One of the Lower East Side’s most storied and significant art exhibits has been resurrected at James Fuentes Gallery, just a few blocks from where…
St. Marks Gains an Outdoor Sipping Spot, Loses a Free Sample Haven
St. Marks Place lost a prime peoplewatching spot when Japadog closed recently, but now it’s gained another place for freakspotting: Kung Fu Tea, the Taiwanese…
Have a Look at Swallow Cafe’s New Williamsburg Spot
The Bean isn’t the only cafe expanding into a recently constructed Williamsburg building: Morgan-stop favorite Swallow Cafe opened an outpost at 493 Driggs Avenue last…
Clayton Patterson Leaves the LES; Gagosian Crosses Delancey
After 35 years, iconic LES documentarian Clayton Patterson is leaving the Lower East Side for Austria. He echos what he told us at the B+B…
Dumont’s Landlord Has Given It 5 Days to Leave Its Home of 12 Years
When Dumont closed in January following the suicide of owner Colin Devlin, his widow Kristina Greene said she was merely completing some upgrades and would…
Handsome Dan’s Has Quietly, Colorfully Opened an East Village Candy Shop
Imagine our surprise today when we saw a gleaming new outpost of Williamsburg candy shop Handsome Dan’s occupying the storefront that 30-year-old A-1 Music vacated…
Jim Jarmusch Isn’t Nostalgic; Ridgewood Is the ‘Next Big Thing’
Sitting at B Bar, Jim Jarmusch tells The Times, “I’m not nostalgic, because New York’s only about change and conning everybody out of whatever they…
Is This Wes Anderson Tribute the Best Sandwich Board of All-Time?
Spotted at Luke’s Lobster today: “The Grand Budapescatarian Hotel,” featuring Stingray Fiennes and a veritable plateau de fruits de mer of co-stars. Sure, Marc Spitz…
Boardwalk Empire’s Buggies Are Back On East 12th Street
Funny we were just talking about Steve Buscemi. The former Lower East Sider’s show, Boardwalk Empire, has returned to John’s of 12th Street and the…
Bitch About Gentrification and Get a Free Dinner
Usually when you’re complaining about gentrification it’s at some dive bar that’s going to be replaced by a molecular mixology lab, but Henry Street Settlement…