Erik Piepenburg
@erikpiepenburg
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Writer for @nytimes since 2004. Author of DINING OUT, about America’s 🌈 restaurants. Cleveland native. Very gay.
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Joined April 2010
Today’s poll: The trust fund kids shopping at this store on the LES know that Fugazi was a band.
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The billboard across the street is playing an ad for the Rock Hall’s SNL exhibit, so occasionally I’ll look out my window and just see this.
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From a raunchy horror comedy to a more compassionate horror comedy: My latest for @nytimes looks at the (still splatterific) new #ToxicAvenger starring Peter Dinklage.
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A look at the making of Macon Blair’s reboot, which arrives for a new generation of outcasts.
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Atlanta! I’m coming back on Sept 4 to talk about Gallus, the Silver Grill, the Colonnade and other gay restaurants that made the city a 🌈 culinary destination for decades. Join me and two very special guests and let’s dish. More info: https://t.co/epCRDT9O6I
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Did you see #WeaponsMovie this weekend? I have some thoughts on what the heck might’ve been going on in this bonkers movie.
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A spoiler-heavy journey through some of the movie’s mysteries.
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The new horror movie “The Home” is a mess, but as someone who has spent time visiting retirement homes and nursing homes for years, its horrors about aging are on the money. My @nytimes review:
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James DeMonaco, the creator of the “Purge” franchise, directs Pete Davidson in this horror indictment of the American elder care system.
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Nutso grandparents and deranged cultists: My latest horror movie picks for @nytimes
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This month’s picks include menacing grandparents, famished vampires and pernicious cultists.
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A special message to Cleveland and Ohio from @JamesGunn ahead of tonight’s @Superman screening in Downtown Cleveland. #FilmedInCLE
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Happy Pride! I’ve got some 🌈 horror movie recommendations if you’d rather stay home than go to the parade!
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Standouts include a lesbian-coded vampire thriller and a Mexican folk-horror drama.
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Thanks for the fun interview @mbona30 and @clevelanddotcom! I’m looking forward for some hometown talk.
NE #Ohio native author's book explores history of gay restaurants over time throughout U.S. - speak-and-sign events set for June 18 and June 20 @clevelanddotcom @erikpiepenburg
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Thanks to @clevelanddotcom for a fun interview about my new book! Come say hi at my events in Rocky River and Hingetown!
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Author Erik Piepenburg, a Northeast Ohio native, returns to Greater Cleveland for speak-and-sign events this week.
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So this is how it feels to be reviewed in the New York Times 😁
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John Birdsall’s “What Is Queer Food?” and Erik Piepenburg’s “Dining Out” both seek to define the place of cuisine in queer culture, history and expression.
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Matthew Leifheit’s “No Time at All,” culled from VHS recordings of gay men’s choruses made at the height of the AIDS crisis, plays through speakers nestled in the New York City AIDS Memorial.
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Matthew Leifheit’s “No Time at All,” culled from recordings made at the height of the AIDS crisis, plays through speakers nestled in the New York City AIDS Memorial.
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perhaps the best opening line to a Grub Street Diet that you could possibly imagine
What does a Washington Square diner today have to do with gay teens in the 60s? How is an Automat like Grindr ? I explain it all in my @grubstreet Diet and in my new book DINING OUT.
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What does a Washington Square diner today have to do with gay teens in the 60s? How is an Automat like Grindr ? I explain it all in my @grubstreet Diet and in my new book DINING OUT.
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“The dining room isn’t as gay as when I went there in the ‘90s, but whatever.”
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I’m heading to Fort Lauderdale/Wilton Manors soon to talk about 🌈 restaurants and my new book and I seriously cannot wait another second https://t.co/120OVmTnM0
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I got the rare opportunity to chat with Sally Hawkins for @nytimes
In a rare interview, Sally Hawkins discusses tackling a difficult, sensitive and often dastardly role in “Bring Her Back,” the latest horror offering from Danny and Michael Philippou.
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Celebrating publication day of my new book DINING OUT, about America’s 🌈 restaurants, with pix of last night’s fantastic @strandbookstore event and a photo of me enjoying my diner go to: rice pudding with whipped cream and cinnamon. Book + tour info here: https://t.co/JFvbvI0puV
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Got to see/hear Erik Piepenburg read from and talk about his new book DINING OUT: FIRST DATES, DEFIANT NIGHTS, AND LAST CALL DISCO FRIES AT AMERICA’S GAY RESTAURANTS at The Strand tonight. Super inspiring. Congratulations @erikpiepenburg on tomorrow’s release! @strandbookstore
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