As we tweeted over the weekend, The Standard East Village’s cafe — called Café Standard, natch — has opened for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and late-night…
The Katz’s Pop-Up Got Its First Celebrity Patron
After just a couple of weeks on Houston Street, the Katz’s Deli pop-up has its first celebrity buyer. According to its Facebook page, longtime Katz’s…
‘She’s Living This Bohemian Dream,’ Ukulele in Hand
It’s not every ukulele player who goes from being homeless and broke to filling the room at CMJ. But last month at Ella Lounge, the…
Area Returns Tonight While The Dom Becomes an e-Cig Store
Two of Andy Warhol’s old hangs are suddenly back on everyone’s minds: The Dom was mentioned in some of those tributes to Lou Reed, since…
You Know These New Yorkers, But Can You Guess Who They’re Voting For?
After finding out who 300 of your neighbors are voting for, we once again teamed up with NYU’s Studio 20 to find out who and…
Win a Prize at the Vine Film Festival or Watch the Stone Roses on the Big Screen
A six-second “film” isn’t going to stand up against classics like Goodfellas or Vertigo, but with the ADD generation upon us, maybe this is the…
Watch Cat Marnell and Richard Kern Talk Girls, Drugs, and Girls on Drugs
Last night two East Village iconoclasts rolled into the Newsroom, and it was major. We paired writer Cat Marnell with photographer Richard Kern for a…
Here’s Our Mondo Map of How, Why (and Whether!) 300 Of Your Neighbors Are Voting
It’s been clear since the political ads started airing in August: New York City is in a ‘fromance with Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio. And…
The East Village’s Shiny New 7-Eleven Has Already Been Defiled
…by someone should probably learn how to spell “prostitution.” Or maybe it was Banksy. Either way, 7-Eleven took swift action after we tweeted this yesterday…
Otto’s Tacos Starts Slinging Carnitas Today
The East Village got Empire Biscuit last week (at closing time Sunday there was a biscuit bouncer at the door shooing folks off) and today…