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There are people in this city who literally go into mourning each year when the Shake Shack closes for the winter. Seriously. But this year, things are different. The Shack is staying open through the winter, and has added some heat lamps to the seating area to keep you warm and cozy. And as an added bonus, starting today they'll be accepting phone orders for pick up only (at a separate pick-up window) through March...

Real estate pundits are calling the downturn in the New York residential real estate market, as the NY Sun reports, a "soft landing" versus a "bubble burst." Apparently the fourth quarter was pretty good for some real estate brokers!

Time to take a 15 year trip back in time. Jesse Chan-Norris was cleaning his apartment when he found a ticket stub for a game between the Mets and the Cardinals from September 22, 1991. The Mets lost the game 2-1 in front of a crowd of 21,113. The loss brought their record to 72-77. The craziest thing about the ticket is the price - $14! A similar ticket now would cost more four times the amount.

- Stephanie Adams' cabby says she's a vampire!

Our pal Jesse Chan-Norris lives in a building up on 8th Street and Broadway. It's a nice place, but they've been doing a lot of renovation on the exterior lately, and it's begun to drive him a little bit insane. This morning, he sent us a link to this post, complete with audio sample of the brain-melting noise:

Jesse Chan-Norris sees that the Broadway and 8th Street location of 'wichcraft has opened up - and the soups of the day are Chicken and Cauliflower. This bring the total to six locations in NYC, and this one is will truly be tested come the fall semester of NYU. It's a pricey visit for lunch, but not if you're loading up on a lot of stuff at the salad bar. (And having a nice lunch one day a week is Gothamist's new decadence - we make lunch four days a week and one day a week we go somewhere "nice.")

Today is "Day Without An Immigrant" day, as immigrants across the county will choose various ways to protest the country's possible immigration policy shift. While some are not going to work at all, in New York, workers are going to link their arms at 12:16PM for about 20 minutes. From the New York Immigration Coalition:

At exactly 12:16pm on May 1st, immigrant workers, business owners, and community members at several locations can take a few minutes out from their workday to join together in solidarity with immigrants across the nation, by lining up along major immigrant commercial thoroughfares and holding signs that read, “We Are America!” and “I Love Immigrant New York!” Immigrant workers and business owners will be available for interviews.

Continue reading "Immigrants Plan to Protest Today"

In an early gift from the Easter Bunny (in the form of Jesse Chan-Norris), Gothamist received a picture of the other giant inflatable baseball cap yesterday. The Yankee cap is on 6th Avenue and the Mets cap is near the Queensborough Bridge on the Manhattan side. Is anybody else wondering what kind of insurance coverage they need for these huge caps? And we kind of think our photoshop job looks better than the end result.

If you haven't eaten lunch yet, drop your fork and head over to Madison Square Park because Shake Shack has opened early! The official opening date is slated for tomorrow, but as noted on Chowhound, someone is already eating their first double shack burger of the year. Mmmmmm. Gothamist just drooled all over our keyboard. And hell, even if you ate already, nothing screams dessert like a double shack burger. That or a nice thick shake.

If you missed our comprehensive Idiotarod coverage yesterday, check it out immediately! Then enjoy this roundup of photos and videos of the event. If you took some pix or video, please add a link in the comments and we'll put it in this list. Also enjoy the Idiotarod tag stream at Flickr and Vimeo.

Perpetually on the lookout for New York's best honky tonk (who isn't?) and craving tex mex, Gothamist headed to Murray Hill's Rodeo Bar last night, fully prepared for a hoe down. Kitschy decor of bulls' horns, old Texan roadsigns, and lanterns made of antlers line the spacious brick walls. Nightly, at 10, there is live honky tonk music in the back room hosting local and touring country/western bands like The Moonlighters, or last night, The Weight. But, honky tonk or not, Rodeo Bar serves up hefty portions of irresistable Tex Mex. Their menu is expansive (not expensive!) and written with snarky commentary -- to describe the Black Bean Chili Cheese Nachos, "guaranteed to appease tree huggers everywhere;" Chicken Chimichangas followed by "bet you can't say it three times fast."

Much to Gothamist's dismay, last week Miracle Grill, the East Village brunch & garden gem, closed its cantina doors for one last time, one of many restaurants to fold for mysterious reasons despite reliable clientele and a faithful brunch crowd. Serving a range of Southwest fare: empanadas, catfish tacos, BBQ shrimp, and chorizo quesadillas--the joint (and garden!) will sorely be missed. BUT, thank goodness for one small miracle: there are sister locations in Park Slope and on Bleecker Street. Here, you can still swell up on the sweetness of blood-orange margeritas, and nosh on chilaquiles 'til the sun comes up.

Picture by Gammablablog.

After a brief false alarm earlier in the week, a tipster let's us know on Gothamist Contriubute that the Astor Place Cube, aka the Alamo, has returned. While it's still sheathed in a gold cover, we imagine it's actually underneath unless they're just playing one big trick on everyone. The was removed way back in March for some repairs, but now that it's finally back, those crazy hipsters can do their dances to celebrate the return.

On Sundays, Gothamist runs opinion pieces, mostly to amuse ourselves. Don't blame us for anything written below.

You might love your bicycle-- but are you as hardcore as this dude? [Picture by the amazing Jesse Chan Norris. And related: Needled, Inkedblog, and a great gallery of NYC Sept 11th memorial tattoos.]

Photoblogger Jesse Chan-Norris, apparently with a lot of free time, was in Union Square today to witness Indy Car driver Danica Patrick take on what was billed to be a "prominent New York celebrity." It turned out to be Tony Danza. Jesse informed us that it was "one of the weider things he's seen in Union Square" but that it's the "kind of thing that makes New York great." True on at least one count. The event was a promotion for Network Solutions and was taped for the Tony Danza Show. Unlike Danza's last race in a go-cart, there was no flipping and there were helmets involved. Looks like Uncle Tony has learned a safety lesson. Too bad, because the Unintentional Comedy Rating of another accident would have been pretty high.

No, no more reminders for Open House NY (at least not right now), but an actual open house that photoblogger Jesse Chan-Norris spied at Charles Gwathmey's Sculpture for Living last night. The "startling addition" to Astor Place given a somewhat cold reception. But an open house an open house. And look at all the fun that was had. There's a flatscreen TV, things taped onto the glass, and construction happening above and blow. Fun times.

A few weeks ago, Gothamist resolved to indulge in brunch more often, the weekly meal we enjoy the most, maybe because it's ok to eat sweet or savory (or maybe because of the mimosas). Gothamist beat the brunch rush to Essex (120 Essex St. @ Rivington) last Sunday morning, a little ashamed to admit it was our first trip to the LES establishment.

- And presentations from Flickr and Fotolog.

The Astor Place Cube, a staple of people's pedestrian life in the East Village/Astor Place/NoHoish Broadway area, is suddenly gone. The Village Voice speaks to various New Yorkers, who lament and theorize about the cube's disappearance, but there are few hard facts. The possibility the cube, also known as "the Alamo," was taken to be repaired is the most likely, given that the cube which people were able to rotate seemed stuck recently. Do any of our readers work in (or know people who work in) the Parks Department or other appropriate public arts organizations and may have clues to the case of the missing cube? If not, we might need to channel the spirit of Encyclopedia Brown! Update: Mystery solved!

Photobloggers are Gothamist's eyes on the street- so for the next four days, we're going to feature a wrapup of all the RNC photoblog posts we can find. If you want to send us a link, leave it in the comments or email Jake. Today's amazing photography from the march: Joe Holmes, Citying, more Citying, Erin's pix at fshk, and Buzznet's NoRNC. Good shots of the dragon burning at IndyMedia. And since we didn't do a roundup on Day Minus 1, check out the pictures from yesterday from Rion, MeccaPixel, Callalillie, and Youngna. Oooh- we almost missed some nice shots by KDunk, NYCAC, and Red. Dozens of shots from Angryfinger. Last update for Day 0 @ 12:19am EST: Meccapixel from Sunday's rally, WhatISee (a number of posts), GL331, more Buzznet, Estren, great pix from Matt Law, and some Flickr coverage! Ok, we lied. Just a few more: Jason Kottke hits the streets, and Rion continues her great work. And Jesse Chan Norris sent in this great late edition.

Beard Papa has a website in English! It explains much ("") and makes us hungry. And Gothamist on our visit to the Upper West Side Beard Papa location. More food on Gothamist Food and in our food archives.