Pour one out for a slider joint that served “one of the best burger bargains out there,” according to burger connoisseur Nick Solares.
Carlina Rivera Is a ‘Shero,’ and Now She Wants to Be East Village and LES Council Rep
Lifelong Lower East Side resident Carlina Rivera is a frontrunner to be a City Council member representing District 2, where her current boss Rosie Mendez is…
LES Residents Call For City to Intervene On ‘Nightmarish’ Mega Towers
In another installment of “the rent is too damn high,” Two Bridges residents are demanding that the city increase its oversight of the mega-towers coming…
35,000 Drawings Turn a Vampire Classic Into a Story of Immigrant New York
For three years, Italian artist Andrea Mastrovito and a dozen assistants have slaved away on NYsferatu: a Symphonie of a Century, a remake of the…
Artists and Latex Lovers Whip Out Their Pens at Kink ‘n’ Draw
Those in attendance at the most recent “Kink ‘n’ Draw” event got to feast their “lustful and perverted eyes” on latex-clad live models as they…
New LES Beer Store Promises to Cure What Ales You
A new craft beer store is coming to the Lower East Side: Beer Fridge, at 41 Essex St., is currently in soft launch, with the…
Slipper Room Owner Faces Criticism After Dropping N Bomb On Stage
Lower East Side vaudeville venue the Slipper Room is at the center of a controversy over offensive speech which began Wednesday, July 5, when host…
Diner Death Notice: Cup & Saucer Goes Dark
Last week we reported that LES/Chinatown stalwart Cup & Saucer — one of the last of the New York luncheonette old guard — is closing…
‘Trump’ Gets an Icy Reception in Union Square
Trump. That’s all that was spelled out this afternoon when artist David Datuna laid down some cool art in Union Square. The all-caps letters were…
Two New Docs Take Chinatown as Their Muse
Chinatown – “one of the lone neighborhoods in Manhattan to preserve its heritage and verve,” we noted earlier this year – takes center stage in…