I met with an old friend of the blog, JJ Brine, last night at his Satanic gallery on the Lower East Side. Thankfully, it was…
Oliver Stumm Opens Italian Spot With To-Go Shop, Greenhouse, and Outdoor Seating
Just a few months after relaunching Happy Ending as a French restaurant with basement club, Oliver Stumm of Cafe Select and Rintintin is opening a Williamsburg restaurant with takeout…
Sweat Winter Away With 6 Workouts That Aren’t Exactly Routine
Just about the only thing this long winter was good for was helping us catch up on our favorite TV shows while developing a healthy…
Montage of Heck Portrays Kurt Cobain ‘As Intimately As Humanly Possible’
At SXSW last month, Brett Morgen got right to the point as he introduced his new documentary about Kurt Cobain, who died 21 years ago this…
Explosion Victims Sue City For $40M; Free Iced Coffee Today
Today is the funeral for Nicholas Figueroa, 23, who died during the March 26 gas explosion in the East Village. [NY Daily News] Two women subletting…
Williamsburg Creamery Closes On Bedford, Making Way For Davey’s Ice Cream
When one creamery closes, another one opens. After two years at 201 Bedford Avenue, Williamsburg Creamery will officially close at 10:45 p.m. tonight. “We sold our establishment to…
Cash Mob Aims to Help East Village Blast Zone Businesses Find Their Feet
Small businesses have been hit hard in the wake of the East Village explosion, so residents have conjured up a Small Biz Crawl in order to help. All walks of…
Williamsburg’s Newest Takeout Joint Serves a Woody Allen Sando
First a Williamsburg filmmaker paid tribute to Annie Hall, and now a Williamsburg sandwich maker is doing the same. At Drive In Sandwiches, which opened yesterday at 690…
Spring Clean Your Face with Bust’s Beauty Market at Brooklyn Bazaar
Brooklyn Bazaar is changing it up on Sunday, April 19 for Bust Craftacular’s Primped, an event dedicated to providing goods and services for the ladies and…
Skate ‘Prof’ Shows Kids How to Make Decked-Out Decks
A line of skateboarders from their pre-teens to their 30s queued up this past Saturday, waiting up to an hour for “Professor” Paul Schmitt to…