Chinatown Bar Owner Arrested, Developers Challenge Chinatown Plan, Naked Bike Riders

The owner of the swanky Chinatown bar, Apotheke, likes to light his drinks on fire. The Fire department is not amused (NYT).

A group of real estate developers is challenging the Chinatown Working Group’s vision for Canal Street (WSJ).

CBGB Holdings files for bankruptcy (WSJ).

More ink for the Maloney/Saujani race (Politics Daily).

Your eyes were not deceiving you: there really were a whole lot of people bike riding naked across the Williamsburg Bridge (Gothamist, Flickr – NSFW).

Health Dept. shutters White Slab Palace (Bowery Boogie).

Lost City calls it quits (Lost City).