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Maloya in Bushwick serves the food of Réunion, a tiny volcanic island on the Indian Ocean
La Réunion is a speck of an island some 400 miles off the southeast coast of Madagascar, a part of the Mascarene archipelago that’s also home to Mauritius and, politically, a “department” of France. If it’s known at all (I had never heard of the place until last week), it’s for its extremely active volcano, Piton de la Fournaise, its…
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New Bed-Stuy cafe Che stars one of the best egg sandwiches in Brooklyn
Adam Keita has been committed to creating community in this part of Brooklyn for nearly three years now, ever since he opened Daughter in Crown Heights. The ever-evolving coffee shop, wine bar and event space, as he’s fond of saying, is engaged in “a constant dialogue” with its guests specifically and the neighborhood at large. So although Keita didn’t really…
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‘For ones who were there’: A new photo book charts the origins of DFA Records
Tim Soter’s new book of photography, “DFA Records: The Early Years,” opens with a shot from 2003, less than two years after James Murphy, Tim Goldsworthy and Jonathan Galkin founded the now-iconic indie dance label. The spread captures Goldsworthy and Murphy posing uncomfortably in DFA’s wood-paneled studio, like two awkward boys at a school dance, a mini disco ball dangling…
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New eatery Nina offers some much-needed variety to Dumbo
Whether searching for a new home or scouting addresses for a business, the old adage rings true: location, location, location. The where matters just as much as the what when it comes to real estate. But it gets complicated, especially when it comes to restaurants in New York: you want to find a space that will guarantee some foot traffic…
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