Speaking of radical art, a health-minded cafe that opens in the West Village tonight takes design cues from Viennese secessionist architecture and painters like Max Ernst and…
Pick Your Poison: Brooklyn Ayahuasca or Bowery ‘Elixir For Long Life’
Despite bold innovations in drinking like the cold-activated beer can, we still long to be besotted in the manner of our forefathers — hence switchel toddies that take…
This Exhibit of Radical Art Speaks to the Power of the Pen
Anyone needing a crash course in the ways the pen can confront the gun should head over to NYU’s Grey Art Gallery, where a decade’s…
East Village Gets a Madonna Mural; LES Eatery Flooded
Lower East Side eatery Birds & Bubbles sustained thousands of dollars in flood damage Friday morning after a water pipe burst, but was able to…
Permits Filed For Apartment Building Replacing Williamsburg Preschool
The community tried to stop it, but the wheels are officially in motion for a new five-story building that will replace a day-care center that…
Cold Nights Will Put a Bite On This LES Food Pantry
The Chinese woman, bundled up and wearing a Hoboken hat in line at the food pantry, may not stand out at first glance. But many…
SRO, a ‘Pizza Speakeasy,’ Brings Fried Pies (and Tight Quarters) Back to Bowery
Last month Giulio Adriani converted the Bowery location of Forcella into a Spanish joint, Espoleta Tapas & Wine Bar — but rest assured the pizzaiolo…
Greenpointers Are Dogged About Plans For Newtown Barge Park
Greenpoint residents raised concerns last night about the expansion of Newtown Barge Park, with some pushing for a much-needed dog run and others complaining that they hadn’t been…
The Cardinal Ribs the Competition: ‘Our Fried Chicken IS the Best’
The East Village may well be the fried chicken capital of New York: Unidentified Flying Chickens, Blue Ribbon Fried Chicken, Bobwhite, Empire Biscuit, Somtum Der, Root & Bone,…
Week In Film: Burroughs Bugs, Rogue Abortions, and Debauchery in ’70s Brazil
Man this week has been brutal. What with the snow and the slow-as-hell trains and the wind and the ice, how will we ever get…