As Pies ‘n’ Thighs readies its Lower East Side location, one of its founders, Southern-grub virtuoso Stephen Tanner, is making moves of his own.
Hester Street Fair Returns April 26
A couple weeks after the Brooklyn Flea announced its plans for spring/summer, its Manhattan counterpart, the Hester Street Fair, has revealed its lineup for its…
Absolutely Nuts: The Smallest Penis Contest Is Back
Get ready for some not-so-stiff competition. The Smallest Penis in Brooklyn contest that went, er, viral last year is BACK and bigger than ever. Okay,…
Jad Abumrad of Radiolab Gets His Black Sabbath Fix at Splitty
Jad Abumrad is a genius. Really. In 2011, he received the ridiculously prestigious MacArthur Genius Award for creating “engaging audio explorations of scientific and philosophical…
The ‘Ultimate Stoner Cupcake’ Is Coming to Bedford Avenue
Tara and Billy Koenig met while working as managers at Balthazar in 2006. Two years later, they moved to Charlottesville, VA, where they opened a…
Sweet Chick Will Cluck Up Max Fish’s Old Place Next Month
If yesterday’s news that Max Fish is returning to the Lower East Side via Orchard Street caused you to wonder whattup with its old home…
Sunburnt Cow’s Goodbye: ‘We Have Eaten, Drunk, Danced and Partied Together For Nearly 11 Years’
Last week, East Village brunch fixture The Sunburnt Cow announced that it was throwing in the towel. “Following the devastation of Hurricane Sandy we are…
Bushwick’s Massive New Beer Garden, The Well, Aims to Open Next Month
One of the highlights of last weeks’s Newmerica show (besides the bodega in an art gallery) came when the party spilled into the adjoining beer…
San Loco Is Closing Its Williamsburg Outpost, Plans to Relocate
Just weeks after San Loco closed its Avenue A store of 15 years, there’s been another shakeup in the empire: the Williamsburg store will close…
St. Marks Gains an Outdoor Sipping Spot, Loses a Free Sample Haven
St. Marks Place lost a prime peoplewatching spot when Japadog closed recently, but now it’s gained another place for freakspotting: Kung Fu Tea, the Taiwanese…