LES Bites: Sauce, APL, Little Muenster

The Allen Street awning is up, and features a smorgasbord of Sauce's offerings, including takeout and catering, grass-fed beef "grandma's gravies and ragus."
Sauce, 78 Rivington Street.

Your Tuesday morning Lower East Side food headlines:

  • Frank Prisinzano officially opens “Sauce,” the latest in his chain of Italian restaurants tonight, at 78 Rivington Street. Eater reports: “Sauce holds about 100 seats and serves rustic Italian fare like sausages, braciole, homemade pastas, meatballs, steaks fresh mozzarella and ricotta, and other red sauce Italian staples. The space also boasts an in-house butcher who will break down the meat deliveries in full view of the restaurant and will sell a variety of meat and sausages retail.”
  • Steve Lewis has news about APL, a restaurant he helped design at 146 Orchard: “(It is) changing its name, game, and menu to get back to a good place.”