by Dan Metz | Aug 6, 2019 | Bars, Dining, Featured, Nutrition
Celebrate National Root Beer Float Day in style (with whisky) Hello and welcome to National Root Beer Float Day! On this day Americans celebrate scooping ice cream into soda, producing one of the greatest drinks known to man. Downtown is here to help you celebrate in...
by Lucy Dondero | Aug 6, 2019 | Business, Featured
ALEX POLIER is the founder and president of DNA, a strategic marketing, public relations, event production, and branding agency focusing on human-centric design. She was formerly a journalist with the Associated Press, Newsweek, and Condé Nast Traveler, among others....
by Downtown Magazine | Jul 31, 2019 | Entertainment, Featured
STEPHANIE MONSEU Queens native and founder of Bindlestiff Family Cirkus, a New York-Based troupe, Monseu is a 25-year veteran of the circus who studied metalsmithing at FIT, became a fire-eater, juggler, stilt-walker, and static trapeze artist, and is currently the...
by Downtown Magazine | Jul 26, 2019 | Featured, Real Estate
DOTTIE HERMAN Dottie Herman began her real estate career in 1978, working as a broker for Merrill Lynch. When the real estate division was sold to Prudential, she became one of their leading brokers. In 1990, she borrowed $7 million from Prudential to purchase...
by Downtown Magazine | Jul 25, 2019 | Chefs, Culture
LIDIA BASTIANICH Emmy award-winning public television host, seven-time James Beard award winner, best -selling cookbook author, restaurateur, and owner of a flourishing food and entertainment business. Lidia has married her two passions in life—her family and food, to...
