http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Key NYC Events SMS What's Up is smart text for the wired set. SMS Text Messages NYC Events, New York City Pick events. The right message, at the right time, for the right reason. en-us 2007-07-23T00:10:16-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_hot_restaurants.php NYC Restaurant Week Summer 2007 July 23-27 For these glorious 5 days you get a chance to eat like a king/ queen at more than 200 of New Yorks best restaurants. They will be offering three-course prix-fixe lunches for $24.07 and dinners for $35 (excluding beverage, tax and gratuity). Check out the list of restaurant, make your reservations and enjoy all of the delicious food! NYC summer Restaurant... 11231@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Hot Restaurants 2007-07-23T00:10:16-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_hot_restaurants.php Do you ginjo shu? Got nori know how? Learn the lingo at SUSHISAMBA's Sushi & Sake 101! Our course serves up knowledge that will help the aspiring at-home chef as well as the dining-out fanatic. You’ll... - Get explanations on types of sake, its history and production - Learn how to choose sushi-grade fish - Find out what tools you need to make sushi at home - Gain insider sushi-making tips from a SUSHISAMBA chef - Make (and eat!) your own sushi roll Throughout the program, you’ll sip and snack on a variety of cold and hot sakes, edamame, tempura, sashimi and sushi. Bring a buddy. Impress a date. Or make it the birthday present for that friend who has everything. Classes will be held tonight for one night only from 7-9PM in the SUGARCANE lounge at SUSHISAMBA Park. Class size is limited so make your reservation at the above link today!... 10889@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Hot Restaurants 2007-06-11T00:59:55-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_hot_restaurants.php Didn't get in on the Wines of South America shindig yesterday? Luckily, your tastebuds can move westward and try a new and unique summer wines from Italy to South Africa. All at this informal tasting are lush summer blush wines, wine-zin free. Delish! Pink Is the New White $40 - 7:30pm Agata & Valentina 1513 First Ave at 79th St Visit Agata Valentina's website or call 212-452-0691.... 10749@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Hot Restaurants 2007-05-30T00:18:21-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_hot_restaurants.php 151 Avenue A 111 Stanton St 124 2nd Ave Stop by any San Loco location today for 20 cent tacos. The perfect pick me up between rounds of ridiculously high brow Design Week events.... 10633@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Hot Restaurants 2007-05-20T00:33:49-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_fairs_festivals.php 12-6pm Taste of Chinatown festival... 10376@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Fairs + Festivals 2007-04-21T00:07:33-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_hot_restaurants.php 11AM Shake Shack Season Begins @ Shake Shack Madison Square Park Madison & 23rd 212-889-6600 Celebrate the first day of spring by bundling up and waiting in line for a Department of Health and Mental Hygeine-approved Chicago hot dog.... 10118@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Hot Restaurants 2007-03-21T00:55:05-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_hot_restaurants.php National Wine Week @ Smith & Wollensky Restaurants Sample 10 wines with your meal at any participating Smith & Wollensky restaurant this week. Be careful - those wine tastings will sneak up on you! [through March 23rd]... 10110@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Hot Restaurants 2007-03-20T00:33:13-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_hot_restaurants.php 10AM Cantina-Style: One Pot Meals Cooking Demonstration and Luncheon @ Rosa Mexicano 9 E 18 St b/w 5th Ave & Broadway 212-397-0666 x27 $55 including tax and gratuity Rosa Mexicano is one of those restaurants that you kind of want to hate, because it's a chain, but the food is good! Dammit, you love it. This morning Culinary Director Roberto Santibañez teaches you to make cantina-style dishes including Zarzuela de Mariscos (cantina seafood stew: jumbo shrimp, clams, mussels and white fish braised with chorizo, baby artichokes and olives and served in a tomato-serrano chile broth) and Salsa en Molcajete (freshly ground roasted tomato (red) or tomatillo (green) salsa). And then you eat it.... 10032@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Hot Restaurants 2007-03-10T00:37:26-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_hot_restaurants.php 6:30PM No-Knead Bread-Off @ The Brooklyn Kitchen 616 Lorimer & Skillman Ave 718-389-2982 RSVP above and bring your loaf! The Brooklyn Kitchen hosts a bread-off based on the Sullivan St Bakery No-Knead Bread recipe that was in the NY Times on November 8, 2006. It takes 14+ hours to rise, so basically you should have started cooking yesterday. Prizes based on peer-review. [uncoolkids]... 9998@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Hot Restaurants 2007-03-06T00:15:04-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_hot_restaurants.php Japanese Restaurant Week @ Various Restaurants Why say a lot, when a little will do? It's yummy Japanese prix-fixe meals for not-as-much-as-usual! [through March 10]... 9978@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Hot Restaurants 2007-03-04T00:48:47-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_at_the_bar.php 8PM The Schnuppet Show @ Zum Schneider 107 Ave C @ 7th St 212-598-1098 $16, $12 advance East Village beer garden Zum Schneider hosts The Schnuppet Show in celebration of German Karneval. Enjoy 12 German beers on tap and Bavarian specialities while watching a particularly rauncy version of The Muppet Show. From the Zum Schneider website: Pretend you are an animal and come to Schneider's Karneval if sexy pig or horny goater you won't go home, a sad old loner... 9807@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ At the Bar 2007-02-19T00:25:49-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_hot_restaurants.php 5PM, 7PM, 9PM, 11PM The Chocolate Bar @ The Ritz-Carlton Rise bar 14th Floor Two West Street 917-790-2600 $75 Did you screw up Valentine's Day? Make it up to her with decadent chocolate desserts and bottomless glasses of Champagne while enjoying the stunning view of the Statue of Liberty and New York Harbor.... 9736@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Hot Restaurants 2007-02-16T00:45:48-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_heads_up.php 5-10PM V-Day in the Heart of Times Square @ The Paramount Hotel 235 West 46th St Times Square 212-764-5500 $69 for meal & hotel room! Sailors and nurses, either with identification or in costume, run don't walk to the Paramount to grab their special prix-fixe Valentine's Day menu. Included in your $69 meal is a complimentary stay in one of the hotel's well-known rooms. The menu features New York classics like oysters Rockefeller, roasted prime rib of beef, New York chocolate cheesecake, and chocolate-covered strawberries.... 9730@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Heads Up! 2007-02-14T00:45:13-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_games_sports_activity.php 5-10PM Superbowl Party @ MonkeyTown 58 N. 3rd St Williamsburg, BK 718-384-1369 $25 minimum Reservations recommended Watch the big game and all the new commercials and wardrobe malfunctions on four screens while dining on a tailgating prix-fixe menu at the wonderful MonkeyTown. Watch the Bears and the Colts battle it out while you sit on your ass stuffing your face with nachos, chicken wings and Miller light - this may be Williamsburg, but you're still an American, god dammit!... 9598@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Games, Sports, Activity 2007-02-04T00:10:51-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_art_events.php 6-9PM Nest Opening @ Monkey Town 58 N 3rd St b/w Wythe and Kent Williamsburg, BK Free Sponsored bar until 9PM Nest is a year-long site-specific installation in the front dining room of Monkey Town.... 9551@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Art Events 2007-02-01T00:31:50-05:00