{"product_id":"marvelous-manhattan-stories-of-the-restaurants-bars-and-shops-that-make-this-city-special-9781579659790","title":"Marvelous Manhattan: Stories of the Restaurants, Bars, and Shops That Make This City Special","description":"NEW YORK MIGHT HAVE BROADWAY, Times Square, and the Empire State Building, but the real heart and soul of the city can be found in the iconic places that have defined cool since \"cool\" became a word. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Places like Di Palo's in Little Italy, where you might stop in to pick up a little cheese only to find yourself in a long conversation--part friendly chat, \u003cbr\u003e part profound tutorial--with fourth-generation owner Lou Di Palo, sampling cheeses all the while. Or Raoul's in SoHo, to enjoy a classic steak-frites in \u003cbr\u003e the company of downtown artists, celebrities, and dyed-in-the-wool locals. Or Minton's Playhouse in Harlem, to be in the room where some young guys named Thelonious, Dizzy, and Charlie invented bebop. Or maybe Russ \u0026amp; Daughters, to pick up the city's best lox and bagels, which they've been selling since 1914. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A lifelong New Yorker, writer Reggie Nadelson celebrates her city and all the places that make it special. Part guidebook, part cultural history, part walk down memory lane, alive with the spirit and the grit of small, often family-owned businesses that have survived the Great Depression, World War II, 9\/11, and the coronavirus lockdown, Marvelous Manhattan is a seductive and timely book for anyone who lives in New York, loves the city, lived there \u003cbr\u003e once, or wishes they had. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Because that's the thing about Manhattan: all you need to do is walk into the right place--say, Fanelli's on Prince Street--sit down at the bar, order a drink, open this book, and suddenly you're a New Yorker.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Artisan Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/13\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781579659790\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224","brand":"Reggie Nadelson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39463542292661,"sku":"9781579659790","price":21.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_45ff6b05-04b8-4205-a9de-608dc207fbca.jpg?v=1615924602","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/marvelous-manhattan-stories-of-the-restaurants-bars-and-shops-that-make-this-city-special-9781579659790","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}