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DAILY GRIND: OSCAR & LOCKSMITH BAR

BY Claudio Cabrera How long have you lived uptown? 31 years Where did you grow up? 187 and Fort Washington What can you tell me about that block? For the most part, it has always been pretty quiet. It…

Open For Business: Capas Inc – Cigar Bar

BY Carolina Pichardo Capas, Inc. 4734 Broadway New York, NY 10040 Tel. (212) 304-4620 [email protected] Despite its luxurious and almost upscale feel now, cigars still possess a rebellious and risky essence. It’s a label that has rolled with it…

Daily Grind: Miguel Moronta & Liquid Skin Studio

BY Led Black (@Led_Black) As soon as you as enter through the doors of Liquid Skin Studio (165 Sherman Ave), you are transported to another world. A realm where not only is art executed on the epidermis but where…

Daily Grind: Ozzie Perez & Tread Bike Shop

Tread Bike Shop 250 Dyckman Street New York, NY 10034-5354 (212) 544-7055 UPTOWN COLLECTIVE: Where are you from? OZZIE PEREZ, TREAD BIKE SHOP OWNER: I want to say I’m from 183rd, 184th, 189th. What is Tread Bike Shop? The…

DAILY GRIND: HECTOR BODRE & BODRE'S CUT AND COLOR ROOM

One of my favorite authors, Robin Sharma, put it best, “people do business with people they like”. That right there, succinctly sums up the secret to Hector Bodre’s success. Bodre Cut and Color Room (4174 Broadway) has managed to…

DAILY GRIND WITH JASON FROM NOSTYLGIA

Name: Jason Devereaux Where you’re from? Yonkers, NY What is Nostylgia and how long have you been in business? Nostylgia is a lot of things but to sum it up simply Nostylgia is a Lifestyle Brand and retail store…

BRAZEN LINGERIE'S NAUGHTY DRAWER

BY Carolina Pichardo It’s placed quietly in the left-hand corner of Brazen Lingerie. Surrounded by mannequins, laced underwear, silk panties, and massage oils.  Although it looks like your average grandmother’s antique dresser, don’t be fooled by the delicate hand…

El Pale Part 1 – Los Sueños

If you don’t know what a Pale is, chances are, that you are not Dominican. A Pale is any combination of 2 numbers that a person chooses as their pick for the Dominican lottery. Typically, depending on…