A major phase of the Netherlands' ban on tourists patronizing coffee shops goes into effect in the country's southern provinces on May 1. Shops in Amsterdam are scheduled stop selling marijuana to foreigners on January 1, 2013. But enacting this ban ma... »
Every year, NY Magazine publishes a "Best Of" list, running the gamut from Best Third Date (Maison Premiere) to Best Salad (Battersby) to Best Farming Class (City Chicken Workshop). While Williamsburg dominated the list this year, Park Slope was certai... »
Today's end-of-links include a "fat" Sports Illustrated swimsuit model, Brooklyn is not Amsterdam, Cindy Crawford's 10-yr-old isn't modeling anymore, the "McStinkyN----r" receipt incident and more. Follow Gothamist on Twitter and like us on Facebook. Y... »
The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf is spreading across NYC with an almost Starbucksian appetite for expansion: the wildly popular LA-based chain has just opened its third location in Manhattan, on the corner of 79th Street and Columbus Avenue. This new outpost... »
On the eve of the second anniversary of the Christmas Day underwear bomber, a man who helped stop the would-be bomber before he could blow up a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit is suing for $10 million. Theophilus Maranga, a Dutchess County resident, h... »
