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Specifically the downstairs Lincoln Center Whole Foods, with its windowless cafeteria. My favorite place for my thirty minute lunch break. A midtown third space oasis.
Youâve got it allâyour tour groups, your business men, Bad Roman, bad public art. A place Iâm strangely nostalgic for, as it was one of the first places I visited on my first trip to New York (in 2015, on a high school band field trip).
One day I may have to write a Benjaminian Arcades Project-esque ode to this particular commercial complex.
Apr 2, 2024
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Growing up, I heard a lot about the famous Neiman Marcus chocolate chip cookies, kind of like when youâre a kid and people are always talking about acid rain, quick sand and piranhas so you think itâs statistically inevitable that youâll run into them. To that point, Iâve still never had a cookie from Neimanâs, but I do hope theyâre still churning them out. I have, however, had a rotisserie chicken at Harrods. Thereâs something that feels so vintage about eating in a luxury department store, itâs one of the most ladies-who-lunchiest things you can do nowadays. Itâs instant glamor for the whittled soul. Having a drink is also funâloosens up the shopping experience, liquid ease if youâre the sort to feel anxious when looking at things you canât afford. Time definitely moves differently in these places, tooâitâs all a bit âisland of the lotus eaters.â If youâre in London, the rotisserie restaurant in Harrods is good, dark, and savory and the wine bar at the bottom of Fortnum and Mason is a nice place to pass the time (also recommend the lemon and vanilla marmalade from the floor above).
Mar 27, 2023
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This is my staple weekend meal. Itâs a tiny diner on Delancey and Essex, and has been a New York City institution since the â70s. It has an extensive and creative menu, but I think on your first visit you should get the mac ânâ cheese pancakes and eat them with syrup and hot sauce. A great place to take a few select friends (max 4 to table), or dine alone and chat up your counter neighbour.
Dec 20, 2023
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Whenever possible, I try to conduct my business in diners. The ideal backdrop for meetings, dates, fights, parent visits, co-working, break ups, meeting internet friends IRL, dining alone, disassociating after therapy, crying in public. Truly a one-size-fits-all venue
Apr 9, 2024
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