
Taste
TASTE: Bombay Chat
The neon sign says it all: COFFEE BAGEL MOMO. It’s the first thing that greets visitors entering Bombay Chat, a sort of Himalayan bodega/deli in
January 5, 2010
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Sound
SOUND & TASTE: Shaved-Ice Carts
Though Marino’s Italian Ice carts are perhaps the most ubiquitous New York summertime sidewalk sight, I can never help feeling that some essence of refreshment
September 1, 2009
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Sense & the City
TASTE: Coffee-cart breakfast
Why, I had always wondered, would New Yorkers choose to buy their morning coffee and bagel from a sidewalk cart? The streets of every borough
April 7, 2009
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Sense & the City
TASTE: Glaser’s Bake Shop’s Black-and-White Cookie
I was skeptical of the black-and-white cookie. There was something obscene about their nearly half-foot diameter, the chocolate and vanilla icing: it was like having
July 1, 2008
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Sense & the City
TASTE: Warm arroz con leche on a cold winter night, Sunset Park
If, on a snowy evening, you find yourself in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, stop by the card table set up on outside Taqueria La Mixteca, across
March 11, 2008
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