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10/01/09
The week is chilly. The weekend is pleasantly brisk.
PERKS
1 New Perk
This week's Perk gives you a free week at Equinox Fitness Clubs, now outfitted with iPhone-assisted bookings
and eucalyptus-scented towels. Fair warning: there may be some exercise involved.
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- UD Perks
VERTICAL ARTS
The Ultimate Pole Dance Competition
Six acrobatically inclined femmes fatales. One pole. Yes, "Miss Sexy" and five other lithe competitors are
joining forces tonight to determine the best pole dancer in America. After the show, you'll get a chance to
put your discerning tastes to good use, choosing which of the ladies gets the grand prize, a cool $10,000
(presumably in singles).
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- Doors at 7pm, show at 8pm, Oct 1, Highline, 431 W. 16th St, 212-414-5994
HISTORY
Bloody Mary's Birthday Party
The St. Regis Hotel is celebrating the diamond anniversary of its fabled brunch cocktail creation with
tomato/vodka concoctions from Charlie Palmer, the Spotted Pig and WD50 (among others), with ingredients
including everything from onion brine to clam juice. Mimosas, while delicious, will be strictly forbidden.
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- Starting Oct 5, in the King Cole Bar, St. Regis Hotel, 2 E. 55th St, 212-753-4500, see the menu here
CARNIVAL
Carnival Debuts the Boozy Snow Cone
If you always wished Coney Island was a little closer, filled with stilt walkers and served alcoholic snow
cones, welcome to the splendor of Carnival, a new bar on top of a bowling alley with carnival-themed food,
drink and merriment. Yes, it's as crazy as it sounds.
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- Soft-open tonight, grand open Oct 8, 110 University Pl (at 12th St), 3rd Flr, 212-255-8188
SEASONAL SHACK
Shacktoberfest Begins
Just in time for the end of the actual Oktoberfest, Shake Shack is busting out a menu full of bratwurst,
German beer and apple strudel. Normally we'd predict longer lines, but we're not actually sure that's
possible.
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- Oct 2-11, Madison Square Park (23rd at Madison), 212-889-6600; 366 Columbus Ave, 646-747-8770
SALE-ING
50% Off at No Mas
These archivists/T-shirt mavens specialize in retro graphics of even more retro sports icons—think
Muhammad Ali, Bobby Fischer and the Brooklyn Dodgers—and the softest shirts this side of American
Apparel. And thanks to our magic promo code, you'll be able to get yourself an "I'm calling it Shea" shirt
at half the usual price. Citi Field will forgive you.
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- No Mas, enter the code "2004" for 50% off
BUSINESS LUNCH
Expense Your Steak Lunch on the Sly
Now that your expense account is getting a little closer scrutiny, midtown steakhouse Maloney & Porcelli
is using receipt shenanigans to even the score. They'll make any record of your porterhouse decadence
disappear under the ruse of an office supplies receipt—and even deliver it in an Olive Garden bag so
nobody catches on...that is, if you don't mind your secretary thinking you eat lunch at the Olive Garden.
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- Make an order here
HOTEL HOPPING
The Crosby Street Hotel Bar Opens
As of tonight, you've got a new Soho spot for some elegant cocktailing. The tony Crosby Street Hotel's new
lounge is packing drinks like the Seelbach Cocktail (a bourbon/champagne elixir), Cured Duck Spring
Rolls and an alfresco space in back, perfect for your next post-Esquina nightcap—or the next time
you need a little hideaway downtown.
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- Crosby Bar, 246 Lafayette St, 212-226-6400, see the cocktail menu here
ANIMAL KINSHIP
Tanuki Tavern Opens in the Gansevoort
After cashing in his chips on Ono, Jeffrey Chodorow is trying his hand at a slightly more comfortable tavern
in the same spot, complete with flowery pink wallpaper, a promising backroom behind the stairs, and a menu
mixing noodles bowls and flat-iron steaks. If you weren't planning a sake bender before…it might be
time to start.
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- Opens Oct 6, Tanuki Tavern, 18 9th Ave, reservations at 212-660-6766
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