Nightlife

Here are musician Ken Beasley’s top music picks on the Lower East Side for this weekend: GOODNIGHT, TEXAS – Fri Dec. 2 | 10pm at the Living Room Alt-country trio Goodnight, Texas are not from Texas. Their hometowns include San Francisco...

Next month's agenda for Community Board 3's liquor license hearing is fresh off the presses this afternoon, and there are a few items of note: Papaya Restaurant, Inc., is seeking a wine and beer license at 249A Broome Street, between...

In advance of a holiday that celebrates eating, a look at the neighborhood food news: Sons of Essex will donate $6 for every $56/person Thanksgiving dinner it sells to support the LES Business Improvement District's programs. On the menu: tomato-cheddar...

This weekly feature spotlights a wide variety of people who live and work on the Lower East Side. If you know someone you would like to suggest be featured in “My LES,” please email us here.     What do you do? Erick:...

This morning, the NY Post reported that Ludlow Manor, the new outsized bar nearing completion at the corner of Delancey and Ludlow streets, has some celebrity cachet in backer Luc Carl, former manager of LES bar St. Jerome's, and off-again, on-again playmate...

Community Board 3 is out with its November meeting agendas. Here's a look at the liquor license applications to be considered at the November 14th SLA hearing. SLA & DCA Licensing Committee Monday, November 14 at 6:30pm -- JASA/Green Residence...

Beginning today, we'll be offering up profiles of the bands taking part in The Lo-Down's CMJ Showcase, which is coming to Fontana's on Tuesday evening. First up -- Less The Band, which started off as a fictional group in...

City inspectors shut down Verlaine on Wednesday night.A visit from the city's health inspectors Wednesday night shut down Verlaine, a busy Lower East Side nightspot that serves Asian tapas and high-end cocktails with a splash of DJ music, poetry...

It didn't take White Slab Palace long to reopen after the NYPD shut the bar down earlier this month. Nonetheless, the operators apparently have some explaining to do about a lapse in their liquor license -- when they go...

Last night, Manhattan Young Democrats hosted its 3rd Annual "Young Gets it Done Awards."  Among the five honorees: East Village resident and recent Community Board 3 appointee Natasha Dillon. The blurb on MYD's web site notes that Dillon (founding member...