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."...
You may have seen the headline in The New York Times the other day, "New York's Most Exciting New Restaurant is Just a Warmup Act." Priya Krishna's glowing review of Ha's Snack Bar (297 Broome St.) offered a taste...
Roger Bultot sent along this photo of another "new neighbor," Flavor Taste, a bodega-style deli at the corner of Madison and Rutgers Streets, right by the F train entrance to the East Broadway stop on Rutgers Street. Send your...
There's a new spot at the intersection of Ludlow and Rivington streets from the team behind Sixty Three Clinton. Samuel Clonts and Raymond Trinh just opened Cactus Wren at 98 Rivington St. It's a wine bar with food they...
After much anticipation, Elbow Bread @elbowludlow is open and bustling as of today. Baker Zoe Kanan has teamed up with Court Street Grocers to open the new bakery at 1 Ludlow Street, in the former Mel the Bakery space. Kanan's background...
After 21 years on Rivington Street the beloved bakery Sugar Sweet Sunshine, known for their delicious cupcakes, banana pudding and birthday cakes, among other things, is moving to Grand Street. We caught owners Peg and Deb in the window...
The Lo-Down Culture Cast Host Traven Rice spoke with Luis Fernandez, a partner in the popular "Forsyth Fire Escape" (of the amazing scallion pancake burrito creation) which started in 2021 during Covid. Founder Isabel Lee created the "burrito" with...
The German discount grocer, Lidl, will be opening a new location at 408 Grand St., in the space previously occupied by a Rite Aid store.
Lidl and Grand Street Guild, the nonprofit housing operator which controls the 23,000 square...
Eva's Kitchen is now open for business in the commercial strip on the south side of Grand Street, just to the east of Essex Street.
The space next to the "Pickle Guys" was most recently occupied by "Best Chicken"...
