Come down to Vander Bar or the Madison Club Lounge at The Roosevelt Hotel and enjoy our special Lindt Chocolate-tini, featured all this month. Delicious Lindt Chocolates garnish an already sweet and delicious cocktail, perfect as an after dinner treat!

LINDT CHOCOLATE-TINI

Ingredients:
3oz Raspberry Vodka
2oz White Creme de Cacao
Lindor Raspberry or Extra Dark Truffles
Fresh Raspberries

Method:
Chill the vodka and Creme de Cacao. Chill 2 martini glasses. Put the vodka and Creme de Cacao into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake and pour mixture into the chilled martini
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Originally an Episcopalian church, the building on the corner of Sixth Avenue and 20th Street has been many things. Some of us remember it as the Limelight (those of us who were clubbing in the 80’s), but more recently, this building will be host to the “Limelight Marketplace”.

The three-story, 25,000-square-foot space will house boutiques, shops, restaurants and tons of food options (Hello.. Cupcake Stop and Brooklyn’s famous Grimaldi’s pizza!).

After a $15 million renovation, the space is officially set to open on April 29th on the Avenue of the Americas in Chelsea. For more information, check out their
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Try this healthy dish featuring fresh fish and asparagus, one of the first spring season vegetables to come to market.

TILAPIA AND ASPARAGUS WITH FENNEL SALAD
(Serves four)

INGREDIENTS:
5 oz. tilapia filets (four)
Olive oil, as needed
Warm Lemon Dressing
3 large lemons
¼ cup of white wine
3 tbl. extra virgin olive oil
½ medium onion, diced
2 tbl. chopped parsley

METHOD:
Shave fennel very thin on a mandoline. Cut tomatoes in half; remove the seeds and then dice the tomatoes. In a bowl, combine the oil and lemon juice. Add fennel and tomatoes, and season with salt and pepper. Refrigerate until needed (can be prepared up to an hour in advance).

Pat the tilapia filets dry with a paper towel; season with lime juice, salt and pepper. Heat olive oil in a large frying pan and sear fish on both sides. Cook until done, and then remove and keep
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 As the NCAA Tournament rolls on and you and your friends have  been dutifully watching from the small TV in your cramped apartment or secretly on your computer monitor at work, we have a list of a few of the best east midtown sports bars to catch the action and monitor your coveted bracket.

McFaddens- 42nd St and 2nd Ave.  McFaddens has March Madness specials all month long, including a block party Saturday 3/27

Bar 515- Third Ave between 34th and 35th St.  Watch the games on their 12 foot jumbo screen or one of the several other plasmas at this “sophisticated urban nightspot”

Redemption Grill NYC- 2nd Ave and 53rd St.  Redemption has drink and lunch specials for March Madness and promotes they have all the games with the Direct TV March Madness
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