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(Mailing list members already got a sneak peak at the winners of this year’s Best Food in the Neighborhood Awards, but for everyone else, we will announce one winner every day at 4pm. Remember, these awards are based on total votes by readers and are not chosen by MadParkNews.)

Next up is Best coffee near Madison Square Park and the Flatiron…

And the winner this year is Lavazza at Eataly (200 5th Avenue) , with Stumptown at the Ace coming in second place, and Birch Coffee coming in 3rd place. Congratulations!

Birch Coffee (5 East 27th Street) is hosting their 3rd annual Arrested Development marathon, showing every single episode from one of the best tv comedy series ever. While it won 6 Emmy awards, a Golden Globe, and was named by TIME as one of the 100 best TV series of all time, it seemed to go under the radar of most people. They will play them in order and if you are new to the show, I suggest getting their from the first episode. If you are watching them again, come any time to watch a few episodes.

If you have not see it, it’s definitely worth watching (ideally from the beginning). It stars Jason Bateman, David Cross, Michael Cera, Portia de Rossi, Jeffrey Tambor, Will Arnett, and Ron Howard with voiceover, among many amazing cameos.

It runs 9am to 9pm on both January 1st and January 2nd and they will have nonstop food and drink specials. See more at www.birchcoffee.com/blog/3rd-annual-arrested-development-marathon.

Relive the great moments…Tobias trying out for the Blue Man Group, the Cornballer, ‘light treason’ for using the family business to build palaces for Saddam Hussein.

Can’t make it? You can download the episodes for free on Amazon if you are a prime member (or stream them by episode or get the 3 dvd bundle). Arrested Development: The Complete Series (Seasons 1-3 Bundle)

Tonight at Burch Coffee (5 East 27th Street in the Gershwin Hotel) they are celebrating with complimentary drinks ‘including our house white wine, red sangria, PBR, and of course iced coffee’. It goes from 7-10pm so get over there!

What are they celebrating? The launch of their iced coffee jug delivery service and their new website (http://www.birchcoffee.com/). With the jug delivery service you can get a weekly or bi-weekly delivery of cold-brewed iced coffee to your office or home and be the hippest company on the block (with caffeinated, happy employees).

This evening at Birch Coffee (5 West 27th Street in the Gershwin Hotel) there will be a reception for Daniel N Johnson’s Underwater photography exhibit.

The reception runs from 7-9pm and there will be wine and hors d’oeuvres. Stop by after work.

Birch Coffee Birch Coffee (5 East 27th street) recently introduced the 64-ounce refillable Growler iced coffee, which they cold brew for 24 hours to keep the rich coffee flavor often lost by pouring hot coffee over ice.

It’s $20 for the full jug and you can bring it back for a refill for $15. They say it even keeps for about a month.

The New York Post just wrote up the latest Birch offering.

While the Armory art Shows are running in March, Birch Coffee (5 East 27th Street at the Gershwin Hotel) will be featuring hyper-local artists on their walls, and by hyper-local we don’t mean NYC or Manhattan or even the Madison Square Park area – we mean a show curated by and comprised of work from the artists on Birch Coffee’s staff.

“The Birch Staff Visual Variety Show” will be up all of March, with an opening reception on Friday, March 4th, 5pm – 9pm.

Birch Coffee (5 East 27th Street at the Gershwin Hotel) is hosting the 2nd annual Arrested Development marathon, showing every single episode from one of the best tv comedy series ever. While it won 6 Emmy awards, a Golden Globe, and was named by TIME as one of the 100 best TV series of all time, it seemed to go under the radar of most people. If you have not see it, it’s definitely worth watching (ideally from the beginning). It stars Jason Bateman, Michael Cera, Portia de Rossi, Jeffrey Tambor, Will Arnett, and Ron Howard with voiceover, among many amazing cameos.

It runs noon to 9pm on both Saturday, January 1st and Sunday, January 2nd and they will have nonstop food and drink specials.

Relive the great moments…Tobias trying out for the Blue Man Group, the Cornballer, ‘light treason’ for using the family business to build palaces for Saddam Hussein.