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Jorge Arias of Bushwick’s The Sampler Has Opened an East Village Wine Shop

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The interior of Urban Wines (photo: Allyson Shiffman)

The interior of Urban Wines (photo: Allyson Shiffman)

Urban Wines. (Photo: Allyson Shiffman)

Urban Wines. (Photo: Allyson Shiffman)

The opening of a new wine store is always cause for celebration, particularly if it boasts a healthy selection of bottles under $15, daily tastings and signage featuring Walter White. That’s precisely what you get with Urban Wines, which opened this past Saturday on First Avenue between Second and Third Streets.

“Every day I like to have a glass of wine,” says owner Jorge Arias. “So I open a bottle and share it with the customers.”
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This Massive Athletic Club Is Coming to the Williamsburg-Greenpoint Border

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photo(5)Williamsburg-Greenpoint is getting a 17,000-square-foot training facility where locals can work off the beers they downed next-door at Spritzenhaus. While their kids are looked after.

Brooklyn Athletic Club is slated to open in July in the heart of Berry Hill, at 8 Berry Street. The four-floor complex will feature a full gym, yoga and pilates classes, and triathlon and strong man training rooms.
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Williamsburg’s Croxley Abbey Has More TV Sets Than You Have Teeth

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(Photos: Jenna Marotta)

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Despite 38 television sets, 10-cent wing nights*, 48 tap beers plus nearly 80 bottles, the owners of Croxley Abbey in Williamsburg — the sixth location in the Croxley Ales chain of sports bars — say they’re not trying to appeal to frat guys.
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Do Your Apartment Ace Hotel-Style at Rough Luxe, a New Home Design Shop

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Rough Luxe. (Photos: Jenna Marotta)

Rough Luxe. (Photos: Jenna Marotta)

Metal console, $1,299.

Metal console, $1,299.

Polish steel table with leather top and rivet trim, $799.

Polish steel table with leather top and rivet trim, $799.

Bronze spotlight with chain, $799

Bronze spotlight with chain, $799

Reclaimed wood dining table ($3,299) and bench ($1,699).

Reclaimed wood dining table ($3,299) and bench ($1,699).

Three chairs (from left: $399, $499, $499).

Three chairs (from left: $399, $499, $499).

Reclaimed platform bed, $3,999, made in Vietnam.

Reclaimed platform bed, $3,999, made in Vietnam.

Rough Luxe. (Photos: Jenna Marotta)Metal console, $1,299.Polish steel table with leather top and rivet trim, $799.Bronze spotlight with chain, $799Reclaimed wood dining table ($3,299) and bench ($1,699).Three chairs (from left: $399, $499, $499).Reclaimed platform bed, $3,999, made in Vietnam.

Feltraiger isn’t the only retro-minded store that’s recently relocated to Williamsburg. After a little over a year in Dumbo, Thomas Buczkowski, a veteran of Brooklyn Flea, closed Rough Hewn in October and has now opened a new home design store, Rough Luxe, on Broadway.
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An ‘Arabian French Bistro’ Opens On Avenue A Tonight

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photo: Frank Linkoff

Photo: Frank Linkoff

If the East Village didn’t already have enough restaurants which marry two seemingly disparate cultures, tonight it can add “Arabian French Bistro” Au Za’atar to the list. Located at 12th and A (in the space that previously housed Table 12), the restaurant’s menu certainly leans towards Arabian: there’s a range of traditional mezze (hummus, falafel, lamb tartare with scallion and mint) as well as grilled kebabs, various lamb dishes, and Tunisian cous cous served vegetarian or with lamb, merguez or chicken.
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Williamsburg Gets a New Shop For Natty Menswear and Beard Pomade

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After closing its Lower East Side store in December, Feltraiger soft-opened in Williamsburg this past weekend, quietly joining the neighborhood’s increasingly hip Grand Street strip. The new store is just off of Bedford, in what was previously the home of our pop-up Newsroom.
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The East Village’s Newest Coffee Shop Slides Open Its Back Bar This Week

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(Photo: Janice Yi)

(Photo: Janice Yi)

The Roost is the OG hip-as-hell coffee shop of our wildest hopes and dreams: Brooklyn Roasting Company single origin beans, Balthazar pastries, fresh flowers and — come Wednesday — a monstrous speakeasy offering up to 16 lines of craft beer (naturally the coffee shop of our dreams is also a bar). It’s even got an OG East Village owner, Vito DiTomaso, who opened the original Luca Lounge on the very same block (in the space The Roost now occupies and the adjacent space) in ’97.
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A New Nook For Sushi and Chicken Hearts

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(Photo: Daniel Maurer)

(Photo: Daniel Maurer)

East Villagers, if you’re searching for a new sushi standby following the closing of Sapporo East and Shima and the relocation of Sushi Lounge, newly opened Sushi Zayy might be a contender.

Taking over the space that previously housed Pudgie’s/Nathan’s/Arthur Treacher’s, the restaurant offers your regular soup/salad/sushi/sashimi/maki fare as well as a $40 omakase option. Things get interesting in the grilled chicken section, where there are copious options (thighs, hearts, neck, soft bone… pick your poison).
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Joseph Latimore (Passerby, Panda) Has Opened Sensei, ‘For Artists and People Who Love Art’

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Athena LaTocha's New Works, Installation View at Sensei Gallery. (Photo: Allyson Shiffman)

Athena LaTocha’s new works at Gallery Sensei. (Photo: Allyson Shiffman)

For every couple of dozen unpleasant openings and closings in LES, there’s one that manages to restore our faith in the neighborhood, if only for a glorious moment. Gallery Sensei, a 2,000 sq. ft. gallery and arts event space at 278 Grand Street, is one such opening. The permanent outpost of the art project of the same name, Sensei promises exhibitions, art events and even booze! Yes, there’s a charming bar in the back of the space ideal for discussing the works on view or how much your rent has gone up this month.
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Another Manhattanite, The Bean, Hits Bedford Avenue

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(Photo: Elizabeth Flock)

(Photo: Elizabeth Flock)

Because Bedford Avenue isn’t caffeinated enough, The Bean, a chain of East Village coffee shops popular with NYU students, is planning to open a location along Williamsburg’s main thoroughfare this Spring. And the Manhattanization of Bedford continues!

The Bean’s fourth outpost — in a brand new residential building at 101 Bedford, just a block from McCarren Park — is due to open this April.
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Greenpoint Is a Little Closer to Greenland, With This New Nordic Coffee Shop

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(Photo: Ryan Porush)

(Photo: Ryan Porush)

Just a month after Greenpoint got a Swedish coffee shop, it has a Nordic one to match. Today, Budin opened on Greenpoint Avenue. A specialty latte can run you $7, but don’t be Scandi-lized: there are plenty of cheaper options, including a $3 espresso. Most of the coffee products are from roasters in Scandinavia that get their beans primarily from South American and Africa.
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