FOOD & DRINK
Times Square’s giant hot dog is apparently a meat manifesto about toxic masculinity
One of the gravest mistakes a person can make is overthinking a hot dog. Just accept that the frankfurter, which has been sitting all day in cloudy water, is delicious, slather it in mustard and don’t ask too many questions. But blissful ignorance is not the mindset of the Brooklyn-based artists behind the new 65-foot, giant hot dog sculpture that landed in Times Square this week. Buckle up. Because these sculptors, Jen Catron and Paul Outlaw, have delivered a meat manifesto. Their titanic sausage is apparently meant to “examine consumption, capitalism, class and contemporary culture,” Times Square Arts’ website amazingly reads. A kooky press release...
DHS launches pilot program with Urban Resource Institute to shelter homeless New Yorkers along with their pets
DHS launches pilot program with Urban Resource Institute to shelter homeless New Yorkers along with their pets. Plan is modeled after ten year program that’s assisted survivors of domestic violence.
Swastikas drawn on Israeli-owned NYC eatery mark third antisemitic attack since Oct. 7
The same Israeli restaurateur whose kosher Upper East Side cafe was subjected to back-to-back antisemitic attacks saw another one of his eateries defaced with swastikas this week. Owner Sharon Hoota arrived at ZiZi, in Chelsea, Tuesday morning to find two of the hate symbols — one red and one black — spray painted on the restaurant’s outdoor dining shed on Eighth Avenue between 19th and 20th streets. “This is, I believe, no different than what the Jews saw in the 1930s in Germany,” Hoota told The Post Wednesday. Antisemitic college protesters can go ahead and move if they don’t like it here Instead of...
Hasbrouck Heights Land Use Board Provides Update on Starbucks/Shake Shack Lawsuit
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ – The news coming out of the May 1 Hasbrouck Heights Land Use Board meeting was not on the agenda but from items that were announced at the meeting. Land Use Board Chairman Henry Doobelaar announced that Gino Tessaro, the Borough’s Building Department official, had accepted another job, and would be leaving the Board. His replacement will be determined at a later date.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER Also, Land USe Board Attorney Joseph Rotolo provided an update on the 211 Route 17 South LLC (Starbucks) vs. Borough of Hasbrouck Heights Planning Board/Land Use...
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