Best of New York
The Village Voice
Best Place to Repel Children From a Community Garden
Sixth Street and Avenue B
There’s an attractive one at SIXTH STREET AND AVENUE B, with shade, thick greenery, and workshops for kids. So why is the creepiest sculpture ever constructed its most recognizable feature? The sinister tower of stacked planks interspersed with legless rocking horses and decaying teddy bears hanging by their necks makes the monster under the bed seem cuddly.
Best WWF-Loving Sushi Master
Naomichi Yasuda
Many people who think they know sushi treat it like high art, referring in hushed tones to the “itamae-san” and bowing at any chance they get. So it’s refreshing that when foodie faux intellectuals pepper NAOMICHI YASUDA, chef at the excellent Sushi Yasuda, with questions about the source of his o-toro, he often shifts the subject of conversation to his second love: pro-wrestling. Reminds you that nigiri sushi originated as working-class food.
Best Secret Illegal-Milk Listserv
The Raw Milk Club
Perhaps the only way for New Yorkers to get milk straight from the teat, without a stint in the flavor-sapping pasteurizer, is by joining THE RAW MILK CLUB. The raw milk is trucked in to New York from Pennsylvania, where it’s legal to sell it, and dispensed at clandestine drop points in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Sorry, being any more specific would put our supply at risk.
Best Street Preacher
The ‘I love you’ guy
The smartly dressed minister of the Lord and Savior tirelessly canvasses Morningside Heights, Bible in hand, repeatedly yelling, “I love you, I love you”, like a skipping record. THE ‘I LOVE YOU’ GUY does this loudly enough that you can hear him coming blocks before you see him. This display of unbridled feeling is oddly comforting until you’re hit with an unsettling question: Does he think he’s talking to Jesus, or that he is Jesus?