From the monthly archives:

July 2007

The Gregarious Brain

Williams syndrome — a genetic accident that causes cognitive deficits and a surplus of unguarded affability — is revealing much about what makes us social …

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Trout (5/5)

GEM. There’s nothing I can say that hasn’t been said, so I’ll only add my voice to the choir and say Trout is damn fine. …

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Victory the (2/5)

Meh. The coffee is overpriced and characterless, and if as a coffeehouse you can’t do your coffee right, you’re pretty much shipwrecked so far as …

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Sam’s Restaurant (5/5)

This, my friends, is the pizza for which I moved to New York, let alone Brooklyn. I will never order anything else on these premises. …

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Smith and Vine (5/5)

Nicely edited selection that capitalizes on its minimal space with a lot of under the radar finds and a few bottles of everyone’s favourite grapes. …

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Zaytoons (4/5)

Shwarma is my favourite of foodstuffs, chow of the gods. And that is why Zaytoons gets a 3: their shwarma bites. The beef is overseasoned, …

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Flying Saucer Cafe (3/5)

Nice, sunny, chill and even tranquil setting for some Gorilla bean coffee. Never ordered a bite there but if setting’s your thing, you can hardly …

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The Nascent (3/5)

Right there on the verge of trying too hard, but it’s worth giving The Nascent (despite its name) a good long once-over. Haven’t tried the …

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