Every once in a while we like to check in on Datalounge, the oddball and fun little gay message board. Sandwiched between the usual "Why does Tom Cruise like cock so much?" and "I just watched 'Mame' on DVD" posts today (seriously!) came this declaration of war on New York institutions like recently-shuttered Magnolia…

Don't get us wrong: we love pork as much as the next ex-vegetarian Jew (actually, probably way more). But as far as trends go, we think the upscaling of pig is pretty lame. We mean, $108/lb Lomo Iberico ham? People, it's pork! Oink oink! Not a luxury item to fetishize! The only thing worse than the luxeification of…

Dear twelve thousand people who wrote to us last week to tell us that the hype and lines surrounding Momofuku Noodle Bar are totally justified: get excited! Next week, you will be clogging the sidewalk at the corner of Allen and Rivington, where a new pho bar from an ex-Fleur de Sel chef is opening for business on…

Every time we pass E.Vil noodlebar Momofuku, we wonder how it's possible that there's always such a mammoth line of hungry hipstersyupsters clogging the sidewalk. Sure, New York Mag deemed it the best "cheap eats" (our definition of "cheap" is a 25 cent packet of ramen, not a $14 bowl of it, but we digress), and…