Food

WooBerg’s Pops Up on the Lower East Side

A fun and delicious new dining experience has popped up in the LES recently called WooBerg's. Co-founders Jenny Woo and Andy Berg are hosting tasting dinners focused on "inventive Jewish-Chinese fusion from the Lower East Side." They serve creative...

Little Pine Brings Dongbei Cuisine to 125 Division St.

If you're looking for something a little bit different next time you go out for Chinese food in the neighborhood, there's a new option at 125 Division St. Little Pine, which celebrated its grand opening earlier this month, features...

Derek Wu Moves Uptown, But Ownership Has Not Changed at Wu’s Wonton King

Wu's Wonton King, the Cantonese restaurant at 165 East Broadway, has been popular with both locals and food critics since it opened in 2016. A year-and-a-half after its debut, The New York Times published a glowing review, which noted,...
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Loisaida Festival Returns This Sunday, May 24, 2026

The 39th Annual Loisaida Festival, historically celebrated on the Sunday before Memorial Day, takes place this Sunday, May 24, 2026, from 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM, spanning Avenue C / Loisaida Avenue from East 12th Street to East 5th Street.  Known as the Lower East...

Bar Chucho Opens at 37 Market St. This Week

If you're a fan of the Mexican fine dining spot Corima (3 Allen St.), you will want to check out Bar Chucho from the same team. It's opening Thursday (April 2) at 37 Market St. in an area of...

Talking Bagels, Bialys, and Babka at Abrons Arts Center

Alan Phillips and Marom Unger of Kossar's Bagels & Bialys, will be in conversation with Devra Ferst, co-author of The Jewish Holiday Table, at Abrons Arts Center on February 25th at 7:00pm. The free event is titled, From Yesterday...
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Catalyst Market Bar Soft Opens at Essex Market

Catalyst Records owner Gary Guarinello has stepped into the former Top Hops Beer Shop inside Essex Market with a new bar offering wine and beer. Top Hop closed shop in October after over a decade on the Lower East...

Retail Hang-Out Space Colbo Adds Wine Bar Next Door

The creative space and fashion hot spot Colbo has added a wine bar next door to it's current shop at 51 Orchard Street. The wine bar is aptly titled Colbo Next Door and the team describes it as "an...

Mia’s Cocina Opens in Essex Market

Puerto Rican chef Maria Bidó officially opened her first permanent location in New York City last week at a new stall in Essex Market. Mia's Cocina offers traditional favorites like empanadas, alcapurrias and pionones along with rice and beans...
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Mark Bittman and Team Bring “Community Kitchen” Pilot Project to the Lower East Side

Photo: Mavis-Jay Sanders, Culinary Director of Community Kitchen with founder Mark Bittman Food journalist, former New York Times recipe columnist and author of the renowned cookbook How To Cook Everything, Mark Bittman is creating a new type...
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