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Yogi’s (3/5) on Yelp.com

Yogi’s (3/5) on Yelp.com
All hail! Yogi’s is so definitively a dive, and so increasingly out of place in its end of the UWS, that …

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Stan’s Place (4/5) on Yelp.com

Stan’s Place (4/5) on Yelp.com
Damn fine dark chicken po’ boy, and while the price is a little steep, the accoutrements are memorable and tasty. …

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El Gran Castillo De Jagua (3/5) on Yelp.com

El Gran Castillo De Jagua (3/5) on Yelp.com
Three stars only on account of an underexplored menu. It must be said again: this place is …

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There are thousands of perfumes on the market. They’re as manifold and distinct as wines but far more important to get right. Which, after all, is more likely to spoil your meal: a bad cabernet in your own glass, or a bad perfume or cologne on anyone in the room?

There are thousands of perfumes on the market. They’re as manifold and distinct as wines but far more important to get right. Which, after all, …

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Intimate attitudes toward the body, sexual practices, definitions of madness and criminality—all of these things have their own, often surprisingly discontinuous, histories.

Intimate attitudes toward the body, sexual practices, definitions of madness and criminality—all of these things have their own, often surprisingly discontinuous, histories.
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The technique of painting in oils was developed in Asia as long as 800 years before it appeared in Europe, according to a new analysis …

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