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Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images The Bernie Sanders outdoor dining meme arrives in NYC Yesterday, in the midst of Inauguration Day proceedings, Sen. Bernie Sanders blessed the country with an outdoor dining meme fit for NYC’s pandemic winter. A photo of the senator, sitting outdoors on a folding chair, bundled up in a large winter coat and giant knit mittens, started flying around the internet as people in D.C. and beyond compared the senator’s cold, uncomfortable-looking pose to their own experiences with outdoor dining. Plenty of NYC restaurants picked up on the meme, with spots including Midtown fast casual chain Junzi, pasta newcomer Forsythia, vegan sandwich shop Guevara’s, and Bronx spot La Morada posting jokes and cropped cut-outs of the senator at their spots. Grocery stores including Southeast Asia Food Group at the Market Line and UWS icon Zabar’s also got in on the fun. ....
747 Franklin Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11238 Luxe Latkes’s special Iraqi-Jewish holiday latke Luxe Latkes Launched during the pandemic, Luxe Latkes pairs each of its crispy, golden latkes with a pile of delicious, non-traditional toppings. The brand which only sells intermittently via pop-ups will be making a holiday appearance at Crown Heights neighborhood bar Hunky Dory next Wednesday, December 16, from 4 to 8 p.m. There, the team will be serving its three classic latkes, along with an Iraqi-Jewish version made with baharat, cumin, and saffron that’s topped with turmeric-pickled vegetables. For those who can’t make it to Hunky Dory, the team will be popping up again at King Tai in Crown Heights on December 19 and 20, right after the holiday. ....