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Tuesday March 31st brought The Village Voice’s second annual “Choice Eats” tasting event, held at the 69^th Armory on Lexington Avenue. Featuring 56 restaurants in 37 categories (not to mention roughly 4,297 liquor, beer and wine sponsors), the armory was filled to capacity with foodies from all over New York scarfing down as much as free grub as they could to warrant the almost-too-moderate $30 ticket price. Robert Sietsema, the famed Village Voice food critic, hand-picked each participating restaurant for one of their signature dishes, and there was a smattering of everything from tongue sandwiches to stuffed peppers to your everything-but-basic staple of homemade bread and butter. Don’t miss next year’s inevitably sold out event, because in times like these, it’s worth every penny.