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 Sons of Essex is offering a prix fixe Thanksgiving dinner. In advance of a holiday that celebrates eating, a look at the neighborhood food news:
- Sons of Essex will donate $6 for every $56/person Thanksgiving dinner it sells to support the LES Business Improvement District’s programs. On the menu: tomato-cheddar soup and lobster pot pie. (Bowery Boogie)
- Prepping thousands of meals at the Bowery Mission takes many hands. (NY1)
- A list of 25 East Village options for turkey day treats. (Local EV)
- In non-holiday-related news, mega-bar Ludlow Manor opened last weekend; here’s a palm-tree-lined slideshow. (Grub Street)
 
 SX Gourmet at the corner of Essex and Rivington streets, was cited for selling alcohol to minors, according to the State Liquor Authority. Photo via Google images. Two stores on the Lower East Side and five in the East Village were among 118 retailers citywide that were cited for selling alcohol to minors after a three-day investigation by the State Liquor Authority and the NYPD last week.
Tearadhan Convenient Store Inc., at 49 Columbia St. just north of Delancey, and SX Gourmet Corp., the new convenience store at 123 Essex St. (aka 115 Rivington St.), were both caught in the sting, according to the SLA, which sent underage “decoys” into 234 stores across the five boroughs.
“Preventing the sale of alcohol to minors is a top priority for the State Liquor Authority,” State Liquor Authority Chairman Dennis Rosen said. “These large scale enforcement efforts will continue to be a part of our proactive measures to prevent alcohol abuse among our youth.” Continue reading LES Stores Nailed for Selling Booze to Minors
 This double lot at 327-329 E. Houston St. is on the market. Along the south side of East Houston Street, between Attorney and Ridge streets, bright green grass flanked by graffiti’d walls occupies a big hole in the concrete jungle of storefronts and apartment buildings. The large fenced lot, which measures 50 feet by 100 feet, is part of the portfolio of reclusive real estate baron William Gottlieb and recently came on the market at $9.5 million. Here’s the Misrahi Realty listing, via Loopnet:
Prime Development deal on East Houston. 50 feet of frontage on East Houston. (Additional sq footage available.) 30,000 sq feet usable (additional sq footage possible) … Neighbors include: Schillers, Clinton St Baking Co, Falai, Dessert Truck, Frankie’s Spuntino, Alias, Rivington Hotel, Ed’s Lobster
City real estate records show that both properties fell into the possession of the city government following foreclosures, but eventually wound up in the hands of Gottlieb, who was legendary for hoarding his estimated $1 billion worth of NYC properties. Gottlieb died in 1999; after a drawn-out legal battle for control of his estate, his nephew Neil Bender is now disposing of many of the empire’s holdings. (Read more about the Gottlieb family drama over at Curbed.)
Continue reading $9.5M Asking Price For Two Lots, Part of Gottlieb Empire
- Sam Chang, the developer behind the new Holiday Inn rising at 150 Delancey St., has ties to John Liu’s campaign finance problems. (The Real Deal, NY Post)
- Living within the smell and sight of the East Village’s new IHOP: relentlessly bacon-ish. (Local EV)
- This weekend, support LES shops on ”Small Business Saturday” with your holiday shopping dollars. (Facebook)
 Jon Burgerman finishing up his sidewalk mural at Extra Place. Photo via Pierce_Pics. The rain continues this morning. A few showers lingering in the afternoon, with of high of 56. Sunny and 53 for your Thanksgiving Day.
Tonight’s Community Board 3 meeting is underway. We don’t normally provide “live updates” from these sometimes mind numbing/sometimes interesting sessions. But with the holiday approaching, there’s no time like the present. So here you go:
- State Senator Daniel Squadron just finished addressing board members, highlighting last week’s big announcement concerning Pier 42. Last Friday, he and U.S. Senator Charles Schumer announced they’d secured $14 million in initial funding for a park at the abandoned pier. Squadron said he’d always believed the East Side deserved more recreational facilities. He praised CB3 for making Pier 42 funding a top priority.
- Zach Bommer, representing Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, said his office has sent a letter to the Department of Education urging the chancellor to keep P.S. 137 open. The elementary school on East Broadway was recently placed on a list of schools in danger of closing due to poor performance. Parents and education advocates have argued P.S. 137 is a good school — and that the DOE’s evaluation procedures are badly flawed.
Earlier today, neighborhood dignitaries took part in a “groundbreaking” event at the Educational Alliance, which has just begun a $45 million gut renovation of its flagship building at 197 East Broadway. Pictured above: (L-R) State Senator Daniel Squadron, Judy Rapfogel (Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s chief of staff), Richard Cantor (chair of the renovation capital project), Educational Alliance President & CEO Robin Bernstein, Board Chair Russell Makowsky and U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney. You’re looking at the brick breaking ceremony that concluded the day’s events. More to come later this week.
Thanksgiving leftovers. In my family leftover turkey and gravy will be served over slices of bread for hot open faced sandwiches. If there’s enough leftover white meat we may piece together club sandwiches as well. Some years I’ll get ambitious and make a home made mole sauce just to mix things up a bit. (Turkey and Mexican brown mole is a perfect fit). Creatively transforming yesterday‘s leftovers into today‘s supper is a sensible part of home cooking, especially around the holidays. And in my opinion the most sensible move of all is making a big soup from the carcass of the Thanksgiving turkey. Continue reading JP’s Food Adventures: Turkey Soup
Video courtesy: RONENV.COM
Remember that dramatic acrobatic stunt on the Williamsburg Bridge this past summer? Seanna Sharpe and magician Thomas “Savage” Skinner descended from a height of 300 feet, attracting a big crowd, before being arrested. At the time we posted video of the daring (and illegal) feat. But making the rounds on the web this week — a very elaborate (Hollywood worthy) video production. As Gothamist noted, the acrobats got off relatively easy. While initially charged with a felony (reckless endangerment), Sharpe and Skinner ultimately walked away with a misdemeanor. According to the video, they accepted a plea deal, agreeing to five free performances for children (presumably NOT on the Williamsburg Bridge).
 Architectural rendering courtesy: RAAD Studio/James Ramsey. Two months ago, James Ramsey and Dan Barasch went public with their bold proposal to transform an abandoned train station below Delancey Street into a beautiful subterranean park. There was a blizzard of media coverage back then — including our own in-depth interview with the creative team. Now the New York Times has gotten around to the story. Continue reading MTA Looking at Delancey Underground Idea “Very Seriously”
- The Low Line gets its New York Times moment (NYT).
- More on the city’s lawsuit against Eldridge Street’s Island Smokes (NYT).
- The Cooper Square Hotel is sold for $91 million.
- Two recent pit bull attacks have raised concerns among neighborhood dog owners (DNA Info).
- State Senator Daniel Squadron urges the DOE to find new solutions to overcrowded downtown schools (Gotham Schools).
- Activists hope the owner of the former P.S. 64 will agree to devote at least a part of the building to a community gathering space (The Local EV).
- The Bowery Mission hosted its Thanksgiving banquet yesterday (NY1).
- Friday’s opening at Ludlow Manor; if you’re into “leather, fashion mullets, chains, grit and rock this is the place to be.” (Joonbug)
 Photo by elbrozzie. We’ll see light rain throughout most of the day, continuing into the evening and tomorrow. Today’s high: 52.
Last year at this time we offered the following turkey tip: get your holiday bird roasted Chinese style for Thanksgiving. There are a few places in Chinatown that offer this service for the holidays. Our story was focused on Noodle King, the roast meat specialist on Catherine Street. The other day we double checked and, sure enough, they’re still in the turkey business. You can bring in your own bird or have the restaurant supply the turkey. You better hurry, though. Noodle King needs three days warning. Check out our story here.
 The New York Times caught up with Sheldon Silver in Washington last week, following his bike accident. Here’s a statement we just received from Michael Whyland, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s press secretary:
Due to an injury sustained during a bicycle accident on November 10, Speaker Silver was admitted to Stamford Hospital in Stamford, Connecticut on Sunday to undergo treatments to address swelling in his knee. These are minor procedures which are expected to conclude on Tuesday. Speaker Silver is working from the hospital where he is expected to remain through Wednesday and will resume a full schedule after the Thanksgiving holiday. He chose Stamford Hospital so that the procedure could be performed by his nephew, Marc D. Silver, M.D., an orthopedic and sports medicine surgeon at the hospital.
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