Topic: Madison Aves

Valentine’s Day

JoeDoe Settle into this eatery's antiques-filled dining room for a four-course prix-fixe dinner ($65). Chef Joe Dobias offers dishes like crispy...

Traffic forecast for March 6, 2011

THE WEEK AHEAD. . ALTERNATE-SIDE PARKING. . Monday: IN EFFECT. . Tuesday: IN EFFECT. . Wednesday: SUSPENDED. . Thursday: IN EFFECT. . Friday: IN...

Great dates

LYRICAL DATE Actor Edward Herrmann-you remember him from Overboard and Gilmore Girls, right?-gets literary with a reading of Thomas Hardy poems at the Center for Fiction on Monday 26. org). on Fri 23. org). 4 Berry St at North 14th St ...

Sample sales and shopping events

1 Hester Street Fair We loathe street fairs of the pashmina-and-funnel-cake variety but we're pretty stoked for this outdoor retailfest-Manhattan's answer to the Brooklyn Flea. At its NYC shop's monumental blowout, Dinosaur Designs ofers resin rings, including cube and ...

Our obsessions: lockets, jewelry and vases

Put a country spin on city living with these hand-painted lockets, each showcasing a bucolic slice of land or sea. Khara Ledonne lockets, $50 each, at Franny & Roey, 252 Grand St between Driggs Ave and Roebling St, Williamsburg, Brooklyn (347-599-2884, frannyandroey. This ...

Bars to score

Five bars where, if you take a date, you will absolutely get laid. com). com). Lolita Bar The comfy couches and back lounge are catalysts for love. "And the happy-hour specials definitely help lube things up," adds one bartender.

Connect!

Five bars where, if you take a date, you will absolutely get laid. com). com). Lolita Bar The comfy couches and back lounge are catalysts for love. "And the happy-hour specials definitely help lube things up," adds one bartender.

Art

at Gagosian Gallery If you don't know much about the work of the Italian postwar enfant terrible (who once canned his own shit), now is your chance to catch up. Five Decades of Painting," at PaceWildenstein gallery One of the least ...

The runners-up

Brooklyn Heights Manhattan's first suburb is brimming with postcard-pretty brownstone character. Then make a left on Remsen Street and head to the Promenade-the view of New York Harbor and lower Manhattan will take your breath away and remind you why you ...

Asian sweets

Alta Voce The owners of Park Slope's Sotto Voce introduce this larger offshoot, with a multiregional menu. 291 Grand St between Havemeyer and Roebling Sts, Williamsburg, Brooklyn (718-218-6787). 250 Broome St between Ludlow and Orchard Sts (212-260-3900). F to Delancey St ...