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It's time once again for restaurant week in New York (the summer edition), and you can find all the details at the official site below. Restaurant week takes place in summer 2008 from July 21 to 25 and July 28 to August 1. Check the restaurants, hours, and locations below.

http://nycvisit.com/restaurantweek/

This is the big weekend for barbecue in New York City: the Big Apple Barbecue Block Party in Madison Square Park! Admission is free, and you can get plates of barbecue from some of the country's best pitmasters for only $8.

There'll be live music to eat to as well, including The Defibulators and Canadian roots rockers The Sadies. See the Web site below for hours, performance schedule, the pitmasters who'll ...

It seems you can't walk more than a block or two in Manhattan without coming across an Irish bar, but not all are authentic, or good. So how can you find a good place to have a drink (or a few, or a dozen) for the St. Patrick's Day season?

The New York Times comes up with a few that it considers some of the best, but it's a pretty ...

Fans of pastrami and pickles, rejoice... you'll be happy to know that the famed Second Avenue Deli, a Lower East Side institution, has reopened after being closed for nearly a couple of years. Just don't look for it in its former location... or on Second Avenue, for that matter.

The new Second Avenue Deli is retaining the look, name, and menu of its old location, but is located on 33rd Street ...

Celebrate Mexico Now is a festival of that country's arts and culture that's taking place in a number of cities in the U.S. New York City is certainly getting its fair share, with events taking place starting today and running through Sept. 16th.

Following are a few highlights of New York's Celebrate Mexico Now; you can find more at the festival's official Web site (at bottom of this post).

Celso Duarte, Wednesday, ...

While New York City has many wonderful restaurants and a whole area dedicated to fine Italian food (Little Italy), one place that will not disappoint is I Coppi.  www.icoppinyc.com  Located on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, this family-run restaurant offers a cozy, warm and relaxed atmosphere with authentic and delicious homemade pastas, breads and desserts along with wonderful meat and fish dishes.

Their meticulously planned menu ...

168 1st Ave, New York 10009
Btwn 10th & 11th St
212-674-7014

My father didn't want me to move to Santa Fe. Shortly before I left, we ordered in Italian. As I helped myself to a giant portion of capellini bolognese, he said, "You know, there's no such thing as Italian food in the southwest."

"Dad," I said pedantically. "Somewhere, ...

25 St. Marks Pl., New York, NY 10003
nr. Second Ave.
212-254-6363

Settle down, kids, and let me tell you a story. Like many good stories, it's a story about a bar. And like many post-modernists stories, it doesn't actually have much of a narrative. And like many stories my parents will probably be reading, it's really more of a restaurant and I don't even like the taste of alcohol, what ...

Chuck Berry is still playing live gigs?! This was a surprise to me, but B.B. King's Blues Club in New York City has him listed as performing on September 14th.

B.B. King's is one of my favorite concert venues in New York. It's located on W. 42nd St. between 8th Ave. and Broadway, right near Times Square and easily accessible by more than a dozen subway lines.

But it's the club itself ...

You can dine at some of New York City's finest restaurants and save a lot of money during NYC Restaurant Week, July 23-27. More than 200 restaurants are participating, offering three-course, prix-fixe dining at quite affordable prices: just $24.07 for lunch and $35.00 for dinner. (The $24.07 price is to remind you that NYC is the city that never sleeps is open for business, 24/7.)

Restaurants in all five ...