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Bar Veloce (3/5)

A better than average wine bar. A really thoughtful, considered wine list heavy on Italian grapes, but I don’t know enough about the wines to …

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The analogy I’ve been using recently is that content strategy is to copywriting as information architecture is to design. I find this analogy to be especially encouraging because six years ago, as the crest of the first wave of the web was about to break, people had no idea what “information architecture” meant either.

The analogy I’ve been using recently is that content strategy is to copywriting as information architecture is to design. I find this analogy to be …

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Thrifty Beverage Center (4/5)

I defy the cognoscenti to tell me anywhere else in New York I can find a better range of Canadian beers. Forget Whole Foods: drag …

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Good Enough To Eat (4/5)

To my mind, the definitive UWS brunch spot. There’s no endless mimosas special, no painful twosomes trying to piece together last night, no posing and …

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Campbell Apartment (5/5)

I don’t consider myself a nightlife authority here in NY but if I wanted to impress folks with a sense of charm, history and subdued …

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Shake Shack (5/5)

There’s nothing I can say that hasn’t been said, except this: Go. (via Jeff M. on Yelp)…

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Buddy’s Burrito & Taco Bar (1/5)

Tacky, tawdry Mexican fare, I’ve been three times somehow and this place has always managed to disappoint me afresh. Maybe it’s just my own preference …

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Rose Bar (1/5)

Dreadfully overrated, pretentious and, yes, even unsexy: aside from a speed dial to Page Six editors, I’m not sure how Rose Bar’s owners have managed …

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