The Bean opened its Williamsburg store today in the swank 101 Bedford complex at the corner of Bedford and North 11th. Full disclosure: we’re tapped…
Watch the New Slint Documentary (and the Kentucky Derby) With the Band
Hunter S. Thompson once deemed the Kentucky Derby decadent and depraved, but this Derby party looks quite lovely: Wythe Cinema, the screening room at the…
We’re Liveblogging the Lines and the Felines at NYC’s First Cat Cafe
Back in October, we had the idea for New York City’s first cat cafe. We’re not saying Purina stole that idea (that would be catty!)…
And Now, Watch Nick Zedd and Genesis Breyer P-Orridge Do Burroughs
The William S. Burroughs centenary continued last night with what might’ve been its marquee event — a marathon reading at St. Mark’s Poetry Project. And…
Yopparai’s Owners Are Opening an Izakaya Just A Block From Ivan Ramen
Ivan Ramen isn’t the only thing coming to Clinton Street that lovers of Japanese food have reason to be excited about. On May 4, less…
Before You Visit the Cat Cafe, Hang With the ‘Crazy Cat Lady of Drag’
Tomorrow our wildest dreams will be fulfilled when New York City’s first cat cafe comes to the Bowery (Gothamist “scooped” us on the preview shots).…
Dear Daily News: Stop Trying to Make ‘Hipster Highway’ Happen
Dear Daily News: We know that Greenpoint is a “hipster haven” — a term you’ve used at least 114 times in recent years — but…
Party at Kickstarter’s House!
Kickstarter has funded everything from sci-fi flicks starring Ai Wei Wei to co-working spaces to Bushwick breweries — and now the crowd-funding site is throwing a…
3 A.M. Ice Cream Sandwich Delivery Has Arrived in the East Village
In case ordering Ben & Jerry’s from the bodega at 1 a.m. wasn’t cutting it, Insomnia Cookies opened an outpost of its cookie delivery service…
Hear Steve Buscemi Do William S. Burroughs’s Talking Asshole Routine
Turns out, Steve Buscemi does a mean William S. Burroughs. Or so we discovered at Project Issue Room last night when the actor reenacted some of the…