Brooklyn-based Kings County Distillery sent Senator Chuck Schumer a bottle of their finest bourbon yesterday after his playful gift to senate majority leader Mitch McConnell didn’t…
A Visit to DeKalb Market Hall, the Heathen Food Orgy and New Home of Katz’s
I like food; I dislike crowds. So it was with mixed feelings that I descended the escalator into DeKalb Market Hall, the Albee Square food-court-on-steroids…
Attention Indie Film Fans: One Week to the Art of Brooklyn Film Festival
Here’s some good news for New York’s numerous indie film fans – the Art of Brooklyn Film Festival is only a week away. Running June…
This Gremlins Tiki Mug Is Exactly What You Need Right Now
Let’s face it, this election has left us all in need of a stiff drink, and not the cheeky, politically themed kind that reminds us…
The Nuts and Bolts of Alamo Drafthouse NYC, Now Soft-Opened in Brooklyn
“I’m proud to say that we have the largest collection of syphilitic genitals in the entire United States,” Tim League announced last night as he…
Still No Date For Alamo Drafthouse’s NYC Debut, But Here’s a Look Inside
Ever since Tim League revealed that he was opening an Alamo Drafthouse in Brooklyn this summer, we’ve been waiting for an exact opening date with…
Can ‘Local’ and ‘Sustainable’ Do For Fashion What It Did For Food?
Gone are the mom-and-pop sewing shops that once lined the area between Fifth and Ninth Avenues, from 34th to 42nd Streets in Manhattan. Fashion mongers…
Sink Your Teeth Into This Bushwick Vampire Comedy Featuring Alex Karpovsky
If you missed Summer of Blood when it played at the Tribeca Film Festival and then again at Northside Festival, here’s one more very festive…