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Why Our Pants Are Unbuttoned
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3 buttons bursting open
The highest Pants praise: The food is so good that you will want to eat everything and stuff yourself to the point that the buttons on your pants are begging to be undone. You will be full and happy after this meal, heading home to stretchy- pantsed bliss.
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2 buttons open
A solid place that you will enjoy enough to eat more than one is able to and still be comfortable in skinny jeans
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button undone
The food is good enough, but you will be able to go dancing after and won’t be tempted to over-indulge on an aggressive level
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keep em zipped!
Nothing good enough to tantalize the taste buds or tempt your tummy; not worth busting any buttons for this food
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3 buttons bursting open
January 2015
Last seasons pants

pants at a glance
- scene: A blink if you miss space, with an open kitchen, blond wood bar with stools, and that's it
- sip: cold teas, beer, possibly some sake
- savor: RAMEN, RAMEN, Gyoza
- sit: Who cares? Just get your face into that bowl and don't pull it out until you are finished; your guests will understand
- stilettos: Um, no
- spend: $
- address: 70 Kenmare Street
- phone number: (646) 613-7522
- website: www.ramen-lab.com
pants picks
Counter culture, Ramen, Slurp
At this point everyone thinks they know ramen, and thinks they know good ramen, but they actually don’t know jack- Jack Nakamura that is. Jack is ramen god of Nakamura Ya in Kanagawa Japan, who also happens to create the noodles served at many of the most popular ramen joints in NYC, but behind the scenes. As […]
November 8, 2013
buttons bursting open
309 East 83rd Street #2
(212) 737-5656
www.itoen.com/donguri

pants at a glance
- scene: Small spot with tables along one wall; brightly lit yet cozy and simple
- sip: Sake to me
- savor: Everything; sashimi; sweet corn fritters; SOUP
- sit: With a date that you are not afraid to slurp with; with your parents for a casual dinner in the hood or a friend
- stilettos: It's deep in the UES, so everyone looked pretty nice, but this place is definitely casual
- spend: $$$
- address: 309 East 83rd Street #2
- phone number: (212) 737-5656
- website: www.itoen.com/donguri
pants picks
fave, good in the hood, Slurp, Turning Japanese
Picture this: Union Square, Halloween evening, people everywhere, you can’t take two steps without a drunk super hero yelling in your face or seeing unnecesasrily exposed body parts. Mayhem. Madness. Now imagine the furthest thing from that, a little oasis of calm and quiet all the way on 83rd Street where you won’t pass anyone […]