Photo: Beth Israel.
In the news this past week:
–State regulators reject, at least for now, the closure plan for Beth Israel, saying Mount Sinai has failed to document “massive financial losses and a declining patient census.” [Gothamist]
–Chinatown residents demand accountability from the city as concerns grow about the neighborhood impacts of demolishing the old jail and evetually constructing a new one. [The New York Times]
–Sammy’s Roumanian was forced to close during the pandemic, but the beloved Lower East Side steakhouse will be reborn later this month at 112 Stanton St. Weekend service only until June. Sammy’s, for the first time, will be offering weekend brunch, as well as dinner. [Eater]
–The schmaltz at Sammy’s was, of course, never confined to the food. Also making a comeback will be Dani Luv, the restaurant’s musician/jokester. [New York Post]
–A number of Lower East Side/Chinatown spots landed on Pete Wells’ 2024 “100 Best Restaurants in New York City” list, including: Una Pizza Napoletana, Mam, Ernesto’s, Dhamaka, Great N.Y. Noodletown, Hakka Cuisine, Wildair and Shopsin’s General Store. [The New York Times]
–On the agenda at Community Board 3 Monday evening: a liquor license application for “Jazz Genius,” a new venue on Essex Street promising live jazz in the cellar. [CB3]
–Corporate fixer Bradley Tusk talks about his Lower East Side bookstore, P&T Knitwear, which he describes as, “a philanthropic community resource” rather than a conventional business. “I don’t really know how people who actually do this for a living make a living at it,” Tusk says. “But I am lucky in that… I can take things that I care about and devote some resources to it.” [JTA]
