The Weekender
The Weekend Starts Here
This Weekender is not a plastic bag.
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FRIDAY JAPANESE
Omido Opens in Midtown
Soft-opened this week in midtown, this Avroko-designed Japanese resto is a quiet new oasis—bamboo slats and a private alcove with rice paper fortunes tied to rope—amidst the chaos of midtown. Luxe takes on sushi include the Temari Roll (tuna, salmon, yellowtail sushi with foie gras and red mirin soy) and Toro Tartar with Gold Leaf. Everything is better with gold. Or foie gras. 411: 1695 Broadway (at 53rd St), 212-247-8110 |
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Ted Baker London Seize Sur Vingt |
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MONDAY ITALIANO
The Vintage Babbo dinner series begins anew this Monday. Start fasting now: Seven courses of Mario Batali and big Barolo wines from Bartolo Mascarello to match. Molto bene. 411: July 23, $395, seatings available after 8:30pm, 110 Waverly Pl (between MacDougal and 6th Ave), 917-715-3599 for reservations |
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WEDNESDAY HEIST PICS
The heist pics that launched a thousand heist pics, Rififi (1955) and Bob le Flambeur (1956) screen back to back at MoMA (owner of the world's largest film archive). Think of them as Ocean's 9 and 10. 411: July 25, 6pm and 8:30pm, $10, 11 W. 53rd St (between 5th and 6th Aves), 212-708-9400 |
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FRIDAY RESTAURANT SCOPING
Forget about food or service...sometimes you just want to hang where Cameron Diaz licks her ice cream spoon. Check out new celebrity stalkerish Ils Vont (French for "They Go"), which ranks restaurants by number of celeb gossip column sightings each week...DeNiro at Waverly Inn again? 411: ilsvont.com |
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