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p.s. I did this for the community board recently - the dark red is at 50% of peak noise complaints from 10 years ago. Bars and clubs are now 6% of complaints, where NYCHA+neighbor+school etc. are 25%

Crowded bars and sidewalks are now weekends only, weather permitting. The crazy block between 1st and A Cuomo had to personally shut down during covid now has three high end sushi places, and a cheap one, a pizza from some Chicago michelin ** operation, and only a couple of bars left. Holiday doesn't spill singing drunks into the street at 4am either. Heaven Can Wait is gone and I think is turning into a bar, Baker Falls was kicked out of the Pyramid space and maybe is operating downtown now, I'm not sure. Who even remembers Avenue B? When it moves it is largely replacing existing venues (see Baker Falls), not creating new ones, and the community board put a hex on the area - initially centered on Ludlow and Rivington but most recently trying to push back on Dimes Square: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/dining/dimes-square.html

You have to live on St. Mark's to appreciate the total nightlife collapse.

Data says the average single diner in nyc spends exactly half of the average couple.

Yeah, but it's just not as good. You can run a simple experiment and see.

I'm pretty sure Ten Bells was serving some skin contact wines (Calek for sure) even before Vladimir opened.

Hoarding cheap canned beans is the obvious answer.

Does someone need the zinc?

The frog will be served head on!

Putin!

I mean, even if you don't go to Hokkaido or the inland sea of Kyushu, Nara or Hiroshima before Osaka

So be a corporation I guess

Too nice but yes.

But nobody will know that for a fact

Even FB groups are dying. It's all TikTok.

What was the name of the Chowhound newbie who suggested a meetup at Tad's? cinnamongirl?

Replace humans with LLMs summarizing and organizing free content, display ads?

And that wasn't their only recall.

From "Free will and the directionality of time" by M. Clark

I thought she lost her sense of smell.

Maybe they're bringing in Francois Simon and they need this for the O-1

And Osaka imposed a hotel tax that is sure to deter those foreigners. I hope you're sitting down and not drinking a hot beverage:

They've recently repriced it so it makes little sense for tourists.

I should note that "kid friendly" means they'll allow them in. (but if they're big then just have them not shave for a couple of weeks and they'll pass as JP adults)

The good news is those dates are generally not hellishly hot, but they are likely in wet season, so prepare to be moist. 1. I don't know that there's any real reason to visit Osaka, but consider that Japan is genuinely compact and well connected - it's 90 minutes from Haneda to any airport in Hokkaido (where there's no wet season), and just slightly more to Kyushu. Flights are cheap ($35 last moment, probably $50-$80 otherwise) and very frequent, and there's no TSA style nonsense for most interior flights, so depending on your urban / kitschy urban / nature / hiking preferences you have many options. 2. Airbnb is extremely limited in Tokyo, maybe take a look at serviced apartments for additional options. e.g. this company has good quality and value https://www.tokyoapartments.jp/ and ASR has a bazillion different properties (I imagine the Oakwood line is closest to what you'd want). Note that in some cases a listing will say it's for a month or more but that's just for regulatory reasons. I dunno about Sumida in general but if you have specific locations I can tell you about them. 3. You can use Tabelog to filter places that are supposedly kid friendly. e.g. this is a list of Tonkatsu places in Tokyo that are kid friendly ordered by score https://tabelog.com/en/tokyo/rstLst/tonkatsu/?ChkKids=1&SrtT=rt&railroad=false and you can also look for places you find in other lists to see if they're tagged kid friendly, but as a guideline if the place seems fancy or booze-centric there might be rules about ages, lunch only, etc. even if they do take kids. The only challenge with ramen might be that you need to wait a while for 4 seats to become available, so maybe go off peak. 5. Upskirting has been a criminal offense since 2023, so not that.