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01/21/10
Who will fill the weekend's senate seat?
Sale-ing
Rag & Bone Takes 65% Off
Guy's guy outfitters Rag & Bone is trimming up to 65% off winter-appropriate items like cotton blazers,
jackets and desert boots—which, come to think of it, ought to come in handy during warm weather too.
- 411:
- Mon-Sat, 11am-7pm, Sun, noon-6pm, Rag & Bone, 119 Mercer St, 212-219-2204; 100 Christopher St, 212-727-2999
Third Meal
Café Gitane at The Jane Does Dinner
The Jane Hotel's Café Gitane, your favorite French-Moroccan kitchen/Euro-model scene, has so far only
served breakfast and lunch. But something was missing... Now it sheds its culinary adolescence, bravely
acknowledges the existence of the evening meal and starts dishing out Salmon Pot Pie and Spicy
Moroccan Olives. They grow up so fast.
- 411:
- Café Gitane, 113 Jane St (at 10th Ave), 212-255-4113
Sale-ing II
50-70% Off Taschen Books
Sadly, you just finished the 372-page oversized pictorial The Big Book of Legs. Fortunately, the
art publisher Taschen is stepping in to provide you with a new favorite literary masterwork by discounting
its stock of display books. You'll see coffee table-worthy fashion, photography, film and restaurant
architecture tomes. Nothing replaces legs like a well-designed restaurant.
- 411:
- Fri-Sat, 11am-8pm, Sun, noon-7pm, Taschen Books, 107 Greene St, 212-226-2212
Schnapps-sicle
The Evolution of the Boozy Popsicle
You've heard it all before: celebrity Ping-Pong hangout opens a new restaurant in the dead of winter and
kicks things off with a line of...boozy popsicles. We're talking mango/coconut/rum and
chamomile/lime/vodka—you no longer have to dunk your popsicle in your martini.
- 411:
- 5pm-1am, Ducks @ SPiN, 48 E 23rd St, 212-982-8802, see the menu
Pearls
Dollar Late-Night Oysters at Bar Henry
Take a low-lit
West Village bistro, add in some Burgundy and a late-night $1 oyster special, and you're on to
something. That something: the oyster liquidation deliciousness you so rightly deserve.
- 411:
- Sun-Thurs, 11pm-close, Bar Henry, 90 W Houston St (near LaGuardia Place), 646-448-4559
Brunch Trial
Minetta Launches Brunch
Only one true NFL Sunday afternoon remains, and Minetta Tavern is making a move on that precious real estate
by introducing brunch. In addition to staples like the Black Label Burger, they're unveiling gems
like Shirred Egg With Black Truffles, Ham and Eggs With Grits and five kinds of Bloody
Marys. Thus, the brunch versus football debate rages on.
- 411:
- Jan 24, 11am-1:30pm, Minetta Tavern, 113 MacDougal St, 212-475-3850
Australia Day
Australia Day at the Sunburnt Cow
In honor of the day, long ago, when a bunch of Australians ate and drank cheaply and to excess on the Lower
East Side of Australia, this Aussie hangout celebrates with $3 burgers and sandwiches (Grilled Hanger
Steak, Lamb Burger With Eggplant Sweet Onion Chutney) and a $20 unlimited happy hour...for three hours.
That's good math.
- 411:
- Jan 26, 4pm (your three hours begin when you arrive), Sunburnt Cow, 137 Avenue C, Bondi Road, 153 Rivington St, Sunburnt Calf, 226 W 79th St
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