by Rachel Veroff | Nov 3, 2016 | Culture, Dining, Entertainment, Movies
If you are a person who enjoys food, you know that a truly transcendent dining experience engages more than just the taste buds. The mood and lighting in a restaurant can enhance enjoyment of a meal as much as the friends around your table. Visual presentation —...
by Downtown Magazine | Nov 2, 2016 | Dining
In a city with seemingly-endless great dining options, sometimes it can be challenging to pick a restaurant. On top of that, if you are going out with other people with dietary restrictions and/or preferences, it may be hard work to find a place to accommodate...
by Downtown Magazine | Nov 2, 2016 | Culture, Events
Contrary to popular belief, the average New Yorker can be an art collector. Thanks to Maria van Vlodrop and the Accessible Art Fair New York presented by MvVO ART, New Yorkers have an opportunity to not only meet top modern artists but purchase some of their work....
by Downtown Magazine | Nov 2, 2016 | Events, Fashion
Making its annual return on Nov. 10, Chelsea Textiles will be hosting its annual sale at Wallace Hall at St. Ignatius Loyola Church. A family firm started by Mona Perlhagen — a former fashion buyer for Bloomingdale’s — in 1990, this year’s Chelsea...
by Downtown Magazine | Nov 1, 2016 | Culture, Movies
Last week, East Houston Street’s Sunshine Cinema played host to the New York City premiere and launch of the film Sam. While Sam is the first film by Nicholas Brooks, Nicholas has decades of experience within the film business as a writer and story editor. It...
by Downtown Magazine | Nov 1, 2016 | Health, Nutrition
Dr. Benjamin Samstein is Chief of Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery in the Department of Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and Associate Professor of Surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine. He is the Surgical Director of the Living...