A popular East Village slice joint plans to reopen despite what it says is an unreasonable demand for dough.
East Village Tenants Say ‘Enough Is Enough’ to Alleged Predatory Landlord
Karen Platt has been channeling her frustrations through the satisfying scrape of chalk across concrete. After years of living with dust, noise, and health hazards…
Meet Izzy Man, the Spendthrift, Serial-Monogamist Rapper From Queens
“Can you say love?” IZZY MAN asked the crowd during a recent performance at Bowery Electric. Behind him, four backup singers, two guitar players and a…
Shows: Your Cyberpunk Future and Women of the Katy Perry Research Institute
Negative Approach, Night Birds, Child Bite, Outskirts Sunday, Nov. 29th, 8 pm at The Acheron: $15 Years back, I was day drinking at an unassuming…
Denture Theft in Williamsburg; Bun-Ker Vietnamese Expands
Advocates of the Children’s Magical Garden received a recent victory when a judge failed to dismiss a lawsuit against the East Village site’s developers. [Bowery…
Portland’s Bunk Sandwiches Is Slinging Sandos in Williamsburg
The East Village just got a new sandwich shop, so it’s only fair that Williamsburg get one also. Bunk, the Portland, Oregon transplant we told…
NYC ID Enrollment Site Pops Up in East Village, Hit It Before the Goodies Are Gone
If you’re a downtowner who’s been lazy about trekking uptown to get a city ID card, heads up: an IDNYC enrollment site is popping up…
Shane Covey Opens a New Seafood Spot, Down the Block From Upstate
“Before opening a new restaurant you need a bottle of aspirin and your wife’s permission, which can take a few weeks and is sometimes harder to…
Is This LES Hotel Bar’s Tribute to Activist Adam Purple ‘Clueless’ or ‘Heroic’?
The outrage was more or less instantaneous when Gerber Group announced that the restaurant inside of the new Hotel Indigo would be named after Lower East Side…
Performance Picks: Puppets, Tinder, Playing With Gender
This week, you can eat turkey and see shows. I guess you could do that any week, but it’ll feel more significant now.