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For the purposes of our guide, Downtown is the area below 14th street above Canal. It includes such famous bohemian neighborhoods as Greenwich Village, the East Village, SoHo, the Lower East Side as well half a dozen of other, lesser-known areas.

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Downtown is a veritable ground zero for innovative and ethnic dining in New York. Slightly younger population (compared with the rest of the city) means fewer formal restaurants and stronger influences of fashion in everything - from cuisine to décor to ambient music.

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Articles, Updates and Reviews

Stranded on Broadway
Posted by Slavito in New York » Shopping on 23/Jan/2008

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I have a love and hate relationship with Strand. The "hate" part, for those interested, will be explained at the end of this posting, but let me start with the "love" one. For a hardcover-loving bibliophile rat I am, Strand is simply a great place - one of the best in the world. It's big, cavernous (they claim to offer "18 miles of books") and full of surprises...

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St. Patty's Spanish Style: Las Ramblas Tapas Bar
Posted by Keith in New York » Restaurants on 30/Apr/2007

I have not, traditionally, gone out and done very much on St. Patrick's Day. For a while, this was because I stopped drinking (oh, so many days wasted on sobriety). And for a while, this was because I was going through a cranky phase and didn't want to combat drunken masses crammed shoulder-to-shoulder in a New York pub. These are no longer concerns for me. As for temperance, I have returned to my Scotch-Irish roots. And as for drunken crowds crammed into pubs, I have discovered that I actually enjoy the convivial revelry of such a gathering.

So in the year 2007, I decided it was time to go out and have fun on St. Patty's Day, even if my Irish ancestors were Protestants. England shipped my Scottish ancestors to the Americas as slaves, and I still rooted for them during the world Cup, so I'm over things, even if others are still fighting over Cromwell.

But somehow, I ended up celebrating the first half of St. Patty's sitting in tapas bar Las Ramblas. Nothing says Ireland quite like tapas and white berry pomegranate sangria...

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Pink Pony
Posted by Lori in New York » Restaurants on 23/Nov/2006

The Lower East Side is a great area to spend an evening, peppered with divey bars, music venues, boutiques and cafes. The West Village is home to more French Cafes, but The Pink Pony on the East side is one not to be missed...

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Cupcake Quest
Posted by Lori in Shopping on 18/Nov/2006

Thanks to Sex in the City, Magnolia Bakery in the West Village has a permanent line around the block. I'm not joking. The first time I attempted to go there, I assumed because of the line they had table service. Nope. Just a line to get cupcakes! $3.50 cupcakes. Beautiful, big, amazing cupcakes!

But seriously, what local would wait in an hour line for a sugar fix? OK, probably me, until I decided to seek out other sources to satisfy my sweet tooth in this town....

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Hot Bamn!
Posted by Lori in New York » Restaurants on 05/Oct/2006

It's 5 am. You've just wandered from the far east side of Alphabet City, in search of pizza, a hot sandwich, SOMETHING that isn't deli chips. But everything is closed!

Wander no more! Hot food awaits at the corner of St. Marks and 2nd Avenue in the East Village...

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