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...
We just received the following statement from Jeffrey Ruhalter of Jeffrey's Meats in the Essex Street Market:
I speak to my/our community.
I sent out a press release last week in a last ditch effort for help because I have run...
This morning, there are no signs of any activity at Jeffrey's Meats in the Essex Street Market and the display cases are completely bare. Yesterday, an employee told us it was the store's last day in business. In the...
We’d like to take this opportunity to thank The Lo-Down’s sponsors:
The Abrons Arts Center, which just joined us as annual sponsor
Neal Young & Jeremy Bolger/Halstead Property
The Lower East Side Business Improvement District: Third Thursdays (co-sponsored with The Lo-Down) begins...
Here's the latest on the plight of Jeffrey's Meats, a Lower East Side institution that's fallen on hard times. Last week, news of a 29% rent increase raised new concerns that Jeffrey Ruhalter, a fourth generation butcher, wouldn't be...
We'd like to take a moment to welcome our new Annual Sponsors: the Educational Alliance, Dora (the new coffee shop on East Broadway) and the Village Zendo.
Dora is offering a special Valentine's Day deal to readers of The Lo-Down....
