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I Found Delicious Korean Food in TriBeCa. Yes, TriBeCa!

Enjoying delicious, spicy vegetarian Korean food at Kori in trendy Tribeca Some weekends I like to make believe that I’m a trendy New Yorker who lives in Tribeca. There’s just something about those cobblestoned streets that I (and just about everyone on StreetEasy) find so charming.Just blocks away from Taylor Swift’s loft (probably), I…

This Unexpected Place Gave Me Confidence to Imagine Myself a New Yorker

How a cozy, casual and ordinary restaurant made me realize I could make a home for myself in the big, bad city of New York My West Coast friends and family had tried to warn me with NYC horror stories of being trampled by crowds on the subway, pizza-hauling rats, and heavy AC units falling from…
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I’m from the West (Best) Coast and This Is Where I Eat Tacos in NYC

Where a California-native, current New Yorker finally found delicious, authentic Mexican food in NYC (for a great price, too) It’s a tired but true complaint: Every Cali transplant who moves out east laments the lack of “real” Mexican food in NYC. It’s hard to find satiety in the absence of tacos from LA’s Tacos Leos or…