Food

The end of the year usually brings a handful of restaurant closings in the neighborhood. 2017 was no different. The latest casualty is New York Sushi Ko, the 11-seat Omakase-style restaurant at 91 Clinton St. The restaurant, which was a...

The Orchard Street restaurant and cider bar, Wassail, closed its doors at 162 Orchard St. for the last time just before the new year.

A new dessert spot from a local husband-wife team with serious culinary credentials is starting to get noticed beyond the Lower East Side.

The city's Economic Development Corp. (EDC) announced today a few of the new vendors joining the Essex Street Market when it opens an expanded facility as part of the Essex Crossing project next year.

Kazuo Yoshida, a sushi chef who wowed the critics during his stint at Williamsburg's 1 or 8, just opened his own restaurant in Chinatown. Juku is located at 32 Mulberry St., in the sprawling space formerly occupied by the nigh club, Le Baron.

Since its opening in 2015 at 102 Norfolk St., La Contenta has consistently served up some of the best food and cocktails on the Lower East Side, in a warm and welcoming space.

In Venice, one of the best things you can do is become lost on an obscure, winding street and stumble into a baraci (a working class pub) for a glass of wine and a leisurely snack.

Restaurants tend to come and go pretty fast on the Lower East Side, so it's no small feat when a locally-owned spot hangs in for more than a couple of years.

A well known New York City chef is headed for uncharted territory on the Lower East Side.

It's a very good day for Bar Uchū, the exclusive sushi counter at 217 Eldridge St.