• The Cyclone opens Sunday. Go. [NickMcGlynn]
• New York's murder rate soars over last year's. [NYDN]
• Marilyn and Audrey pose for Terry Richardson. [Terry'sDiary]
• John Cusack watched the '85 Super Bowl on mushrooms, swears Big Bird won. [Vulture]
• Unlikely catfight emerges between Michael Musto and LCD Soundsystem. [DailyMusto]
• Allen & Delancey looks dead, owes thousands in credit card tips. Tip with cash, people. [Eater]
• Robert Pattinson's wax figure draws bigger crowds than his last movie.  [MTV]

The team behind absinthe-centric Chinatown lounge Apotheke just got cleared to open Pulqueria, a taco and margarita joint next door on Doyers Street. Pulqueria might seem like an affront on the area's innumerable dumpling holes-in-the-wall and noodle shops. But it's really just another instance of NYC bars, restaurants and clandestine strip clubs operating in unexpected places. Some of the spots below are stubborn holdouts. Others are examples of neighborhood imperialism. But all make for pleasant detours from the scenes that surround them.... More»