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"The appetizer + entree combo is $11.95 for a lot of food, and it came with every sauce you might want to try; all of which were good. I ordered delivery, so I can't comment on the restaurant itself,…" - Josh Klein

"I can never get enough of this place. As authentic Japanese as you can find in New York. Go here if you want to try some decadent food and expand your flavor palette. Forget the minimalism you're used…" - Josh Klein

"I also want to add that their staff is immensely friendly, and they are very efficient with phone orders (remembering your address & credit card from the phone number you give them). Also, I finally…" - Josh Klein

"Nice article! I'm glad you find my 10 Rules helpful. I've got to give a "hell yeah" of support to your LinkedIn section. It gets way less coverage than the other social networks, but for business, it's great." - Josh Klein

"This is definitely your divey version of a club. The place is a lounge on one side, dance floor on the other.It's hot & sweaty with expensive drinks, and you should expect to be treated impersonally…" - Josh Klein

"Solid diner food. The price is right and they deliver (on Seamlessweb.com, which is rare for Park Slope). They make tasty mozzarella sticks, coffee, reubens, shakes, and other standard diner fare.…" - Josh Klein

"The Back Room is as good as it gets. It's a legitimate speakeasy, with hidden entrance, a tough door policy, victorian aesthetic, a secret room, and drinks in tea cups.Then throw in a loosely enforced…" - Josh Klein

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"When I moved to Park Slope from the Upper East Side, one of my big disappointments was losing access to some really stellar Turkish and Middle Eastern food. It took me a lot of trial and error before…" - Josh Klein

"It's a good place to start or finish the night. It's right around from Blue & Gold, which shares its divey aesthetic, but Tile Bar doesn't get as crowded. The drinks are as inexpensive as you'll find…" - Josh Klein

"Another reviewer wrote, "The building is like a castle that suddenly popped up in the middle of Fort Tryon Park." In reality, it was transferred stone by stone to its present location, so these aren't…" - Josh Klein

"I had my birthday party here because it's big, has an open environment, and corners off an area for dancing. I wouldn't go in here on any random night, though, because the crowd is young and very…" - Josh Klein

"The only saving grace of this place is that my food was tasty. However, I was the only one in my party of 6 to think so. But after being told the wait would be 45 minutes (which we miraculously…" - Josh Klein

"I should preface this by saying I've never been to any of the other contenders for top steakhouses. The finest steakhouse next on my list would be a Morton's. That being said, I still have taste buds…" - Josh Klein

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Awesome for tech support or helping those non-digitally-savvy relatives. - Josh Klein

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"Thanks for your thoughts, Lisa." - Josh Klein

"The wait at 12:30pm on a Sunday for brunch was about 25 minutes. They had two great specials, so I can't comment on the regular menu. Half of us had a lobster omelette, which was decent -- but came…" - Josh Klein

"An interesting take, and I do think you're right that the importance of quitter numbers are overblown. But I also came across an interesting post today called "Back to Digital Reality" that cites some other numbers from Forrester & comScore, and helped bring me back to the current landscape. Search is, of course, still dominating, both in attention and in spend. But more interesting to me was the realization that Myspace is more popular than Twitter. I had to do a double take there. I suppose it's hard for those of us in silicon alley (or valley) to see on a day to day basis, but Myspace is still quite the force from an attention standpoint, even if not a technology standpoint. We're still in the expansion phase of social media, where people are discovering it for the first time every day. At some point, that has to end, and social media becomes a mature concept, where every new visitor to Twitter, Facebook, or whatever, is already familiar with the idea of creating a profile and..." - Josh Klein

"I think your point about Myspace is of particular interest to the digital marketing crowd. We tend to assume -- especially in agency-land -- that people are using the same tools as us; that Myspace went the way of Friendster (or that no one watches Nascar). It's always important to take a step back, put down the iPhone, and look at the actual numbers. Of course, having that vision of the future of digital ain't bad either." - Josh Klein

"Thanks Jason, nice thoughts here. That question was not intended to be in closing -- well, only closing for the preview. The real meat of the manifesto is going to be in answering that question. You're absolutely right that some specific examples are in order. I'd love to use a Fortune 500 example, but I don't think there really are any in the sense I'm talking about, although there are great lessons to be learned from the "direct response" businesses. In terms of smaller companies, I should go to my old example of Wine Library / Gary Vaynerchuk, the wine retailer turned internet video superstar. What about examples on the other end of the spectrum - do we know any magazines that are already doing it right?" - Josh Klein

"A sub-par diner. Price is reasonable on the face of things, but for the quality of food, just not worth it. Service is fine, your typical corner diner, but other diners in the area pull through with…" - Josh Klein

"I'm a native New Yorker, and I know my bagels. When I order, it goes like this: "Everything bagel with cream cheese and nova. Tomato, onions, capers." This is serious business; I'm a true bagel snob.…" - Josh Klein

"Cool place for a party - you can do a special where you rent a room for 2 hours of private karaoke with all you can eat & drink for the whole group. The sushi is par or slightly below, but the fried…" - Josh Klein

"My favorite NYC bar. I've never had the food, but the drinks & ambience could not be better. The place is tiny and chill, the sake is delectable, the bartender/owners are cool, and the music is a nice…" - Josh Klein