If you’re the type that curses every time you pass a Dunkin’ Donuts, we’ve got some bad news: you may have bought your Christmas tree…
Remembering Al Goldstein: ‘Pioneer of Free Speech,’ ‘Ralph Kramden of Porn’
He was arrested numerous times for obscenity and reviled as the devil incarnate by religious figures and feminists. But when pornographer Al Goldstein died at…
More Students for the EV; E-Cigs Banned Indoors; Stop-and-Frisk Snow Globe
Sure enough, the City Council voted to enact a ban on indoor e-cig smoking. [Daily Intel] With asking prices ranging from $795,000 for a studio…
You Know Where to Find 1 Knickerbocker, Now Serving Fried Pig Ears and Roast Elk
Not too far from where The Johnsons opened last week (and from where Radio Bushwick opened last month), Bushwick just got yet another eatin’ and…
Someone Who Hates NYU and/or Loves Philip Seymour Hoffman Paid Almost $10K For an Acting Lesson With Him
While the St. Mark’s Bookshop has extended its auction to Dec. 22, Faculty Against the Sexton Plan’s fundraising auction is now over, and someone has…
This Artisan Goat Pillow Merchant Wants to Sell You Unlimited Coffee
Fair Folks & a Goat, the West Houston Street design shop and café, has opened a retail store over in the East Village, and will…
Williamsburg Pizza Has Arrived on the Lower East Side
And it don’t stop: just this morning we’ve told you about an LES bar opening a Bushwick spin-off, an East Village pizza joint opening a…
Welcome to… The Johnsons, in Bushwick
After a long summer of waiting, The Johnsons (Bushwick outpost of Welcome to The Johnsons) finally opened this past weekend. With its white tiled bar,…
LPC Demands Changes to Domino Plan, Ginsberg’s ‘Kaddish’ Building Sold
The Landmarks Preservation Commission has sent the developer of the Domino Sugar factory back to the drawing board, objecting to the height and massing of…
The Owner of Salt Bar Would Like You to Meet Thelma
The restaurant that was Broadway East and is now Rosette isn’t the only Lower East Sider to get a reboot this week — chef Melissa…