New Yorkers today learned some shocking news: beloved Cajun/Creole restaurant Great Jones Cafe will close tonight and may or may not reopen. Tipsters told EV…
Legendary Art Duo McDermott & McGough Are Building an ‘Oscar Wilde Temple’
Legendary New York art team McDermott & McGough — known, among other things, for spending 15 years living in the East Village while dressed as…
Performance Picks: AI Theater, the ‘Courtney Love of Comedy,’ and More
THURSDAY Not Dead Yet Thursday, July 20 at C’mon Everybody, 8:30 pm: $5 advance, $7 doors This comedy show, hosted by the multi-talented and highly…
Drink from a Literal Negroni Fountain at Dante’s New Location
Dante, the award-winning Greenwich Village bar-restaurant best known for its negroni on tap (and its sadly discontinued $1 martini specials), is launching a new satellite…
We Poked Our Head into the Newest Poke Bowl Spot, Raw Mkt
The latest fast-casual joint to hit NYU’s West 8th Street corridor is also the latest poke bowl spot to hit the city. No, this one…
Thousands Rally For Planned Parenthood in the Face of Anti-Abortion Demonstration
Back-to-back demonstrations in support of Planned Parenthood brought thousands to the Village on Saturday, with some 200 Pro-Choice advocates squaring off against a scattering of…
What Happens When You Stop and Talk to a Clipboard Person
I can come up with a handful of half-decent excuses to not talk to a canvasser on the street, ranging from the whiny to the…
Gowanus BBQ Joint Pig Beach Opens a Grown-Up Spot, Pig Bleecker
Just a couple of months after Gowanus barbecue joint Pig Beach converted itself into a seasonal burger joint, the restaurant remains on Eater’s “heat map”…
Performance Picks: Murder Mystery, Spaghetti Puppetry, and Poetry Marathons for the New Year
WEDNESDAY Future Forms Wednesday, December 28 at Throne Watches, 8 pm: FREE Mary Houlihan, Joe Rumrill, Sam Taggart, and Julio Torres’s recurring comedy show Future…
The Story of the Gaslight Café, Where Dylan Premiered ‘A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall’
This week, we present a series of longer pieces unraveling the histories of storied buildings. Bartenders with beards and tattoos serve $15 cocktails to a…