The dumplings that conquered Times Square are coming to downtown Brooklyn. Din Tai Fung, the giant Taiwanese soup dumpling restaurant where it can take weeks to get a reservation, signed a lease for a 20,000-square-foot jumbo at The Brook, Realty Check has learned. The 51-story rental apartment tower, which just started receiving tenants, is a … Read more
It was a real gas-querade. Residents of a UK town sounded an alarm after smelling what they thought was a gas leak, only to discover later that the stench was coming from the “world’s smelliest fruit” — durian, a delicacy throughout Southeast Asia. “I knew it smelled bad but I didn’t think it would bring … Read more
movie review CAUGHT STEALING Running time: 107 minutes. Rated R (strong violent content, pervasive language, some sexuality, drug use). Out Friday. There is a nasty habit in Hollywood, and among movie critics, of allowing filmmakers to incessantly upchuck the same lame crime retreads. They are blinded by cartoony underworld figures, seedy alleys, drugs and guns as … Read more
They’re the coolest kids at Mommy & Me. Parents are toting their tots in high-end baby carriers with eye-watering price tags, the latest in luxury baby product trends. At nearly $800 a pop, the Artipoppe “Zeitgeist” carrier has seemingly surpassed a coveted Hermes handbag as the must-have accessory — at least, that’s how it looked to … Read more
It’s the most surprising Times Square miracle since the first New Year’s Eve ball dropped in 1907. The View — a rotating, notoriously awful restaurant atop the Marriott Marquis hotel (1535 Broadway) — has good food for the first time since it opened in 1985. Make that VERY good food. Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group has … Read more
For decades the effort to revitalize downtown Los Angeles has been tied to arts projects, from the construction of the midcentury modern Music Center in 1964 to the addition of Frank Gehry’s soaring stainless steel Walt Disney Concert Hall in 2003. But the pandemic was tough on downtowns and cultural institutions around the country, and … Read more