Elliot Boblitt

Hate nicking yourself while shaving? Well, it's time to move on from our crude tools and start shaving with laser beams. The Skarp laser razor is bladeless and totally from the future.

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Our latest Quick Bites brings us to the East Village for some excellent tortas hidden away on East 4th Street. [ more › ]

One thing you'll quickly notice about Sichuan cuisine beyond the spicy stuff, is their love of fresh, crunchy pickles. No meal is complete without a dish of cold, vinegary vegetables, whether it's turnip, cabbage, peanuts, or cucumbers. Think of them as a palate cleanser between bites of the heavier stuff. Sichuan-style smashed cucumbers are the simplest example of one of these dishes, and coincidentally my favorite one. Read More

Congratulations! You've just removed that ugly label from your prized possession, but now you're faced with a new problem: sticky residue from said label. What's the quickest and easiest way to make it disappear? Don't worry, we've got your back- just start walking towards the pantry.

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The issue of The Collective Quarterly on Vermont's Mad River Valley is wonderful and gorgeous.

When we visited the Mad River Valley -- which includes the towns of Warren, Waitsfield, Moretown, Fayston, and Duxbury -- we found grown men who loiter outside the local general store like furtive minors, sheepishly asking inbound customers if they'd be willing to help them circumvent the three-bottle limit on the impossible-to-find Sip of Sunshine double IPA from Lawson's Finest Liquids. We shared drinks with backwoods boys, each with a quirky approach to extreme sports: kayaking raging rivers, big-air huck fests in sleds, and cliff-jumping at near-suicidal heights. We met a man who builds houses in the trees for the disabled youth of the Mad River Valley. We found a woman who forges artful kitchen knives out of old horse-hoof rasps from her father's blacksmith operation. We ran into a socialist German refugee whose politically charged puppet shows in the fields of the Northeast Kingdom draw thousands.

And of course there were the architects. By some estimates, there are more architects per capita in Warren, Vermont, than anywhere else in the United States. Throughout the '60s and '70s, these freewheeling designers hacked together zany, experimental constructions on Prickly Mountain, heralding the arrival of the design/build movement.

I've spent quite a bit of time there, and I can tell you that the magazine definitely captured it. From just this summer, here's Ollie doing a 360 off a cliff at the swim hole and views of another more peaceful swim hole as well as from a hike I took:

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This is one of my new favorite simple, end-of-tomato-season dishes. It's only got about a half dozen main ingredients, but it's the way you treat them that makes it unique. Spicy, sweet, salty, buttery, smoky, and tart—there's an awful lot of stuff going on in here, yet it's the kind of recipe that's custom-made for an informal dinner party. Read More

"Falconry meets exceptional bar food," may be the most cringeworthy way to open a press release, but here we are. [ more › ]

Have a geeky design lover in your life? Pendleton and Disney have teamed up to create four limited edition Star Wars wool blankets that are basically designed to drain your bank account.

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Add another one to the chicken list as David Chang has bestowed upon us a second outpost of his new fried chicken sandwich shop Fuku. Beginning at noon today, Fuku+ will be vending its sandwiches and salads plus some new offerings inside the Chambers Hotel on West 56th Street, reports Eater. [ more › ]

Last week Amanda Cohen announced via Instagram that her restaurant Dirt Candy would start serving brunch (while also revealing she had reservations about doing so). In the end, she caved to the NYC brunch crowd, telling B+B that it's “just silly to have a place in New York not open on a Saturday and Sunday, during one of the most popular meals.” [ more › ]

For such a perfectly simple cookie, the black & white (which is technically a drop cake) can be served up in a variety of ways. There's the dry, packaged up one at your local deli. The one with a thick layer of fluffy frosting spread on top. And the fresh fondant kind. That last one is the most correct kind, in a world lacking in incorrectness. [ more › ]

Sundays at Brooklyn Bridge Park's Pier 5 will no longer include Smorgasburg, as the mobile market is uprooting and moving to Prospect Park. Beginning on August 30th, the Sunday Smorg will take place at Breeze Hill in the park's eastern section. "We’re sad to leave Brooklyn Bridge Park, but it’s hard to complain when our new home is literally Brooklyn’s backyard,” said Brooklyn Flea co-founder Eric Demby. [ more › ]

And three's a trend! There's another new fried chicken sandwich in our midst, NYC, joining David Chang's Fuku and Shake Shack's ChickenShack. Purveyors of most excellent barbecue Mighty Quinn's have quietly debuted a new Spicy Chicken Sandwich with their own special smokey twist. [ more › ]

Some interesting weather happened early this morning across parts of NYC and Long Island, and most of us slept right through it as if we're gonna live forever and can afford to skip yet another spectacular manifestation of nature's majestic glory. "What are those flashes of light in the courtyard?" we halfheartedly wonder as we roll over and turn our backs to the window. "Probably just another dramatic midsummer lightning storm. We'll marvel at the next one..." [ more › ]

From The Kitchn → Cocktail Recipe: Cucumber, Ginger & Prosecco Sangria

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The Wes Anderson art show started in San Francisco in 2010, and now—in its sixth inception—has finally made its way to New York. Started by Ken Harman, the pop-up show is called "Bad Dads," and this time around will be exhibited at Joseph Gross Gallery in Chelsea. [ more › ]

Weddings won't be the only reason to travel to Park Slope's legendary Grand Prospect Hall now that their new beer garden has opened to the public. The refreshed space, which boasts both indoor and outdoor seating areas, opened last week, promising 24 taps pouring both local and German brews plus a menu of both German and "Brooklyn"-style pub grub. Now we've got a look inside the new space, with its many water elements and, yes, that stuffed horse. [ more › ]

New Yorkers are forever locked in battle with West Coasters who claim our Mexican food doesn't hold up to snuff. And while we'll cede the taco throne to Southern Californians (our bagels and pizza are FAR superior, anyway), there are still spots in this city that'll do even the fiercest taco fan proud. Here are our favorites; we know you'll leave yours in the comments. [ more › ]

Standing on a subway platform without air-conditioning on a 95-degree day is miserable no matter where you do it. But reporters at WNYC decided to quantify that discomfort by recording the temperatures of 103 subway stations during rush hour on Wednesday, one of the hottest days of the year. According ... More »

Breaking: There Are Sharks in the Water. Even OUR water. Let's revise. Breaking: Sharks Live In The Water, Even On Long Island, Where Wealthy People Swim. [ more › ]

Designs for a newly renovated Pavilion theater and adjoining five-story condo complex were met with sharp criticism from Windsor Terrace and Park Slope residents, who say its overly modern look will be out of place with the rest of historic Bartel-Pritchard Square. [ more › ]

For those certain that Sunday was way, way hotter than it's been in a while: You are correct. The temperature hit 93 degrees in New York yesterday, but the humidity, smog, and the seething resentment you felt toward everyone who managed to get out of town made it feel more ... More »

Gowanus, a neighborhood currently boasting a $3,100 median rent price, flooded with toxic sewage "water" during yesterday's downpour, covering the streets with poop, trash, mud, and an exciting array of STDs straight from the Gowanus Canal. That High Street A/C station lake might have been unpleasant, but at least fording it didn't require a shot of penicillin. [ more › ]

If you're wondering what became of the Golden Girls set once the show went off the air in 1992, head over to Mother Of Pearl, a new restaurant and cocktail bar that's the new lanai of Avenue A. Restaurateur Ravi DeRossi of Death & Co., among others, opened the "Postmodern Polynesian" (read: lots of tiki-influenced artifacts and a penchant for retro florals) spot last week, replacing his rather dark and dour Gin Palace bar with this sun-drenched sip of nostalgia. [ more › ]

[Photo via William Klayer]

Superiority Burger opened last Thursday at 430 E. Ninth St. between Avenue A and First Avenue. And the place has been getting a lot of press/hype for its veggie burgers and other assorted menu items and music selection.

There are just a handful of items on the menu, and Grub Street takes a look at them here. Eater also has nearly a minute-by-minute update on new menu items and other Superiority-related news here. Eater critics Robert Sietsema and Ryan Sutton along with writer-photographer Nick Solares weigh in here.

Anyone else try it???

As of right now, they are only open Thursday to Monday 6 p.m. - 10 p.m.

Updated 12:19
Gothamist notes that local residents have glued rocks to the wooden benches near Superiority to keep Superiority-goers from sitting on the tree guards...

Previously on EV Grieve:
What the cluck? Chickens in the works for former vegetarian hotspot Dirt Candy on East 9th Street

Rumor: Vegetarian sandwich shop in the works for former Dirt Candy space

[Updated] Veggie burgers confirmed for former Dirt Candy space on East 9th Street

In the past decade, Michelle Williams has moved to Brooklyn, then to Brooklyn again, and now, again, to Brooklyn. Her new house isn't in Boerum Hill or Red Hook, her previous chosen neighborhoods, but in Prospect Park South. [ more › ]

Bed bug mania has simmered down in NYC since the Subway Bed Bug Scare of 2014, but this week international diplomats find themselves no more immune than straphangers to phantom-itch—bed bugs are in the United Nations. Again. [ more › ]

Last night a new spot opened in Ridgewood, this time far off the Seneca Avenue stretch that's seen a number of openings this year. This one is right on the border of Bushwick, in a more industrial area, but you'll feel like you're in the country. Nowadays is like a giant, suburban backyard, with plenty of picnic tables, a giant open gravel yard, and grassy hills. There's a ping pong table, checkers, and other games, too. [ more › ]

EVG East 14th Street/IHOP Way Correspondent Pinch tells us that workers are now gutting the former Wicked Wolfe BBQ space here just west of Second Avenue.

Prior to the arrival of the construction crews, there was a sign in the window announcing that Mimi's Hummus has designs on the small space…



On May 1, Eater reported that the Ditmas Park-based Mimi's was expanding into Manhattan with locations at the Vanderbilt food hall near Grand Central and on East 14th Street.

Mimi's, which Eater says serves "some of the city's best hummus and shakshuka," will have an expanded menu here that includes "a few larger plates at dinner like lemon chicken meatballs, brisket, and the Middle Eastern rice and lentil dish mejadara."

And Mimi's will have company next door. As we first reported on April 20, a T-swirl crêpe shop is opening in the recently shuttered Subway (sandwich shop).

Lastly, not to fear, Pinch is keeping an eye on what happens to the iconic Wicked Wolfe BBQ signage. The $1 pizza/BBQ combo shop lasted about eight rather sad months in business.

Mayor de Blasio is expected to announce this week that car traffic in Central and Prospect parks will soon to be drastically cut back. Christmas? Already?! [ more › ]