| Food Politics |
| Is the sustainable food market pricing its customers out of their own basic shopping lists? |  |
| Urban Agriculture |
| Lettuces are harvested at no more than four days old, to avoid that pesky exhaust-fume taste. |  |
| Openings |
| The restaurant will likely not be operated by a fictional baseball coach and budding restaurateur from Brooklyn who is friends with the Super Mario Brothers. |  |
| Lists |
| We took to the streets, thermometer in hand, to find out. |  |
| The Other Critics |
| Plus: Shockey goes Czech, and Sifton digs the scene at the Leopard, all in our weekly critical roundup. |
| Booze You Can Use |
| Home-distilled corn whiskey may not be legal, but at least it's stronger than home-brewed beer. |  |
| Closings |
| One engineer says the city "went overboard" by vacating the building. |  |
| Beef |
| They totally hired a bunch of bad managers, okay? |  |
| Mediavore |
| Plus: dieting might cause brain cells to eat themselves, a Kosher-food protest, and more, in our morning news roundup. |
| Temporary Closings |
| The new restaurant will be meat-centric with nods to North Africa and the Mediterranean. |  |
| Neighborhood Watch |
| Plus: a new Mediterranean bakery in the East Village, and more, in our daily roundup of neighborhood news. |
| Quote of the Day |
| Sam Sifton sneaks a book plug into his latest review. |  |
| Health Concerns |
| The FDA has sent a warning level to a New York Dairy because its cows were pumped with antibiotics. |  |
| Openings |
| Lots of good-sounding traditional tapas. |  |
| What to Eat |
| And it's good. |  |
| Openings |
| Can you smell the pastrami, Upper East Side? |  |
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