Ice Coffee Champion to Be Crowned at Hester Street Fair

This weekend at the Hester Street Fair, it’s the second annual iced coffee competition. You buy a $10 ticket and are eligible to sample all of the contenders — and to vote for the winner. The victor will be announced between 5-6 p.m. …

Dewey Dufresne’s BYGGYZ is Closing, While Search For New Investors Continues

You unfortunately only have a few more days to sample Dewey Dufresne’s wonderfully creative sandwiches at BYGGYZ on Clinton Street. …

Adirondack Creamery Founder Hosts Ice Cream Social in Support of Syrian Refugees

Coming up on Wednesday, Lower East Side resident Paul Nasrani will be hosting an ice cream social in the neighborhood to raise awareness of the Syrian Refugee Crisis. …

Photo from Shabushabu Macoron's Instagram.

Lower East Side Food Notes

Here are some of the recent stories that have caught our eye on the Lower East Side food scene. …

Anthony Bourdain with Clayton Patterson on the Lower East Side. Photo from Bourdain's Instagram.

Anthony Bourdain’s Lower East Side

Reaction was swift and heartfelt today after it became known that television personality, chef and author Anthony Bourdain apparently took his own life at a hotel in France. …

LES Food Notes: Scarr’s Scores!, Develle on Suffolk Street, New Middle Eastern Spot

Here are a few of the restaurant/food items that caught our eye recently: …

Rhonda Kave in her former stall at the Essex Street Market. November 2014.

Roni-Sue’s Chocolates, Sugar Sweet Sunshine, Exit9 Coming to New Essex Street Market

Three popular Lower East Side businesses are joining the new Essex Street Market when it debuts in a newly expanded space at 115 Delancey St. this coming fall. …

Report: Longtime Residents Concerned About New Essex Street Market (Updated)

Longtime Lower East Side residents are nervous about the looming move of the Essex Street Market into a glassy new space across Delancey Street. …

“The Little One” is An Inventive Dessert Shop From Two Chinatown Locals

Now that summer is unofficially here, it’s about time you walked down East Broadway to check out The Little One, where some of the most interesting desserts on the Lower East Side are being prepared (and devoured). …

The Market Line. Rendering by SHoP Architects.

Doughnut Plant, Pickle Guys Coming to the Market Line at Essex Crossing

Four more vendors have been announced for the Market Line, a new subterranean shopping pavilion that’s part of the Essex Crossing project. …