Business

We’d like to take this opportunity to thank The Lo-Down’s Annual Sponsors and welcome our newest advertising partner, Fine Fare Supermarkets: Neal Young & Jeremy Bolger/Halstead Property The Lower East Side Business Improvement District The Educational Alliance Michael Ming/Insurance & Investment Services Dora Coffee The...

Summer in the city means lots of things: outdoor concerts, street fairs, green market goodness! It also means, unfortunately, that bed bugs are back with a vengeance.  As high season drew near, we tagged along recently with the technicians...

The Lower East Side is losing another mainstay of its Jewish heritage. "The people, they don't come down here anymore," Heidi Yousef says emphatically when asked why Israel Wholesale & Retail Judaica plans to close in the next few weeks. "We don't...

City Councilmember Margaret Chin's office let us know about the following event being held in Chinatown tomorrow: Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) will join with other local elected officials to host a Small Business Capital Access Workshop in Chinatown on...

Kavi Reddy, one of the partners of Fresh Ginger, Ginger Ale and a local LES resident, sent us her photos from last Sunday, where their latest campaign was popping up on the corner of Ludlow and Canal. Ginger ale...

Today we debut a new feature, "New Neighbor," our virtual welcome for businesses and non-profit organizations setting up shop on the Lower East Side. It's an opportunity for owners and operators to describe in their own words what what...

On the Lower East Side, some of the best things are still free. For example: a visit to the Streit's Matzo bakery on Rivington Street.  As Passover approaches each year, major media outlets tend to make the pilgrimage to...

We’d like to take this opportunity to thank The Lo-Down’s Annual Sponsors: Neal Young & Jeremy Bolger/Halstead Property The Lower East Side Business Improvement District The Educational Alliance Michael Ming/Insurance & Investment Services Dora Coffee (check out The Lo-Down Deal) The Village Zendo The Abrons Arts...

Ask any small business owner. They'll tell you it's a maddening experience trying to navigate the city's bewildering maze of regulations. This is especially true for new restaurants. Yesterday, seven food-service entrepreneurs, including William Tigertt (Freemans and Peels), were...

The Educational Alliance will host what looks to be quite an entertaining panel, "Hidden Identities: Tales From Under the Hood," next Monday evening at 7:00pm.  The event is inspired by the idea of hidden and unmasked identities, and will...