Hoppy Days Are Here Again
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Some blocks have their affinities. For the stretch of East 7th Street off Cooper Square, it’s beer. Walking east, you come to the 150-year-old McSorley’s, which serves its own house ale; Burp Castle and Standings, offering a combined 500-plus beer options, and now Jimmy’s. Jimmy Carbone has been comfort-feeding the East Village for years as chef-owner at the space that was Mugsy’s Chow Chow, then Patio Dining, then Natchez. Now he brings his jack-of-all-cuisines skill to bear on an updated rathskeller.
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