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01/08/09
The weekend is strong like bull.
PERKS
2 New Perks
This week Perks brings you 15 percent off sold-out football playoff tickets and 25 percent off a ski weekend
in Vermont (and yes, there's a hot tub involved).
- 411:
- UD Perks
NIGHT SIZZLE
Da Silvano Opens a Steakhouse
We'll trade a cantinetta for a bistecca any day. Especially when it's from Da Silvano, priced for the times
and serving simple pleasures like grass-fed chops, bison skirt steak and lamb ribs. Ah, sometimes it's
the simple, meaty pleasures...
- 411:
- Da Silvano Bistecca, open now, 260 Avenue of the Americas (between Houston and Bleeker), 212-982-2343
AFTERNOON SALE-ING
80% Off at Gargyle
The LES boutique that helps make sure your rakish look remains steadfastly intact throughout the weekend is
clearing the decks, with a huge 80 percent off jackets, sweaters, shoes and more from Fred Perry, Yoko
Devereaux and other brands not necessarily named after gentlemen of leisure.
- 411:
- Jan 8-9, Gargyle, 16A Orchard St (between Allen and Ludlow), 917-470-9367
CHEAP FEASTING
Frankies Spuntino 17 Clinton Gets Bigger
The always-mobbed, good-to-the-stomach, light-on-the-wallet, Italian comfort food stalwart may be a little
less mobbed this weekend, since they've taken over the antique store next door, doubling their capacity to
fifty. Which means your meatball waiting time should at least be cut in half. The catch: It's only open on
the weekends. For now...
- 411:
- 17 Clinton St (between Houston and Stanton), 212-253-2303
BULL
Professional Bull Riders Take Manhattan
MSG takes a break from the Knicks, Rangers and Kanye concerts to bring in some down-home boys (the top 45 in
the world) to show you that there's more to riding the bull than lining up at Mason Dixon or Johnny
Utah's.
- 411:
- Jan 9-11, Madison Square Garden, 212-307-7171
YOLKS
Ssam Bar's New Egg Dishes
Brunch has arrived at Ssam Bar, and Chang and co. are bringing you a few typically inventive egg
dishes—like Scrapple with Fried
Egg, Violet Mustard and Greens—that
sort of sound like a game of Clue—albeit a very delicious game of Clue.
- 411:
- 207 2nd Ave (at 13th St), 212-254-3500
GEKKO
Bud Fox vs. Lehman Brothers
What would Gordon Gekko do? Cinema Reagan pairs '80s flicks with the guest lecturers that love them. Watch
Wall
Street again for the first time, and then hear former Lehman Brothers Senior VP Marcus Haupt
blame Gordon Gekko for everything. (We advise you to leave your Dick Fuld mask at home.)
- 411:
- Reagan Film Festival, first screening Jan 12, 7-10pm, DCTV, 87 Lafayette St (between White and Walker), 212-925-3429
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