September 30th, 2009
Weeks ago, we stumbled upon a very odd sight at Roni-Sue's Chocolates in the Essex Market. Roni-Sue Kave and two collaborators were busily dehydrating pickles (Yes- pickles!), which, we learned, would be placed on top of their delicious chocolate truffles. These odd creations were being prepared in honor of International Pickle Day, which returns to [...]
September 30th, 2009
Lucid NYC is hosting their latest "event"/party/presentations at Bowery Electric tonight at 7:00pm (327 Bowery at 2nd St.) Presentations will include Improv Everywhere founder Charlie Todd (Check out IE's most recent Mission which involved over 2,000
"invisible dogs" with leashes (!) for a nice Sunday Walk in Brooklyn), Digital Artist Spot Draves and Peter [...]
September 30th, 2009
John Liu and Bill deBlasio trounced their opponents in yesterday's runoff election. The Times draws a few conclusions from last night's results.
• The Working Families Party… is now the pre-eminent political force in New
York City politics, replacing a forlorn, disorganized Democratic Party.
Its candidates for City Council won by healthy margins; and [...]
September 29th, 2009
Any restaurant owner will tell you location is everything. In the case of Sushi Hana, which opened this week on Rivington Street, a great location is both a blessing and a curse. Right next to the Hotel on Rivington, poised to benefit from heavy foot traffic, the restaurant would appear to be [...]
September 29th, 2009
Here's our first look at the bars & restaurants that will be going before Community Board 3's SLA committee next month. The list is unusually slim, especially in the "new licenses" category:
Fuzhou Xiao Chi, 68 Forsyth (new license, beer only)
Spur Tree, 76 Orchard (renewal with complaint history, wine only)
Le Souk, 47 Avenue B (renewal with [...]
September 29th, 2009
Tickets won't last but you may still be able to catch Bebel Gilberto tonight at The Box (189 Chrystie St.) Ovationtix has the fleeting tickets. Bossa Nova anyone?
September 29th, 2009
The Daily News has more on the "BB gun thug terrorizing" the area near Avenue D and 3rd Street. According to the story at least 8 people have been hit and several car windows have been blown out. Police, who suspect the shooter is stationed in an upper floor of the Lilian [...]
September 29th, 2009
The latest clothing line to "pop-up" in a shop on Orchard Street is Kai D, launching a line today that will be available at the shop through November (at 75 Orchard between Broome and Grand). Operating under the credo "a pocket must be available when needed,
accessories are designed with a purpose", D's [...]
September 29th, 2009
Eric Ferrara, author of Gangsters, Murderers and Weirdos of New York City's Lower East Side, will be doing a presentation/book signing at The Tenement Museum as part of their Tenement Talks series this evening at 6:30pm (108 Orchard St. in the museum Shop). Eric is also the Executive Director of the Lower [...]
September 29th, 2009
Today we begin a new weekly feature: LES Market Watch. We'll take a look at what's new in both the residential and commercial real estate markets, what's selling, whether prices are headed up or down, etc.
AVERAGE LES HOME PRICE (Trulia; based on 2 sales in the past week): 896,362
NUMBER OF [...]
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