Food

Bake Culture, a trendy Taiwan-based bakery, just opened one of two New York locations at 48 Bowery. The concept was founded by the international pop celebrities, Chun Wu, Vanness Wu and Calvin Chen.

Boubouki, the tiny stall offering authentic Greek food, will be closing for good in the Essex Street Market next week.

There are a few local items of interest on the agenda for tonight's meeting of Community Board 3's liquor licensing committee. Among them is Austrian mixologist Albert Trummer's latest project, a bar going by the name "Lotus Grand" at 324 Grand St.

Here's what's happening on the Lower East Side food scene:

The Lower East Side/Chinatown now has a restaurant specializing in avocados.

The developers of Essex Crossing are starting to reveal some of the vendors that will be part of the Market Line, a large subterranean shopping pavilion.

For Chinatown's Eng family, shutting down Fong Inn Too, the oldest independently-run tofu shop in the U.S., was a painful experience.

As we reported earlier this month, Nonna's Pizza at 105 Clinton St. has been closed in recent weeks.

"The Justin Bieber of Food," 19-year-old prodigy Flynn McGarry, is opening his own restaurant on the Lower East Side.

Great NY Noodletown, a go-to spot for Cantonese roast meats and noodle soups, is back open today. The popular destination at 28 Bowery had been shut down by the city's Department of Health after receiving 116 violation points in an...