Once upon a time, Williamsburg was just another Brooklyn neighborhood filled with bodegas, Polish diners and the occasional performer on the subway platform. And if you were at the Bedford L stop in 1997, there's a chance you would have encountered Howard Fishman, a singer and guitarist known for ... More

Fitzgerald Tea At the Plaza's Palm Court—a high-society hangout name-checked by Fitzgerald in Gatsby—high tea once ran $2.50 per person. These days the Fitzerald Tea, featuring a variety of 1920s-inspired dishes like curried lobster salad sandwiches and banana financiers, runs $50 a ... More