Believe it or not, it’s been nearly three years since we broke news that legendary dive Lit Lounge would make a comeback, of sorts, underneath the…
We’re Still Waiting For the ‘Last Special Nights’ of Lit Lounge
We waited with bated breath last week for what we expected to be an epic reopening of Lit Lounge. Last month the bar, which is…
‘It Was Our Fantasy’: The Story of Lit Lounge, Told By Its Regulars
When Lit Lounge’s co-owner Erik Foss announced a month ago that the East Village institution would close after 13 years, we thought the place would have at least…
Lit Is Throwing Itself a Sweet 16 Party
Lit, the onetime “place where the Strokes hang out” and the only place that was Lit before a hundred places were “the new Lit,” is…
LES Artists ‘Still Looking Quirky and Funky’ at This New Exhibit
Woody Allen wannabes mingled with finance types in cowboy boots and a few fellas who looked like they could be Keith Richards’s little brothers last…
Rostarr’s New Mural On the Roof Of The Standard Will Floor You
Rostarr, the artist who did a mural for our pop-up newsroom a little over a year ago, has taken things to a whole new level…
Erik Foss of Lit Clears the Air After Backlash Over Instagrammed Text Message
For better or for worse, we live in a world in which things you text to one person have the potential to get screen captured…
Lit Is Opening a Place in the McKibbin Lofts
We’ve been hearing rumblings that the folks behind Lit, which just celebrated 12 years in the East Village, were working on a new bar in…
Hit This Open Bar and Check Out Lit Lounge’s New Back Room
After Fuse Gallery closed behind Lit Lounge, owner Erik Foss gave us a preview glimpse into the new back room, which will now hold a…
Fuse Gallery Is Dunzo, But Lit’s Back Room Is Ready to Rock & Roll Again
Back in August we broke word that Fuse Gallery, the art space behind Lit Lounge in the East Village, was set to close on September…