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One of the most popular events of the annual New Yorker Festival is Calvin Trillin's food-oriented walking tour of SoHo, Greenwich Village, Chinatown, and Little Italy. According to the New York Times, one of the tour's favorite destinations is Banh Mi Saigon Bakery, also one of my top lunch destinations.

Standing outside, dipping his roll into peanut sauce, he said he liked to eat standing up. "If I couldn't eat in a four-star restaurant again, it would mean nothing to me," he said. "But if someone said I couldn't eat any more cilantro, I would be very upset."

 Oct 6, 2008  •  tags: calvintrillin food restaurants nyc

Calvin Trillin, parallel parking expert, parks a self-parking car. "As you ease up gradually on the brake, the wheel turns on its own to make one reverse swoop into the spot. Watching the wheel turn by itself is a bit like watching a player piano, except in traffic."

 Jan 27, 2007  •  tags: calvintrillin automobiles nyc

Quirky West Village eatery Shopsin's finally closes for good. Once more, with feeling: the Shopsin's menu and Calvin Trillin's classic piece about the restaurant in the NYer.

Update: James Felder wrote a nice remembrance of eating at Shopsin's on its final day for Serious Eats. (thx, adam)

 Dec 20, 2006  •  tags: calvintrillin shopsins food restaurants nyc design

I Like Killing Flies is a 2004 documentary about Shopsin's, a unique NYC eatery. Playing at NYC's Cinema Village this coming weekend. See also Shopsin's menu design and Calvin Trillin's classic NYer piece.

 Jul 24, 2006  •  tags: ilikekillingflies shopsins food nyc restaurants movies calvintrillin

Shopsin's is moving to Brooklyn. Wonder at the marvelous information design of Shopsin's menu or read Calvin Trillin's outing of the restaurant in the New Yorker.

 Mar 29, 2006  •  tags: shopsins restaurants nyc food calvintrillin informationdesign design