The Lower East Side is one step closer to getting a new art-house movie theater. Locals hailing from all walks of life, from the director…
Judah Friedlander On His New Book and His Evolution From World Champ to World Champion
I was sitting in the Olive Tree Cafe, upstairs from the Comedy Cellar, flipping through Judah Friedlander’s new book. Largely single-panel cartoons, the book’s drawings run…
Fuku Starts Delivering, Immediately Breaks Caviar
We thought today’s expansion of Maple would be the most exciting delivery news in David Chang’s world (anyone who orders lunch or dinner gets one of…
Brooklyn ‘Nerd Core’ Clothing Company Wants to Make ‘Farm to Closet’ Fashion the Next Big Thing
“I don’t understand why everyone isn’t juicing, it’s just so easy,” I once overheard a waifish juice bar owner declare to her perfectly coiffed dog, or…
Greenpoint Hardware Store Fire; Tim Burton Trivia at Otto’s Shrunken Head
Early this morning a fire broke out at Best Value Hardware on Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint. [Patch] AltSchool, a pet project of Mark Zuckerberg that…
A Look at WildFeast at Riis, Serving Beachside Fish Tacos Through the Winter
Last month when we brought word that the folks at Riis Park Beach Bazaar had decided to keep slinging drinks through the winter, and that…
‘Post-Op’ Stitches a Tale of ‘Gender Confirmation’ Surgery Into Musical Theater
A little past 8pm, the band atop the Wild Project’s bare stage begins to play an opening jaunt by Zoe Sarnak, part of a genre-bending…
David Chang’s Delivery Service, Maple, Expands Downtown
Downtown’s stay-at-home gourmands already have a bevy of options for food delivery: back in June, we test-ran the latest of them: Munchery, Caviar Fastbite, and…
Popping Into Cassette, a French Catalonian Newcomer in Greenpoint
“It’s sort of an unknown region in Southern France, very poor, with incredible food,” explained Henry Moynahan Rich, owner of neighborhood greats like East Williamsburg’s Fitzcarraldo and…
Check Out Smorgasburg and Brooklyn Flea’s Winter Market in Sunset Park
After turns in downtown Brooklyn, Williamsburg, and Crown Heights, Brooklyn Flea and Smorgasburg’s winter market reopened in Sunset Park this past weekend, in the sunny…