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08/20/10
The weekend doesn’t know how to lose.
BRAND-NEW PERKS
Half Off Gourmet Burgers and 40% Off Exclusive Dopp Kits
This week, Perks is bringing you half off your next gourmet burger delivery from BuiltBurger, including
mind-blowing flavors like Sriracha and Gruyère. Plus: get 40% off one of three eShave
dopp kits, designed exclusively for UD readers and featuring their handmade razors. Your five o’clock
shadow has been warned.
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AL DENTE
Simple Italian Date Spot in Tribeca
Sometimes less is more. Especially when it comes to a first date. Thus the simple utility of sleek lines,
wraparound windows, small Italian bites and a cocktail list that fuses Aperol and Campari with every mixer
under the Mediterranean sun. The new Stuzzicheria is all about that simplicity. Feel free to complicate
matters as you see fit.
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- Opening tonight, Stuzzicheria, 305 Church St (at Walker St), 212-219-4037
STOP AND FISK
One-Stop Swedish Shopping
Our fair Scandinavian friends are known for many things, both intoxicating and blonde. And yet, certain
epicurean aspects of Swedish life remain wholly foreign. Enter Fisk, your new go-to shop for all things
edible and Swedish, open today adjacent to White Slab Palace. Think wheels of Arctic cheese and the kinds of
candies that will remind you of your childhood among the fjords.
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- Fisk, open now at White Slab Palace, 77 Delancey St, 212-334-0913
OYSTER DAZE
Oysters for a Buck, Wine for $20
Sometimes the Sunday evening doldrums are too much for anyone to bear alone. On those evenings, Hotel
Griffou offers a dark, plush retreat, where you’ll share a table with $1 oysters from Long Island and $20
bottles of wine from Italy. What the bivalves and vino lack in conversational skills, they more than make up
for in other ways.
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- Sundays, 6-11pm, Hotel Griffou, 21 W Ninth St (between Fifth and Sixth Ave), 212-358-0228
THE NEW CREW
J. Crew Going Big on the UES
This is not the first J. Crew store in Manhattan bursting with men’s basics, ranging from formal to
casual. But this is the first time that men’s shop has occupied two full floors, brought a dedicated
on-site suit shop and given space away to friends like The Hill-side (ties). Useful friends to have, whether
you’re planning to go formal or casual.
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- Opens Aug 24, noon, J. Crew Men’s Shop, 1040 Madison Ave (at 79th St), 212-453-2677
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NICE BUNS Hirata Pork Buns at Ippudo It takes a certain creative impulse to pair a traditional Japanese pork bun with a traditional Kentucky bourbon. Fortunately, you’re not one to stifle creative impulses. So as the soft warmth of Ippudo’s doughy bun absorbs the spicy warmth around slivers of rich Berkshire pork belly, and then encounters the spicy warmth of your bourbon cocktail… let’s just say you’ve hit your creative peak. |
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ROLLER COASTING
The Cyclone Rides at Midnight
You’ll gladly take your life in your hands for the right thrill. But you’ve never done it at midnight.
With all the Cyclone’s track lighting turned off, so you’re engulfed by total darkness at high speed.
Tuesday night is your last chance of the year. Happy hurtling.
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- Aug 24, 7pm-midnight, Coney Island, 1000 Surf Ave, Brooklyn
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