If you missed your chance to dine with Richard Hell, you’ll have a chance to see him for free tomorrow night when the punk-rock royal…
The East Village’s Newest Coffee Shop Slides Open Its Back Bar This Week
The Roost is the OG hip-as-hell coffee shop of our wildest hopes and dreams: Brooklyn Roasting Company single origin beans, Balthazar pastries, fresh flowers and…
Steve Buscemi Chilled With Anthony Weiner, Is King of Mardi Gras
Former Lower East Sider Steve Buscemi has been bouncing around town lately — and we’re not even talking about Big Lebowski burlesque. Last week he…
As Landlord Gives It the Boot, Gathering of Tribes Asks For a Leg Up
Steve Cannon, the owner of A Gathering of the Tribes, seems to have finally lost his years-long fight to keep his East Village gallery space.…
Sarah Gregory and Christine Femia on Girls: ‘Another Episode About Mortality!’
Welcome to Girls Talk, in which two of our favorite New Yorkers share the text messages they sent during this week’s episode of Girls. The…
Down-to-the-Wire Drama as Domino Developers Are Asked to Refine Their Plan
Opponents of the plan to redevelop the Domino Sugar refinery are speaking out again as Mayor de Blasio asks for additional affordable housing just days…
Hyper-Gentrification vs. Super Gentrification; How to Squat in NYC
Congrats to Lower East Sider Spike Jonze, who took home the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay last night. [B+B Twitter] On hyper-gentrification, super gentrification and…
Watch the Oscars at One of These 13 Spots and You’ll Be Golden
At last year’s Oscars, Seth MacFarlane hosted, Jennifer Lawrence tripped, and Ben Affleck called his marriage to Jennifer Garner “work.” Movie musicals and James Bond…
A New Nook For Sushi and Chicken Hearts
East Villagers, if you’re searching for a new sushi standby following the closing of Sapporo East and Shima and the relocation of Sushi Lounge, newly…
Tomorrow Is Your Last Chance to Drink at Barramundi As You Know It
Much like the fish from which it takes its name, classic LES bar Barramundi is going through some changes. “The barramundi fish goes through these…