Bedford Avenue isn’t just getting a cupcake baker — it’s also getting a maker of cupcake-shaped soaps.
Cops Nab East Village Burglary Suspect, On Alert After Two Shootings
Police are concerned that two disturbing “back to back” shootings in the East Village will result in retaliation from “unhappy” people who know the injured…
Demolition Set to Begin on Clinton Street As Clock Runs Out On WD~50
Permits were filed yesterday to tear down 52 Clinton Street in the Lower East Side, making way for the luxury condo development that is forcing the…
Dojo Izakaya Is Now Serving Up Soba On Ave B
Oodles of noodles! While East Williamsburg has a new ramen refuge, the East Village just scored a new soba spot. Chef David Bouhadana just opened his second restaurant in the…
Sushi Shots, Anyone? Samurai Mama Has Quietly Opened a Ramen Refuge
This is kind of amazing: a little over a month ago, Williamsburg favorite Samurai Mama managed to open a spin-off without any of the food…
Mission Chinese Food Gets Its Awning On
Looks like LES poster boy Danny Bowien is a little closer to reopening Mission Chinese Food in the former Rosette space on East Broadway —…
A Sitting With the Man Who Shot Kurt Cobain
It’s 1993 all over again: yesterday Kim Deal of the Breeders released a new video, tickets go on sale today at noon for Helmet and Smashing…
Bushwick Councilman Wants SantaCon Gone; Enough ‘New Brooklyn’ Trend Pieces
Two real estate companies partnered to purchase five floors of 101 E. 10th Street—a School of Visual Arts dorm—with plans to rework the building into…
‘Cupcake With a Cause’ Replaces Polish Longtimer in the East Village
A cupcake shop is coming to the East Village storefront that held the First Avenue Pierogi & Deli for some three decades. But before you go moaning…
Mile High Run Club Is Now Up and Running in Noho
The boxing gym that replaced the Yippies isn’t the only sporty newcomer to Noho. Last month, Debora Warner of Mile High Run Club told us her treadmill studio would “evoke the…