as ESPO has a new book out, A Love Letter to the City, which documents his public art via sketches, photos and anecdotes. Powers stopped by the store in March (video clip above) and revealed that his first bit of street art was on the roll-down gate of the old Forbidden Planet at 12th and Broadway.
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Ivan Ramen isn’t the only thing coming to Clinton Street that lovers of Japanese food have reason to be excited about. On May 4, less than a week before Ivan Orkin opens his spot, a new izakaya will open just a block away.
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