Ever felt the urge to wine and dine on the deck of a 93-year-old ship with good ol’ Lower Manhattan rising behind your glass every…
Greenpoint Resto Brooklyn Label to be Revived, With Some Help from Le Gamin
Brooklyn Label, the French corner restaurant in Greenpoint’s historic Astral Building that closed last year, is going to be revived. Now under new management, it…
East Broadway Subway Station Is F-ing Disgusting, Pols Say
A group of city officials and local residents gathered today at the East Broadway subway station as part of a publicity tour calling attention to…
East Village Community Gardens to Host Screenings of National Security Docs
Does government surveillance really get your goat? (To be honest I have never really understood that expression but I am just going to run with…
Great Jones Cafe Reopens: ‘Reports of Our Demise Were Greatly Exaggerated’
We reported last week that beloved Cajun eatery and longtime Bowery hangout Great Jones Cafe was temporarily shutting down — and, according to cryptic information…
Brandon Harris Talks Gentrification, Race, and the Perennial Struggle of Making It in NYC
In his first book, Making Rent in Bed-Stuy (HarperCollins, 2017), New York-based writer and filmmaker Brandon Harris uses his memoir of “trying to make it…
Bike Fatalities Decreasing, Says New City Study
Despite the rash of horrific headlines about bicycle and pedestrian fatalities in New York, including the deaths of cyclist Neftaly Ramirez and skateboarder Alejandro Tello…
Inside the East Village’s Plucky New Record Shop, Limited to One
Last month we wrote about Limited to One, the soon-to-be-unveiled 10th St. vinyl collectors’ haven that hopes to shake up the stereotype of the dusty…
Yuan Invites ‘Sophisticated Chinese Food Lovers’ to Slurp a Storied Rice Noodle
Yuan, a new East Village restaurant specializing in Guilin-style rice noodle dishes, aspires to serve the “sophisticated Chinese food lover,” according to lettering on its…
What’s Going On With the Great Jones Cafe?
New Yorkers today learned some shocking news: beloved Cajun/Creole restaurant Great Jones Cafe will close tonight and may or may not reopen. Tipsters told EV…