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01/28/10
The weekend's agenda has been described as ambitious.
Multitasking
The Smile Does Dinner
Already established as your go-to café/tattoo parlor/general store,
The Smile is about to do one more thing: dinner. The menu is Mediterranean-heavy and features dishes
like Moroccan Lamb Meatballs and Goat Cheese With Garlic and Peppercorns. Sadly, tattoo
artists are no longer on hand to memorialize your favorite appetizers.
- 411:
- Starting tonight, The Smile, 26 Bond St (near Lafayette), 646-329-5836
Sale-ing
A Pop-Up Shop for the Coming Storm
It's been a week of unrelenting bad weather, so a pop-up shop from the online outfitters C'H'C'M' comes at a
good time. You'll stock up on country-strength, deflect-the-elements gear like leather mountain boots,
hooded Mackintosh jackets and button-down shirts. It's the pop-up shop Lewis and Clark would have
appreciated. (Though Clark, famously, preferred sweatpants and despised the East Village.)
- 411:
- Thu-Sun, 11am-8pm, C'H'C'M', 34 E First St (near Second Ave), 310-818-6335
Holey Cream
Introducing the Doughnut Ice Cream Sandwich
You've long appreciated the subtle art of putting one junk food inside...another junk food (e.g., the
Twinkie in a Popsicle). Holey Cream continues the tradition: they'll slice a doughnut in half and stuff it
with their homemade ice cream. Good luck getting through airport security with this thing.
- 411:
- Holey Cream, 796 Ninth Ave (at 53rd St), 212-247-8400
Sale-ing II
80% Off Suits at Riflessi
Old-school suit hawkers Riflessi are taking up to 80% off Armani and Valentino suits, Cucinelli cashmere
coats and Guy Laroche leather jackets. And offering free alterations from their master tailors. Those guys
live to alter.
- 411:
- Through Jan 31, 10am-7pm, Riflessi, 289 Madison Ave (at 41st St), 212-679-4875
Morning After
Wilfie & Nell Launches Brunch
Brunches come and go, but Wilfie & Nell is extending its pub-grade deliciousness to the weekend in a fit
of reckless generosity that includes dishes like the Bacon and Goat Cheese Sandwich and cocktails
like the Spicy Bloody Mary With McClure's Pickle Juice. Finally, a reason to drag yourself out of
bed at the crack of noon.
- 411:
- Sat-Sun, 11am-3pm, Wilfie & Nell, 228 W Fourth St (near Seventh Ave), 212-242-2990
Swiss Miss
Beer-Flavored Hot Chocolate
City Bakery's annual Hot Chocolate Festival is about to kick off, and in case you're not sure what that
entails, we'd like to introduce you to Beer Hot Chocolate and its more specific cousin, Creamy
Stout Hot Chocolate. Sadly, their uncle Colt 45 Ovaltine will not be in attendance.
- 411:
- Hot Chocolate Festival, at City Bakery, 3 West 18th St (near Fifth Ave), 212-366-1414
Swine
Suckling Pig Happy Hour
Conventional restaurant wisdom says you roll out one ridiculously good deal at a time. To which Marc
Forgione respectfully raises a middle finger, simultaneously introducing you to its Tuesday three-hour
Suckling Pig Sliders happy hour with two-for-one beers and bottomless mimosas at its
Sunday brunch. How you spend your time between Tuesday and Sunday is up to you.
- 411:
- Feb 2, 6-9pm, $16, brunch 11:30am-3pm, Marc Forgione, 134 Reade St (near Hudson), 212-941-9401
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