Chef Damon Wise recently agreed to oversee kitchen operations at both Sauvage in Greenpoint and its sibling restaurant, Maison Premiere, in Williamsburg. [Grub Street] True…
All John Gotti Wanted For Christmas Was This Infamous Address
This week and next, we present a series of longer pieces unraveling the histories of storied buildings. Nothing, at least nothing widely known, has happened…
Hallelujah, Film Forum Is Screening the Leonard Cohen Tour Doc, ‘Bird On a Wire’
If you’re still mourning the loss of Leonard Cohen last month, this may help: Film Forum is screening Tony Palmer’s classic documentary Leonard Cohen: Bird…
Is Mission Chinese Planning a Vietnamese Offshoot?
Mission Cantina has apparently closed after three years of serving up Mexican-Chinese-whatever food, but that doesn’t necessarily mean Danny Bowien’s Lower East Side empire is shrinking. According…
This ‘Squirranha’ Maker Is Just One Reason We’ll Miss the Morbid Anatomy Museum
Before the Morbid Anatomy Museum suddenly ceased operations in Gowanus, we stopped by its holiday flea market at Bell House and met Wilder Duncan, who, among other…
Live in Bret Easton Ellis or Aaron Neville’s Pads; Jude Law Hits Economy Candy
Tour the penthouse that until recently belonged to Grammy-winning singer Aaron Neville, who recently unloaded the $2.6 million property on E. 9th Street. [NY Post]…
Your Ears Will Be Ringing in the New Year, Thanks to Thurston Moore and John Zorn
Sure, you could spend your New Year’s Eve in a confessional, but that would be a sin. Instead, why not head over to The Stone…
Newly Signed Law Will Help Keep OId Folks Homes From Becoming Rich Folks Homes
It’s too late to save Rivington House, the former HIV treatment facility that a non-profit nursing home operator unexpectedly flipped to a luxury developer after…
Eerotica Comes to PBS: Eero Saarinen Documentary Premieres Tuesday
If last week’s groundbreaking at the TWA Flight Center has you super excited to see it become a hotel, you may want to tune into…
Now You’ll Definitely Want to Catch Nile Rodgers at the Public
When the Public Theater announced that musician/producer extraordinaire Nile Rodgers would grace its stage in January, we knew our fingers would be on the trigger…