Lost City
31 August 2013

Restored Neon Signs Back on Long Island Restaurant

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The new lease-holders on the Long Island Restaurant space on Atlantic Avenue have returned the iconic space's neon signs to their rig...
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24 August 2013

Lost City Asks, "Who Goes to La Grenouille?"

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It took me 25 years of living in New York to get to La Grenouille. Now that I've been, I will be back many times. It easily establish...
20 August 2013

Lost City: Wisconsin Edition: The Hob Nob

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The Hob Nob is a classic Wisconsin supper club that sits alongside Lake Michigan in a lonely stretch of rural highway between Raci...
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14 August 2013

Old Schrafft's Building Destroyed

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A reader wrote in in dismay last week to report that workmen were tearing down a one-story structure at 155 E. 79th Street between Lexing...
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13 August 2013

Jackie's Fifth Amendment, Classic Brooklyn Dive, to Close

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Mars Bar. Holiday Cocktail Lounge. Blarney Cove. O'Connor's. Now Jackie's Fifth Amendment. Another timeless, irreplaceab...
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11 August 2013

Brooklyn's Mastellone Italian Deli Closes After 80 Years

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Mastellone Italian Deli, a quiet, unassuming mainstay of old Italian South Brooklyn for 80 years, closed without notice on Aug. 1. As Bro...
09 August 2013

Coney Island Nathan's Looking Good

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I visited the Nathan's Famous flagship store in Coney Island a few weeks back, determined to hate it. The iconic restaurant had bee...
08 August 2013

D'Auito's Bakery to Close Sunday After Nearly 80 Years

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A reader informed me that D'Aiuto's, the bakery on Eighth Avenue and 30th Street that has been open since 1924, and is know f...
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14 July 2013

Montero's Naked

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For whatever reason, Montero's, the old waterfront bar on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn, was without its red awning this past weekend. ...
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09 July 2013

A Perfect Storefront, Ruined

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Klenosky Paint on Metropolitan Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, was the first shop I showcased in the running column "A Perfect...
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New York City, New York
I have lived in New York City since 1988 and earn my bread as a writer. I began this blog in January 2006. Beyond that, don't be so nosy. "I am not a pessimist; to perceive evil where it exists is, in my opinion, a form of optimism." —Roberto Rossellini
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