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...
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...
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...
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...
The Texas-based firm, MML Hospitality, has completed its acquisition of Nine Orchard, the high-end hotel in the former Jarmulowsky Bank Building. The $92 million deal closed on August 20 and the signed documents appeared in city records today.
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It’s opening day for LiDL at 408 Grand Street on the Lower East Side. The discount grocery chain, based in Germany, took over a former Rite Aid store on the northeast corner of Grand and Clinton streets. Locals started lining up...
Eva's Kitchen, a casual all-day cafe at 359 Grand St., has permanently closed after a little over a year in business.
A notice breaking the news went up on the front door and on Eva's website and social media...
Dora Grossman-Weir speaks with Culture Cast host Traven Rice about making wine fun and accessible at two new delicious spots in the neighborhood.
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Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Dora Grossman-Weir is a hospitality professional with a focus on...
After popping up at Partybus Bakeshop on Essex Street last summer, ice cream maker Ayanna Quint has found an official brick and mortar location for Julia Jean's ice cream at 202 Clinton Street. Quint was a baker at Partybus...
On the latest episode of The Lo-Down Culture Cast, photographer Whitney Browne talks with Host Traven Rice about her debut Book, "Candy Store - A Behind-the-Counter Look at Ray’s Candy Store, One of NYC’s Most Beloved Sweets Slinging Stalwarts."...
