By now you’re probably past the denial stage of grief and it has started to sink in that Other Music is closing at the end…
Pour Out a Pint For Dempsey’s Pub, Leaving the East Village After 24 Years
Irish eyes ain’t smiling. First Puck Fair, and now this. The next three days are your last chance to grab a pint at East Village…
St. Mark’s Bookshop Will Close For Good This Sunday
The St. Mark’s Bookshop has made it official: after nearly 40 years in business, the beloved East Village bookstore will close for good at the…
Huitzilli Packs Up Its Guayaberas After Some ‘Not So Great’ Changes in Williamsburg
Huitzilli, a colorful boutique specializing in Mexican clothing and jewelry, is vacating its home of seven years after its building was sold. Emily Cantrell, the shop’s…
St. Mark’s Bookshop Receives ‘Execution Notice,’ Down to Final Hours
A lawyer for the struggling St. Mark’s Bookshop tells us “they’re probably not going to be around much longer, we’re talking days.” Since we last reported…
The Sock Man Is Closing, and Patricia Field Is Having a Liquidation Sale
The story of Mamoun’s had a happy ending, but not so for another St. Marks Place institution. Marty “The Sock Man” Rosen is shuttering his…
‘The Good Old Days Are Gone’: Gallery Vercon Leaves the EV After 29 Years
After 29 years firmly planted on East Village’s fashion row, Gallery Vercon boutique is closing its doors on January 15. In the meantime all the…
Cameo Gallery’s Owner Explains What Went Wrong
I first met Jify Shah back in 2014 when things were looking up for the owner of Cameo Gallery, a venue that became a mainstay…
We’re Still Waiting For the ‘Last Special Nights’ of Lit Lounge
We waited with bated breath last week for what we expected to be an epic reopening of Lit Lounge. Last month the bar, which is…
Trash Bar’s ‘Epic and Chaotic’ Last Night Will Be June 27
Just a couple months after Trash Bar (albeit a fictitious version of it) was called a “New York landmark” on network television, the Williamsburg dive…