Location: Union Square, NYC
Talk: Jonathan Franzen
Show time: 7 PM
Venue: Barnes and Noble (33 East 17th Street)
Food: Stanton Social
Drink: 151
Miscellaneous: Bereket

Author Jonathan Franzen stops by NYC to read and discuss his newest novel Freedom. With all the hoopla surrounding him and his book, better get there early. Where to go afterwards? Go straight to the bar, and that bar would be 151, where happy hour is 7 days a week from 6pm till 10pm and includes 2 for 1 drinks. For those that don’t want a liquid dinner first, check Stanton Social for comfort food including the Mac and Cheese (Macaroni covered in Three Cheese Truffled Mornay Sauce and topped w/Seasoned Bread Crumbs). For a late night eat, a favorite spot of mine is Bereket for falafels and to watch drunks succeed at spilling their food all over themselves and failing at picking up chicks. Not for the faint of heart!