New Yorkers are always bothered, but there is something about summer in the city that drives us all insane.

Whether it be the heat, which feels more intense when reflecting off the pavement, or the putrid smells emanating from, well, every corner, the season leads to madness.

How to solve the problem? The first step is to identify the issues—which is why we’ve asked New Yorkers to tell us all about their summer pet peeves. 

In terms of solutions, we are all ears: feel free to share tips to ease our summer anxiety… and perhaps wear some deodorant on the subway moving forward?

All the smells!

Urine! (Hot) garbage! Diesel! Armpits!

Respondents had loads of complaints when it came to the city’s aroma, which undoubtedly gets more intense in the hot climate. 

“You can tell if it’s 90 and dry or 90 and humid by whether you smell dog or human pee more,” someone commented, and we couldn’t agree more. 

Tourists

Summer is travel season, which means that the amount of tourists visiting NYC significantly increases during the warmer months … causing pedestrian traffic jams that just add on to our daily frustrations. 

We’ll spare you the exact comments, but New Yorkers seem to have a specific message for visitors: stop looking around and just move.

The heat

Yes, it’s summer. Yes, it’s supposed to be hot. No, we can’t stand it.

Mostly, New Yorkers seem to be baffled by the temperatures underground and we can’t disagree with them: we get people on the moon but can’t figure out how to properly ventilate the subway system, one of the most trafficked in the world.

“The heat on [the] 14th Street train station and 96th Street station during the summer,” someone specifically called out.

“The air standing still in the subway,” someone else remarked very much on point.

New York City officials, consider this our plea to find a solution!

Proximity to other humans

We’re all living vertically on top of each other, so you would think that being close to another human body is something that New Yorkers are not only used to but accept. Not in the summer.

“[My pet peeve] is when people squeeze next to you on public transportation and rest their arms or legs skin-to-skin [on] yours,” someone wrote. “Gross. We are not friends, lovers or family members. Keep your skin to yourself.”

Although we’re partial to the veracity of the claim, we do believe this specific reader to be a bit… extra? Here’s a suggestion: stand up and remove yourself from an uncomfortable situation, perhaps giving the source of your anger a dirty look (we are in New York, after all).

* This article was originally published here

New York is loaded with great sandwiches, from homegrown classics like the BEC, the pastrami on rye and the chopped cheese, to delicious imports like the Italian creations being constructed over at All’antico Vinaio, a family-run, Florence-based sandwich shop that opened its first NYC brick-and-mortar in fall 2021 with its Times Square sandwich shop. (The concept had previously popped up 2019 at Joe Bastianich’s Otto.)

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Three years later, the Italian chainlet now boasts three more full-time locations throughout New York City—on the Upper East Side (36 E 60th Street), in Greenwich Village (89 7th Ave. South) and near Washington Square Park (225 Sullivan Street). And it’s ready to debut its fifth, at 7 West 25th Street in NoMad. And it’s celebrating the new member of the All’antico Vinaio family by giving away 1,000 free sandwiches on Wednesday, June 26. 

Yes, just as the restaurant team did to commemorate the opening of its West Village location earlier this year, the All’antico Vinaio will be giving out cibo gratis (a.k.a. free food) tomorrow beginning at 11am. At the bi-level new space—which features the brand’s biggest sandwich counter yet and focaccia baked fresh daily on premises—CEO and founder Tommaso Mazzanti will be on hand at the grand opening to cut some ribbons and kiss some babies. 

After the ribbon-cutting ceremony, Mazzanti and Co. will dole out free sandwiches made with freshly baked Tuscan schiacciata bread to New Yorkers. (One per person, per favore!) It’s unclear exactly which of All’antico Vinaio famed focaccia-bound sandwiches will be on offer during the grand-opening giveaway, but the shop is especially famous for its Schiacciata la Favolosa, prepared with sbriciolona (typical Florentine salami), pecorino cream, artichoke cream and fried eggplant, so fingers crossed you get your hands on one of those!

* This article was originally published here