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The Fresh Loaf: Monday Tidbits

Monday, January 14th, 2008

yum thai

  • Pretty safe to say that Yum Thai is finally gone. It sucked anyway, but when will a good Thai restaurant open near me? [Midtown Lunch]
  • The Pond at Bryant Park is closing tomorrow. Eff u, Fashion Week! Stop by and say hello to our friend Dan as he dismantles his fruits of labor.
  • Twins separated at birth met and married. [Reuters, via Brooke] (I’m honestly not sure what I’d do in this situation…you can’t undo what’s already happened, so maybe just stay together? Weird/sad.)
  • National Treasure: Book of Secrets sucks ass. Not even a good dumb-movie-on-a-lazy-Saturday choice. Enormous and not overlookable plot holes. Nicolas Cage just gets uglier, and I don’t understand why my beloved Helen Mirren was in this shit?

Wednesday Tidbits

Wednesday, December 12th, 2007


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  • ZOCALO, a gem of a Mexican restaurant in Williamsburg, has reopened after adding a full bar on the lower level and also adding an entire second level. I thought they’d closed and I was sad for a very long time because I love this place. The remodeled interior is pretty weird—they utilized the space in an odd fashion—and makes me not want to eat on the premises, but the food is still really good and so I can get takeout and eat it in front of the television in sweatpants. Recommended dishes: Milanesa de Pollo Torta, Mole Pork Burrito, most stuff. 295 Broadway, 718-388-2161
  • Favorite non-fancy grocery store cookie: Keebler Fudge Shoppe Fudge Sticks (Fudge Covered Creme Wafers). They’re very fudgy, very delicious—airy yet fudge stickssubstantial wafers filled with a luxurious vanilla creme. (Only recommended if you can limit consumption to five Fudge Sticks per sitting.)

 

Rain Disrupts Construction at The Pond; Meatloafing on Ice Postponed

Friday, October 26th, 2007

ben points to the below-level ice
The ice is three inches below the required level

the pond
The Pond, empty

Exclusive Interview with DAN

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

Construction is under way at The Pond. We’ll be there next Friday, October 26th!

BREAKING: Dumpster Debris-Filled Bucket Falls from Bank of America Tower, Several Injured

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007


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A dumpster fell from the top of the BofA tower in Midtown (still under construction)

Update from Gothamist: 1010 WINS reports the crane bucket dropped 53 stories; now eight people have minor injuries.

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