caro:

I used to live five blocks north of the East Village’s “Curry Corner.”  One of these restaurants is the one in which Kate Hudson and Jay Mohr have the date from hell in 200 Cigarettes, but I can’t recall which one it is because “the one with the hot peppers in the window” is not specific enough.

(via Cityfile, Flickr user pamela.wang)

The last time K and I went to NYC we visited Panna II. Those men on the stairs are most likely, if it’s anything like I remember it, requesting the business of anyone that gets near. Because the restaurants are so close and they serve basically the same dishes, they have to wheel and deal with you, offering free dessert or cheese naan to get you in the door. I remember the spot being popular for birthdays too. There were like three or four in the hour that we were there.