If you think NoHo restaurants Il Buco and its offshoot Alimentari e Vineria are exquisitely appointed (and who wouldn’t?), take note: owner Donna Lennard wants to decorate your apartment.
Lennard, who opened Il Buco as an antique store two decades ago, is returning to her roots with Il Buco Vita, a new showroom on the second floor of 51 Bond Street.
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Todd Patrick’s latest all-ages venture, Trans-Pecos, opened last night in the old Silent Barn space on the Bushwick/Ridgewood border. There wasn’t an overabundance of fanfare at the “preview show,” maybe because of an unforeseen pause in L train service. A decent-sized crowd came out to watch Gnaw, Notekillers and Psalm Zero, a lineup curated by Northern Spy Records. But the unknowing visitor might not have guessed that the occasion was semi-momentous, or, more likely, he or she wouldn’t have even known about it at all.
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Normally we’d be freaked out by a giant bear watching over our shoulder while we eat, but for Bushwick’s cozy and ambitious new Russian cafe, we’ll make an exception. “Nobody really recreates Russian food for a modern palette,” says Ksenya Roz, an artist turned cuisinier who opened Dillinger’s less than two weeks ago. Keep Reading »
Rustico, the crepes-and-coffee spot replacing Iconic Hand Rolls on First Avenue, has fired up its grinder and griddle.
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Don’t want to grow up cuz you’re a Toys”R”Us kid? Then this is just the place to score a cap-gun mirror, cupcake seats, and ice cream benches for your $1 million condo.
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After last week’s preview glimpse into the hotly anticipated Rough Trade store, we couldn’t resist returning for its opening today, to see the finished product.
Well, not quite finished. The cafe and bar aren’t yet open, and co-owner Stephen Godfroy assured us, “We’re going to add the fat to the store.”
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Last month, Frank Traynor was forced to disassemble the wooden shack he’d been using as an art shop for over a year and a half. The garden on India Street where it had survived rent-free was set to be paved over for a development project — so, with the help of some friends, he put the shack on a truck and drove it 2.5 miles to Bushwick.
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Dirk the Norseman isn’t the only microbrewery opening imminently. Paulaner, the 375-year-old German beer brand, opens its first U.S. brauhaus this week on the Bowery. Prepare for impact.
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Dirck the Norseman, opening in Greenpoint next month, has all the makings of heaven on earth. At least for those who love all things beer. And Belgian fries. And old church pews around a wood-burning fireplace.
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We didn’t think Bleecker Street could get any more authentically Spanish than that place that serves chips and salsa before your meal, but on Monday, it shall! Last night we got a sneak peak at the first NYC location of 100 Montaditos, a Spanish fast-casual chain that has 270 restaurants around Europe, Mexico and Colombia. (By sneak peak, we mean we were plied with free mugs of sangria and mini sandwiches.)
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The Meat Hook (Photo: M.P. Foss for NY Mag)
This really is going to be the biggest thing since sliced bread: the Meat Hook is opening a sandwich shop.
Tom Mylan just dropped the news, via email, that his Williamsburg butcher shop is opening a spot on Lorimer Street, near Powers Street, right next to Gimme! Coffee. Watch out, Campbell Cheese & Grocery!
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