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Union Square Finally <em>Arrives</em> with T.G.I. Friday's
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John Del Signore
Published Jun 25, 2010
Modified Jun 26, 2010
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The NYC-founded fun bar food franchise T.G.I. Friday's has finally brought its flare to Union Square, opening up its multilevel location in the old Zen Palate space earlier this week. This is obviously wonderful news, but why do we still have to schlep all the way up to Times Square just to enjoy a Dave & Buster's? Can't that weirdo Union Square Cafe get with the program and sell out to an Applebee's or something? Variety is so two thousand late. To celebrate Friday's triumphant arrival in style, here is video of the Dead Kennedys performing "This Could Be Anywhere," live in 1985. The audio is surprisingly not bad!:
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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