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A "terrible kitchen" was the jumping-off point for what turned into a more thoroughgoing renovation of a 19th century townhouse, said Long Island City-based architect Sarah Jacoby, who masterminded the project.

A new cafe could soon be coming to Downtown Brooklyn's Cadman Plaza Park, with the city asking businesses interested in setting up shop to submit a proposal of their plans.According to the NYC Parks Department's request for proposals, the cafe would take over the circa 1950s concrete maintenance building that sits near Cadman Plaza West and Tillary Street.

NYCxDesign, a design festival held each May in New York City, wrapped up its 11th edition last week with a strong array of group shows across boroughs in Soho showrooms, artist studios and backyards in Brooklyn, vacant office spaces in Chinatown and galleries in between.Though officially billed as a weeklong festival beginning May 19 and anchored by the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) and WantedDesign at the Javits Center, the event circuit seemed to begin in earnest a week before, with a packed roster of adjacent art and design fairs in town including The European Fine Art Foundation (TEFAF), Frieze New York and the New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA).

Promotion: a wall lamp informed by an insect zapper is among the lighting designs that will be presented this month at the annual New York design showcase ICFF + WantedDesign Manhattan.Taking place from 21-23 May 2023 at Manhattan's Javits Center, International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) is North America's premier contemporary furnishing design fair, while WantedDesign Manhattan is a show dedicated to high-end North American studios and international emerging designers.

Image Iiu Susiraja's Woman (2010), one of the powerful works that take aim at contemporary body image issues, obsessions and taboos in a show at MoMA PS1.Credit...via Iiu Susiraja, Makasiini Contemporary, and Nino Mier Gallery The strange, discomfiting photographs and videos of the Finnish artist Iiu Susiraja push so many buttons that her provocative exhibition at MoMA PS1 should have been staged in an elevator to paraphrase the theater critic Peter Marks.

Heavenly Buffaloes, a chain of restaurants with locations in three North Carolina college towns, would seem tailor-made for QR-code menus.Its customers tend to be young and tech-savvy.Most come in hungry, many tipsy.And the menu isn't exactly complicated.It's chicken wings and beer, said Bo Sayre, the company's district manager.

"If you're going to pay top dollar for a superior cocktail," says Hundredweight Big Ice owner Richard Boccato, "then the frozen water that goes into that cocktail should be as important an ingredient as everything else that goes into it."The "frozen water" he is referring to is what most people would call an ice cube.

Warm weather calls for cooling, refreshing treats: For some Asian American dessert makers that means wobbly, jiggly, jelly-based desserts from Taiwan to Indonesia.You can eat them on their own whether it's coconut jelly on its own or served with crushed ice and brown sugar.Jellies can be the base for an array of toppings or they can be minimalist shapes like a crystal-clear droplet that displays a flower.

Gammeeok, a Koreatown restaurant that was sued this week for allegedly serving two customers a rat carcass in their soup, was closed by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene following an inspection on Wednesday, TMZ reports.Fabien Levy, a spokesperson for Mayor Eric Adams, tells the publication: "No New York City restaurant is authorized to have mice or rats on the menu and we are investigating further."

It's the redistricting process that never ends!The state's Independent Redistricting Commission last week unanimously voted to approve and release a new draft Assembly map that could make some big changes to Brooklyn's representation in the lower chamber.New York's once-a-decade redistricting process has stretched on for months as the parties battle it out over district lines - after the Independent Redistricting Commission failed to produce new maps for the state Senate, Assembly, and the House of Representatives by their deadline in January, the Democratic-majority state legislature took over and drew their own maps.

929 is a nostalgic ode to the first-gen owner's roots.A new cocktail and vinyl bar just opened in Long Island City, and the vibes are on point, particularly for nostalgic Millennials.929, a cocktail bar channeling Chinese diasporic nostalgia aims to evoke childhood memories from first-generation guests, as well as introduce all imbibers to the flavors, sights and sounds of growing up Chinese American.

NEW YORK CITY - Just three New York City hospitals got an "A" for patient safety while many, many more got middling or borderline failing grades, according to a new study.The Leapfrog Group's 2023 hospital safety grades released Wednesday paint a decidedly mixed picture for city hospitals.

Welcome to Year in Eater 2022, Eater's annual ritual of eulogizing the past 12 months through input from the city's top food writers and New York figures.For 2022's final week, Eater NY will be posting questions daily about New York City's restaurant scene in the past year, with answers from those who know it best: Eater editors and friends of Eater.

Regal panettone has long been synonymous with the holidays in Italy, yet the golden-domed breads weren't on the radar in the U.S. until the past few years.Before that, for most Americans, panettone was often misunderstood as a cousin to shunned holiday fruitcakes.Originally from Milan - though there are multiple variations across Italy today - panettone is notoriously difficult to make, requiring a combination of a complex starter and laborious dough work; ingredients such as candied fruit along with raisins and vanilla; and enough eggs and butter that, once baked, the sweet breads need to be inverted as they cool so they don't collapse.

Julie Powell, the writer whose decision to spend a year cooking every recipe in Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking led to the popular food blog, the Julie/Julia Project, a movie starring Meryl Streep and a new following for Mrs. Child in the final years of her life, died on Oct. 26 at her home in Olivebridge, in upstate New York.

It's 11 a.m. at a kitchen in Sunnyside, Queens, but Richard Jang, and his girlfriend Haiqi Yu, have already been up since 2 a.m.procuring fresh crabs at the New Fulton Fish Market in the Bronx, as they do at least twice a week for their restaurant delivery service, Rice Thief.What started as a homespun business in November of last year now operates out of Sunnyside Eats, a commercial ghost kitchen.

Since March 16, 2020, when the state first temporarily closed indoor dining, hundreds of new restaurants have opened, including a kebab spot uptown, an Los Angeles restaurant import, seafood boutique now with sandwiches.Here's a roundup of the restaurants and bars that opened in January.This list will be updated weekly.

Even though Lionel Messi has been a soccer legend for more than 15 years, he has never managed to win a World Cup for Argentina, a soccer behemoth known for producing game-changing players (think Diego Maradona) and his country of origin.The journalist Jasmine Garsd, also from Argentina, has devoted her nostalgic podcast, The Last Cup/La ultima copa, on National Public Radio, to Messi's most recent quest.

On the cover of its April 1968 issue of Esquire, art director George Lois depicts an image of Muhammad Ali to dramatize the boxer's persecution for his personal beliefs.(George Lois/Esquire/Hearst Magazine Media, Inc.)George Lois, a Madison Avenue ad maven who in the 1960s injected counterculture ethos into Esquire magazine's covers, wounding boxer and anti-war activist Muhammad Ali with arrows and drowning Andy Warhol in a can of Campbell's soup to depict the collapse of avant-garde art, died Nov. 18 at his home in New York City.

The new H Mart planned for Long Island City will open its doors at 10 a.m. on November 22, Patch reports.It's a breakneck turnaround for the Asian grocery chain, which first announced its plans to open at 34-51 48th Street, near Northern Boulevard, one month ago.The address was home to a location of Stop & Shop until October 20.

It's cold out there!And with a "winter bomb cyclone" set to approach NYC and the Northeast this weekend, it's time to stay warm by any means necessary.Whether that means snuggling up in your apartment, or meandering to grab a drink around the town, it should be done with thought!To make things easier, we've rounded up some of the coziest bars in NYC.

Buffalo and Bergen is known for its New York water bagels and handmade knishes-along with classic egg creams and brunchy cocktails.At its third location, coming to Cleveland Park early next year, owner Gina Chersevani is further embracing all things deliciously doughy with an expanded menu including old-school pastries, nostalgic dinner bites, and a dedicated "carb bar" overlooking the baking station.

Q: I recently bought a two-story house in Ridgewood, Queens, with a bathroom on each floor.The upstairs bathroom has a tub, and the downstairs one has a standing shower.I'd like to renovate the upstairs bathroom and replace the tub with a nice walk-in shower.But is this a good investment?Should I think more about resale, or designing the bathroom that I really want?