The Baller’s Spread
There are many ways to see a co-worker off their last day in the office; dinner, drinks, golfing, drinks, going to a bar for drinks. But might we recommend a more creative send-off? One that involves prison style cooking?
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Meatpacking District Design 2008
This weekend, May 16-18th, the Meatpacking District will be host to innumerable tables, chairs and models sipping free organic vodka. Joining them are LVHRD members John Truex and Holler Design’s Matt Alexander and Melissa Watkins. Both are showing emotionally moving pieces of limited edition furniture at Shelly Steffee with an opening reception on Sunday from 5-9pm.
How we are wired: Night Agency birthday cake
Our friends at The Night Agency delivered Darren a massive Blackberry birthday cake for his 30th birthday.
We don’t know about you, but sometimes our DEVICES can feel this big - the weight of connectivity - Inbox Anchors, tethered to a crowded, noisy shore.
Roasting Plant
I’m gonna keep this simple. There’s some killer coffee down on 81 Orchard street. It’s ridiculous - and it’s made by machines and computers and gizmos.
The place looks like a 1960’s version of what a futuristic coffee robot would look like and by the way - the coffee’s AMAZING.
Go over to the Roasting Plant - it’s the cat’s pajamas. I give it 4.5/5 mustaches.
The only reason it doesn’t get a full five is that one of the machines broke down for a few minutes and threw everyone into…
Eat at Florent while you still can
I’m sad. The first restaurant I loved in New York will be closing sometime very soon.
22 years ago Florent opened in the Meat Packing District. This was when the area was mostly meat packing plants and S&M clubs. Today, Florent is in danger of becoming another victim of an insane real estate market in an insane neighborhood.
Florent’s landlord is raising the rent from $6K a month to $70K (and I thought my landlord was a greedy SOB.) Rumor has it that the diner will stay open as long as it takes…
Molecular Mixology: overly complicated alcohol consumption
Bartending meets molecular physics: at the behest of brands like Bacardi and Cointreau, bars are infusing cocktails with nitrogen to break down the solid ingredients into floating space dots. Picture your mojito comprised of various Dippin Dot ephemera.
There was a video of this procedure in action on YouTube, but it has been pulled.
This sounds like an extraordinarily annoying way to drink unless you’re in a mall or outer space. We love it when human beings complicate the beautiful until it is ugly and unrecognizable and functionless.
via PSFK.…
V-Day reservations at The Castle
White Castle, that is.
We’re not vouching for what actually happens once you make a reservation. All we know is what the advertisement claims:
“Bring your significant other, moderately important friend, for a candlelit, tableside feast.”
Call 718-899-8404 ext. 300 to make a reservation at a New York White Castle, 5-9pm tonight.
Col-Pop: most revolting way to eat we’ve ever seen
The Col-Pop, a portable trough for simultaneous consumption of fried meat and soda, is the latest stepping stone in what is apparently our genetic pursuit to become the fattest, most worthless creatures on the planet.
Developed in South Korea for the chain BBQ Chicken and reviewed on Serious Eats by Adam Kuban, the Co-Pop comes in several different combinations of chunks and syrup water, the most prominent being popcorn chicken on top and soda underneath. Other permutations include soda and spaghetti, french fries, or fried mozzarella balls.
Kuban demonstrates the ease…
Show them you care with Stinky Sweethearts
Rick’s Picks has some putrid pairings to gift your sweetie for Valentine’s Day. Three different combinations of cheese from Saxelby Cheesemongers and pickles from Rick’s will ensure neither of you stray for at least a day by merit of your collective stench.
Order today and you should have a Stinky Sweetheart in time for V-day.
List of drinks with the most Caffeine
Good - YAAAWWNNN - Morning.
We’re almost ready, just adding the finishing touches to our ballot-counting machine for the ARCH DL voting later today. Did you know you have to un-corrupt those things? Right out of the box, they instantly bleep ‘Bush wins.’
That’s not much of a joke for 10am, but then again, it turns out we haven’t been maximizing our caffeine intake each morning. This table lays it all out for you.
Ghetto Gourmet this weekend
Ghetto Gourmet returns this weekend with two seating: Friday, December 7th in TriBeCA; Saturday, December 8th, LES.
Friday night’s dinner features Chef Liz Quijada, from Suspicious Suppers and Abraco.
Saturday, the GG’s own Chef Rich Pinto will be on the burners cooking up an intimate supper to fortify you against the cold.
Tickets and menus:
LVHRD went to the Ghetto Gourmet in September: fantastic. We want to make a Pixar musical about it.
LVHRD members populate the HEEB 100
HEEB Mag just released their second installment of the HEEB 100, a list profiling 100 young Jews who are making waves as writers, actors, comedians, chefs, entrepreneurs, musicians, and fashion designers.
LVHRD members on the list include:
Darin Bresnitz, producer of “Dinner with the Band” (he is also DJ Finger on the Pulse)
Ari Kuschnir, co-founder of m ss ng p eces video production
Joshua Rubin, editor of Cool Hunting
Dan Goldman, illustrator of the graphic novel, Shooting War
Seth Herzog, comedian and host of Sweet at the Slipper Room
Jeremy Abelson, founder of pocketchangenyc.com,…
Watch this week's installment of the LVHRD VDO Series. This episode:LVHRD VDO: DNCHRD IV IS MAY 20th
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