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780 8th Ave
New York, NY 10036
(212) 641-4500

Roosevelt Hospital  

Category: Hospitals
Neighborhoods: Hell's Kitchen, Midtown West, Theater District

4.0 star rating
5/26/2010 First to Review
When the going gets tough, I go to Michael Bagner. He's thorough, clear, and very accessible. He might also be from the future: he gave me his e-mail for follow-up!

His waiting room contains exactly what you'd expect: elevator music, office-park furniture, and a slightly belligerent front desk.

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194 Court St
Brooklyn, NY 11201
(718) 643-3930

David's Barber Shop  

Category: Barbers
Neighborhood: Cobble Hill

2.0 star rating
5/26/2010
The talent level of the barbers at this spot vary dramatically; I've had some of my best and worst cuts here. It's like waiting in a soup line, and not knowing whether you're going to get rock soup or lobster bisque.

too many rocks last time.

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138 Court Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
(718) 852-5100

Nature's Grill  

Categories: Juice Bars & Smoothies, Sandwiches
Neighborhood: Cobble Hill

5.0 star rating
5/26/2010
I might become obese from binging on this delicious health food. It's the Nature's Grill paradox!

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1324 2nd Ave
New York, NY 10021
(212) 639-0875

Alice Hair Care  

Categories: Hair Salons, Hair Removal
Neighborhood: Upper East Side

5.0 star rating
5/20/2010
Yelpers, I have a confession to make: I almost didn't want to tell you about this place. I wanted to keep it for myself!

Everyone endearingly fashions an Irish accent, and while small, it looks like an efficient operation. They oddly lack price transparency, but gave me 10% off (1st time customer) and the best haircut I've had in months. Sláinte!

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957 Aldus St
Bronx, NY 10459
(347) 284-3915

Tetaj Brothers Pizzeria  

Category: Pizza
Neighborhood: Morrisania

2.0 star rating
5/20/2010 1 photo First to Review
T-Brothers Pizza is so clean, it sparkles like the teeth on toothpaste commercials. The only problem? The pizza tastes like the dentist made it too.

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676 9th Ave
New York, NY 10036
(212) 489-0051

Basilica Restaurant  

Category: Italian
Neighborhoods: Hell's Kitchen, Midtown West, Theater District

1.0 star rating
5/14/2010
Rushed, crowded, and backed-up by a crazy confectionary display, it feels like eating in the basement of Hansel and Gretel's witch.

Classic pre-theatre tourist trap. Come here if you want New York to taste like mediocrity.

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157 W 19th St
New York, NY 10011
(212) 727-3717

Chelsea Eye & Cosmetic Surgery Associates  

Categories: Ophthalmologists, Cosmetic Surgeons, Laser Eye Surgery/Lasik
Neighborhood: Chelsea

4.0 star rating
5/14/2010
For some reason, I like it when eye doctors have strange new tech toys and lasers going everywhere.  I don't know, maybe I just want doctors from THE FUTURE.

Chelsea eye seems to have that, with enough procedures to turn Andy Rooney into a stepford wife. Things are crisp, clean, and clinical here. I've only gone for general eye perscriptions, but it's nice to know where to go if I want to become a trophy husband.

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156 5th Ave
New York, NY 10003
(212) 929-9191

Aesthetic Dentistry  

Category: General Dentistry
Neighborhood: Flatiron

5.0 star rating
Update - 5/14/2010
Update: they have relocated to 156 5th Avenue; updated their building from "scary" to "swanky." Looks great!

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  • 4.0 star rating
    7/1/2008 First to Review

    The building is pretty non-descript (and creepily unlabeled), has the look and feel of an apartment building, and you have to take an elevator up to the third floor. It's like the hidden dentist's office, but once you find their office on the third floor everything is much better. Classical music in the lobby, very clean rooms and cleaning stations (I'm a hypochondriac sometimes), and high-tech equipment. Their x-ray machine is crazzzazy, and is digital, so you can see your own teef on the monitor screens instantaneously.

    Not that I needed to or anything, with my no cavities and all. :-D

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99 Bond St
Brooklyn, NY 11217
(718) 855-4504

Dvir Hair Salon  

Category: Hair Salons
Neighborhood: Boerum Hill

3.0 star rating
5/14/2010
Dvir and I are star-crossed lovers: I really WANTED to like it, but destiny is keeping us apart.

It has a friendly staff and a laid-back vibe, but it's too laid-back: I spent both appointments waiting 30 minutes for my stylist to finish up her back-log. And while the stylists are young and hip, one "experimented" with a new Japanese thinning technique--on my thick mexifro--that left me looking like an anime character who put his finger in an electrical socket.

Once my hair deflates, I may have to "experiment" on a new salon. begrudgingly.

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248 Court St
Brooklyn, NY 11201
(718) 643-0007

Watty and Meg  

Category: American (Traditional)
Neighborhood: Cobble Hill

4.0 star rating
11/1/2009
excellent food and PERFECTLY prepared, but the prices make me feel like Watty (or Meg) is trying to dig out of credit card debt. or signed a subprime mortgage.

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Location

Brooklyn, NY

Yelping Since

June 2008

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