LES Bites: Ellabess, Open House, Valentine’s Day

Here’s your Thursday afternoon Lower East Side food news:

• Grub Street reports that Ellabess in the Nolitan Hotel is history.

• Eater says Open House, the new speakeasy on East Houston, is back open after being shuttered by the Health Department.

• Lower East Side restaurants offer Valentine’s Day specials.

• The Local East Village brings word of a new Middle Eastern cafe on East 2nd Street.