Food

This week on The Lo-Down Culture Cast we spoke the trio behind the new documentary, Veselka: The Rainbow on the Corner at the Center of the World. Filmmaker Michael Fiore, who wrote, directed and produced the film, joined host...

You probably saw the news a week ago that the Market Line, the subterranean food and retail space below the Essex Market, is closing in the spring. The Essex Market, which is run by the city, will continue to...

This story is by writer, designer, and long time Lower East Sider, Lori Greenberg: A group of us recently stopped by the opening night of Zensushi Omakase, an intimate and lovely new restaurant on Eldridge Street. Chinese-born Chef Jason has worked...

Host Traven Rice spoke with Niki Russ Federman for our latest episode of The Lo-Down Culture Cast. She's the 4th generation co-owner of the esteemed appetizing shop, Russ & Daughters. Known for the best bagels, lox, herring, caviar babka...

No cover. Come eat, drink and be merry with us this week at Betty. Three events to choose from before the holiday! On the LES at 193 Henry St. *This is a paid advertisement.

Here are some suggestions for upcoming events that are on our radar: Catch the group photo exhibition, Uprooted, curated by Maylyn "Zero" Iglesias and Lissy Mineo-Gonzalez at the Loisaida Inc. Center now through Nov. 2nd. The show explores "the disconnect immigrants,...

Zaab Zaab is a Thai restaurant specializing in Isan cuisine that quickly earned the attention of locals and critics alike when it opened last year in Elmhurst. Now the owners have opened another outpost in the Essex Market. The...

The construction plywood on the north end of the Essex Market is hard to miss. It signals the pending arrival of Cheeky Sandwiches, which ended its decade-long tenure at 35 Orchard St. in January after what...

Betty is hosting their very first comedy night on Tuesday, October 10th at 8:30pm. No Cover, No Minimum.

Months after a gut renovation of the former Schiller's Liquor Bar space was completed, another location of the burger chain, Shake Shack, opened Friday at 131 Rivington St. At one point over the summer, a legal notice from the...