This Weekender is not a plastic bag.
Soft-opened this week in midtown, this Avroko-designed Japanese resto is a quiet new oasis—bamboo slats and a private alcove with rice paper fortunes tied to rope—amidst the chaos of midtown. Luxe takes on sushi include the Temari Roll (tuna, salmon, yellowtail sushi with foie gras and red mirin soy) and Toro Tartar with Gold Leaf. Everything is better with gold. Or foie gras.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON SHOPPING John Varvatos
The 70% off friends and family discount on the (almost gone) spring collection of jackets, shirts, pants and
jeans was supposed to end yesterday. Luckily, we've persuaded our friends in Soho to keep the sale on
through the weekend.
411: Through July 23, 122 Spring (at Greene),
212-965-0700
Ted Baker London
All hail Ted's sale. Shoes, jackets, accessories—basically every category is on sale for up to 75%
off.
411: Through July 28, 107 Grand St (at Mercer),
212-343-8989
Seize Sur Vingt
Up to quatre-vingts percent off the natty Nolita store's ready-to-wear suits and Egyptian cotton
shirts.
411: July 20-28, 267 Elizabeth (between Houston
and Prince), 212-343-0007
The Vintage Babbo dinner series begins anew this Monday. Start fasting now: Seven courses of Mario Batali
and big Barolo wines from Bartolo Mascarello to match.
Molto bene.
The heist pics that launched a thousand heist pics, Rififi (1955) and Bob le Flambeur (1956) screen back to back at MoMA (owner of the world's largest film archive). Think of them as Ocean's 9 and 10.
Forget about food or service...sometimes you just want to hang where Cameron Diaz licks her ice cream spoon. Check out new celebrity stalkerish Ils Vont (French for "They Go"), which ranks restaurants by number of celeb gossip column sightings each week...DeNiro at Waverly Inn again?
