Consider Governor Andrew Cuomo your new drinking buddy. As we recently noted, he signed legislation exempting small-time breweries from brand label registration fees, resulting in…
Comedians Will Talk Shit (Literally) at the Lower East Side Film Festival
When the Gilbert Gottfried documentary, Gilbert, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, we learned more than we ever wanted to about the potty-mouthed comedian’s bathroom…
Smorg Vendor Tramezzini Brings Its Venetian Sandos to the Lower East Side
First came Trapizzino, and now comes Tramezzini. Lower East Siders are getting a serious education in Italian street sandos. Back in February, the Roman pizza…
San Fran-Style Super Burritos Are Hitting the Rockaway Boardwalk, Starting Friday
After befriending each other as teenagers in the Bay Area, Eugene Cleghorn and Sam Neely moved to New York and had an idea: Wouldn’t it…
Book It To These Three Book Fairs
We can only agree with the Strand when it says Make America Read Again. Hence, a heads up about three upcoming book fairs. BookExpo America…
The William Vale Opens Its Pool, Launching Williamsburg Wading Season
Ever since its opening last summer, The William Vale has added more and more amenities to its little corner of Williamsburg– the most recent being…
Butcher Bar Is the Latest Outer-Borough BBQ Spot to Land in Manhattan
I haven’t yet watched the new season of Master of None (maybe I’m still smarting from getting bounced by Aziz Ansari from the William Vale),…
Go to Church to Hear Philip Glass on a Newly Restored, 105-Year-Old Pipe Organ
Back in December, when online radio station The Lot added a vintage school bus to its chill hangspot in Greenpoint, we noted that they had…
Riis Park Beach Bazaar Returns For Another Season in Rockaway
First Nowadays, and now another one of our favorite outdoor destinations has unveiled its summertime programming. The Riis Park Beach Bazaar is returning on Memorial…
See an ‘Accidental Time Capsule’ Unearthed By East Village School Kids
A couple of years ago, a fourth grader at the Children’s Workshop School, in the East Village, discovered something magical about a closet in his…