After many aborted attempts at starting a blog, I have finally gotten the angle right. Welcome to the coconutella world. It's all about eating and complaining. I'm all about eating and complaining. Here's the email i sent out about an upcoming gig with tidbits on some LES joints I happen to love:
the second Miho Hatori show is happening next Friday, July 9 at Tonic! The lineup includes Timo Ellis on drums, Brandt Abner on keys, Fred Rubens on sampler & guitar, Fernando Isella on keys and electronics, Cavas on bass and yours truly on backing vox.
Please come by. We're playing with the lovely Ursa Minor.
Friday, July 9
Tonic
107 Norfolk between Rivington & Delancey
With Ursa Minor
8 pm
$10
tonicnyc.com
My quick picks:
Soy -- Soy owner Etsuko is the hip oka-san you never had. When I'm dining alone, I love going to Soy and ordering the tofu salad, california tofu, meat gyoza, and if i'm still hungry, salmon nameshi, which I wash down with Etsuko's spicy ginger lemonade.
Schiller's -- yes, it's loud, yes it's full of people who are more beautiful than you are, but the food is good and affordable, so stop being a hater. The burger is pretty reliable, the mac n cheese, like its twin at balthazar, is gooey and scrumptious, and the crisp fish and chips is, as far as i'm concerned, the best in town.
Sugar Sweet Sunshine -- come on, you know you want cupcakes. and unlike magnolia, you don't have to get in a catfight with bulimic fashionistas over the last lopsided cupcake. they've got lots of clever flavors like sexy red velvet with satin buttercream, orange cream cheese-sicle, and pistachio. a tip: they'll make a delicious and beautiful birthday cake for you with only 24 hrs notice (sometimes less) instead of the eight months (okay, maybe not that long) notice required at magnolia. a hint: my birthday is on october 25.
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