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Exclusive Eats: Rao’s

Posted by on November 14th 2008 to Food & Beverage, Harlem Tagged Food & Beverage, Harlem, Italian restaurants

This is a guest post from Mary Jo Manzanares, b5media’s Travel & Culture Channel Editor and travel blogger at Flyaway Cafe.
Long known for its exclusivity, in a city that defines restaurant exclusivity, Rao’s is not likely to be letting me in any time soon.
It’s not because of my manners (which are good), the way I dress (which is always appropriate), or because the price is beyond my means. No, it’s because Rao’s only has ten tables. And they are all booked up. Forever.
Rao’s was founded in 1896 by Italian immigrant Charles Rao who opened a small restaurant in the Italian …read more

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"Museum Monday" Begins with the Museum of the City of New York

Posted by on May 12th 2008 to Art, Harlem, Museums, Upper East Side Tagged Art, Museums, Upper East Side

At last count there are well over one hundred museums in New York City. They range from the well-known and world famous (Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art) to the provocative (Museum of Sex) to the virtually unknown (African American Wax Museum).
In an attempt to make sense of all of the museums in the city, and based on The DC Traveler’s immensely popular postings entitled “Monument Monday,” I am starting a regular weekly post featuring a different museum… so think of it as “Museum Monday!”
Housed in an impressive 5-floor Neo-Georgian-Colonial style brick and limestone building, Museum of …read more

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Exclusive Eats: Rao’s

"Museum Monday" Begins with the Museum of the City of New York

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