Here at Gothamist we love a good lost dog story as much as the next blog, so we were happy to read another tale of a pup reunited with their person in the Post today. Earlier this month a 58-year-old man named Bruce, who didn't give his last name, went shopping at the Bowery Whole Foods but left his 5-year-old chihuahua Henry in a fancy dog carrier inside his Porsche Cayenne. When Bruce got back to his car though, it had been broken into and the canine and its carrier was gone (as was a laptop). "He had never left my side since he was 3 months old," Bruce told the paper. more ›

The holidays are upon us, which means that it's busy season, and you probably have little time to do the grocery shopping, let alone cook yourself a hot dinner. Gothamist opted for one solution at the Whole Foods Market on Bowery, the megalith of a grocery store that you either love for its fromagerie, Ciao Bella gelateria, and free wi-fi upstairs--or hate for being so enormous you find it impossible to find anything--which offers... more ›

There must be something in the air -- temperatures dropping or the crisp winds of fall, perhaps -- but whatever it is, it has caused two of our favorite local artisanal picklers to launch tasty new products. First, Jon Orren at Wheelhouse has created the Ploughman's Pickle, his take on the Branston Pickle Relish that graces the traditional English Ploughman's lunch. His version contains the wort from Sixpoint Craft Ales' Brownstone Ale (wort is the... more ›

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- Jim Leff has built a Google mash-up of his favorite “obscure street food in Easter Jackson Heights.” In related news, The Arepa Lady is on MySpace? Fake or real, you decide. more ›