Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Stoned Crow review

 Rating - 4.0 / 5.0

A few weeks back, I went for a casual date at some bar, but things didn't work out the way I hoped to... So here's a chronology of how things happened and how I stumbled across Stoned Crow.

7.00 - 9.00pm   2-way text communication with the girl about ever-changing plans. We decide to meet at a bar at around 11.00
11.30 - Girl arrives... girls make you wait (a universal truth)
11.30 - 12.00  We have drinks in Bar 1. She says "the place is not good.. Its so crowded here... Maybe we should go to some other bar..." So we leave to a nearby bar some 3-4 blocks away...
12.15   We arrive at a quieter Bar 2.
12.15 - 1.30  We have drinks, chat for a while, snap some pics and suddenly she says she's got to go... I am like okay sweetie... your choice... it was really nice meeting you... She hugs and leaves... (Fuck ! What do I do know? am already losing patience - I say this in my mind :)
I get bored and keep thinking about checking out some other bar... meet some random new chick... I love this city for the abundance of girls... You lose girl A, you win girl B... etc etc... Ok neways... so I callup my friend late at nite and he asks me to join them at Stoned Crow.
2.15  I join my 3 friends and we have a beer.

So here's how and why, Stoned Crow lifted my mood.

+ We toast on beer and absinthe and celebrate our bachelorhood :)
+ A great little place with an unpretentious look
+ Pretty good jukebox collection
+ Pool table
+ They were showing the Korean superhit film "Oldboy" on one tv.

4.00  We leave as the bar is about to close... but hey we will come back...

I just realised this is my longest review till date.

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Angelica Kitchen, New York City


Rating - 2.91 / 5.0

This vegetarian spot boasts of some healthy offerings like tofu, tempeh and seitan based dishes, influenced by Japanese cuisine. I went here yesterday with my friend. We were warmly greeted and offered a seat. Skimmed through the menu for some 10 minutes. I finally decided to try the Tempeh Reuben sandwich. Tempeh is a highly protein rich ingrediant just like tofu. My friend tried out the Open face Tempeh sandwich.

The food arrived in like 10-15 minutes. My Tempeh sandwich was okay. Sliced bread with tempeh, lettuce, and some tofu based Russian dressing. Tastewise if you ask me, it wasnt very special. But yea it was very nutritious for sure. My friends plate looked good with diced beet and mushroom sauce topped on the Tempeh. Later I tried out the Kukicha tea. This was something new and unique for me... It was a sugarless black tea. Nothing special here, but after coming home I checked out Wikipedia and found out that it has very low caffeine content and is a powerful anti-acidic antioxidant.

Long story cut short, you should visit this place for nutritious healthy vegetarian foods. One more point to remember is this is a Cash-Only joint.

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Slipper Room, New York City


Rating - 4.09 / 5.0

I remember how a couple o' years back, I stumbled across this place unknowingly. And I was like... wow, this is the shit man! An awesome place to watch live burlesque shows. Infact I just thought of reviewing this place when I was going through my collection of photos and videos.

Well to start with, you get to feast your eyes with hot brunettes making those sexy seductive teases, all while taking off a piece of clothing one at a time. The best part is when the performer strips down to mere pasties and rotates them to the beats of music... I remember there was this performer Darlinda who was a tall buxom, charming all guys with her seductive steps. The performers are introduced by some comic host who spins off dry cheesy humor in between the shows.

If you're in the city you must watch atleast one burlesque show here for that unique experience... 100% guaranteed fun ;)

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Duffs, Brooklyn review



Rating - 4.17 / 5.0

* What a place to be! Super cheap drinks and beer I mean 3 bucks PBR and $1 during happy hour. Best place to enjoy classic cult rock & metal music.
* The walls are decorated with posters of B-grade slasher movies, exposing girls, Rock & Metal bands, Gothic events etc...
* They showed mild softcore porn late at nite... wondering if its shown everyday :)
* The restroom is for "Bastids" & "Bitches" only.
* Kool collection of metal songs in jukebox.
* Has a big 'wheel of misfortune' for a chance to win different drinks.
* Super kool, heavily tattooed chatty bartender.
* You could see some guys headbanging to the rock beats.
* The owner is a tall rockstar personality guy.

Wonderful place. Wonderul experience. Will come back.

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