"Tsukemen is hip in all the usual ways, including obscurity, a stylized consumption ritual and flavor of an intensity that can be overwhelming the first few times out" -Jonathan Gold Read more.
Tar & Roses, which also has a terrific, mostly Italian, wine list, may also mark the first time in our nation's history when cauliflower became more delicious than prime steak. Read more.
One of downtown's newest literary landmarks, the Last Bookstore is a cavernous space housed in an old bank building. It houses a wide variety of books plus vinyl records and a coffee shop. Read more.
Figure out how to get in to this secret-entrance'd ode to pre-Fidel Havana. Once inside & drinking, select from their collection of 60+ rare and impossible-to-find rums & head into the cigar lounge Read more.
You may be a jerk if you order the double-coated, double-fried "What A Jerk Wings." But you won't care, cause you're a jerk. And cause they're awesome. Read more.