authenticity watch: Manhattanland edition
1. Best gang war ever: the Park Avenue Crew vs. the Lexington Avenue Crew. Start practicing your hand signs.
2. “Brooklyn-style” pizza:
“But anyone in the Midwest who thinks this is real Brooklyn is getting fooled,” he said. That’s the basic message from Mrs. Ciminieri at Totonno’s, who was finally persuaded to taste a Domino’s slice in the name of research. “In Utah, they’re going to love it because they use ketchup and American cheese on their pizzas,” she said.
3. CBGBs Vegas:
The dismantling of CBGB is underway, with every major item getting tagged so that when owner Hilly Kristal rebuilds the place in Las Vegas or wherever, the builders will know which scum-coated piece goes where. There’s something about people traveling from all over to line up and pee in “authentic” CBGB urinals that doesn’t seem right, isn’t there?
From Curbed.

