Slugs’ Saloon opened its doors in 1964, a neighborhood bar owned by Robert Schoenholt, who died in 2012, and Jerry Schultz. By early 1965, many…
Rent Hike? Knickerbocker Village Tenants Aren’t Hearing It
More than 120 tenants of Knickerbocker Village crammed into a fifth-floor room in lower Manhattan yesterday to protest a rent increase calculated at more than…
Russ & Daughters Expands Uptown; Bushwick Is World’s 7th Coolest Neighborhood
A $65 million, 75K-sqaure-foot mixed-use building is planned for 120 Union Avenue in Williamsburg. [The Real Deal] When the 10-unit apartment building 42 Crosby Street…
45-Year-Old Phebe’s, the ‘Sardi’s of Off-Off Broadway,’ Gets Another Facelift
Phebe’s Tavern & Grill in the East Village has been derided for its less than classy clientele, and tends to blend into the background, but…
Mr. Throwback Now Has an Action Figure, and 2Pac and Biggie Are Next
Mini Basquiat has a new friend to play with now that Mr. Throwback has his own action figure. Michael Spitz (aka Mr. Throwback) tells us…
Five Shows Y’all Should Really Not Miss This Week
Ducktails A heavy dose of Ariel Pink and a hint of bubblegum Chillwave are definitely in the mix for Ducktails. All in all Mondanile’s hazy…
What in the World Is This Sloth Doing On the Bowery?
In its quest to be king of all media, Vice News has taken over a couple of billboards on the Bowery. What better way to…
Trolling For Tats at Max Fish: Cuddly Cats, Party Deer and Flesh-Eating Exes
This week, in our latest installment of a recurring series, we asked patrons of the new Max Fish: “Why That Tat?” Click on the photos…
Pig Out: New Orleans’s Cochon Is Coming to Momofuku
As if the opening of Orleans wasn’t exciting enough for the New Orleans starved, one of the city’s finest restaurants, Cochon, is next up in…
Bushwick’s 10 Best Restaurants; SJP and Matthew Broderick’s Crib For Sale
An uninsured 37-year-old female cyclist caught on camera sustaining serious injuries from a hit-and-run driver in Bushwick last month says the NYPD won’t interview the…