Lost City
09 September 2013

Lost City: Milwaukee Edition: A Good Sign: Leon's Custard

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Leon's has been serving superlative custard in south Milwaukee since 1942. The roadside sign, dating from the '50s, is a work of ...
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08 September 2013

A Good Sign: D & M Pratt Liquors

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Big, bold, red and brazen, D & M Pratt Liquors is in Clinton Hill, at the corner of Washington and Myrtle. Not the old metal "Di...
06 September 2013

The Windows of La Declice Pastry Shop

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La Delice Pastry Shop is a small corner bakery at 27th and Third Avenue. It's been in business for nearly 80 years. I rarely ge...
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05 September 2013

Lost City: Wisconsin Edition: Fred's Parkview

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While driving through Burlington, Wisconsin—a mid-sized town in southeastern Wisconsin with a impressive number of old buildings and old ...
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04 September 2013

Long Island City's Shannon Pot to Go Under?

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A reader wrote in to tell us that The Shannon Pot, the reliable old tavern and grill in Long Island City, not far from the Court Stree...
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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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Brooks of Sheffield
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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