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 Padma Lakshmi, Matt Levine. Today’s Lower East Side dining news: On the heels of his big 30th birthday bash, Matt Levine rolls out a slick new video promoting brunch at Sons of Essex. At Forcella on the Bowery tonight, they’re selling two Margherita pizzas for $2, 5:30-7 p.m. Dine in only. Family Recipe, the charming Japanese restaurant at 231 … Continue reading  
 Cup & Saucer, 89 Canal Street. Photo by Vivienne Gucwa/nythroughthelens.com. I’m pretty sanguine when it comes to nostalgia. Lots of cool stuff has come and gone in fashion’s cycles. A rose-tinted recreation of yesteryear doesn’t hold a strong appeal to me. A living piece of the past is another matter entirely. Take Cup and Saucer Luncheonette: there’s … Continue reading
 Yonah Schimmel, 137 East Houston. Here’s a follow-up on the situation at Yonah Schimmel, the century-old knishery at 137 East Houston Street. Co-owner Ellen Anistratov told us the big East Houston Street reconstruction project has been devastating to her business, which is heavily reliant on customers driving to the store. Now we hear the city has … Continue reading
In celebration of Mardi Gras, we have some news about Din Yates, the affable proprietor of Cheeky Sandwiches. As you might recall, Din set out Sunday, January 29th on foot for New Orleans, his home town. His intention was to walk and run the 1300 miles between New York and NOLA. Later he thought better of … Continue reading
Yonah Schimmel, 137 East Houston. Photo by thelodowny.com. Yonah Schimmel, the legendary knish shop, has survived the Great Depression, years of gentrification and many other difficulties in its 101 year history. It remains to be seen whether the historic business, one of the last remaining Jewish retail establishments on the Lower East Side, will also survive … Continue reading
 Chris Santos says "Beauty and Essex" is so busy he can't even think straight! Your Friday afternoon Lower East Side food news: More on Mission Chinese Food’s expansion from San Francisco to the Lower East Side. Owner Danny Bowien tells the San Francisco Chronicle the new Orchard Street location “will have the same DIY feel and shoestring … Continue reading
 Kerry and Max Taylor, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), in which a group purchases fresh produce from a nearby farm, is a concept that has really taken off in recent years. But last year was a rough one for two of the Lower East Side’s CSA’s. Now there are some changes in both organizations we wanted to … Continue reading
 Photo by Cynthia Lamb. I like hole in the wall places. To me, it’s like magic when a restaurant serves delicious meals in a small, quirky, out of the way space — the kind of place where somebody’s dream has been shoehorned into a place the size of a modest apartment. We have a number of … Continue reading
 The former space occupied by "White Slab Palace," at 77 Delancey Street. A few more notes from Monday night’s CB3 liquor licensing committee meeting. Eater has details about the new restaurant taking over the conspicuous space at 77 Delancey (Allen Street), once occupied by White Slab Palace. As you may recall, the previous establishment was shuttered … Continue reading
 Danny Bowien. Photo: Phi Vettel, Chicago Tribune. Today’s Lower East Side restaurant news: One of San Francisco’s “buzziest” restaurants is opening a location in the old Rhong Tiam space at 154 Orchard. Danny Bowien of Mission Chinese Food told Florence Fabricant of the New York Times, he is inspired by New York and is excited about bringing … Continue reading
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