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…
50 Years Ago: The Summer of Love Brings Pot, Protests and Psychedelic Rock to the East Village
“As the hour grew late and working people around Tompkins Square Park began turning out the lights on Memorial Day 1967, police asked several hundred…
Trash & Vaudeville Announces New Relocation Date, Will Close Sunday
It’s the final countdown. Update your calendars if you’re planning to raid Trash & Vaudeville’s St. Marks Place location one last time before it leaves its…
The Sock Man Is Closing, and Patricia Field Is Having a Liquidation Sale
The story of Mamoun’s had a happy ending, but not so for another St. Marks Place institution. Marty “The Sock Man” Rosen is shuttering his…
Mamoun’s Is Taking Its Falafels Down the Block
First came word of Sock Man’s closing and now we get wind that Mamoun’s Falafel Restaurant is leaving its longtime digs at 22 St. Marks…
Who Said St. Marks Is Dead? It Just Got a Brand Spankin’ New Sex Shop
Trash and Vaudeville is going, St. Marks Sounds is gone, and a Caffe Bene is on the way. But, as noted in a new history, St. Marks Place “will…
The 13 People You Meet On St. Marks Place, Per St. Marks Is Dead
Everyone has a St. Marks story — my first was smoking free hash after getting ripped off on bunk X. “And since the middle of the twentieth…
It Was High Time the City Got a Hemp Bar
First the East Village got the city’s first kava bar and now comes its first hemp bar. A large dark blue banner hangs just outside Brooklyn…
Two Shape-Shifting St. Marks Spots Have Changed Their Stripes Again
It takes a lot to stand out on St. Marks Place, so who can blame these two ADD-stricken restaurants for seeing what sticks.
A Gym (What Else?) Is Coming to the Former Home of Kim’s Video On St. Marks
Because you can’t have more desserts on St. Marks Place without having somewhere to work them off, a new gym is opening in the onetime…