There was quite a media frenzy surrounding the Timeshare Backyard, the "rent-by-the-hour" patch of grass that opened last week at 145 Ludlow Street. It wasn't too hard to predict what would come next: noise complaints from neighbors. Community Board...
As we reported a short time ago, another bar was caught up in the Lower East Side nightlife crackdown this evening. Shortly after 10 p.m., officers from the 7th Precinct showed up at White Slab Palace, the Swedish restaurant/drinking...
Here are musician Ken Beasley’s top music picks on the Lower East Side for this weekend:
IN ONE WIND – Fri, Aug 12 | 11PM at Rockwood Music Hall
The Brooklyn sextet In One Wind creates pop/jazz songs that sound country,...
You're looking at a grainy cell phone photo taken inside Clinton Street bar/performance space Culturefix this past weekend. As Grub Street and the Village Voice reported earlier in the week, the NYPD and several other city/state agencies paid the...
A few more details from last night's CB3/liquor licensing hearing. The owners of "Preserve 24," the bi-level, 24 hour Argentinian cafe/bar taking over 175-177 East Houston Street, made a return engagement. The community board approved this concept back in...
What's to be done with a venue boasting a maximum occupancy of 900? Well, in the case of 199 Bowery, the Lower East Side has already been graced with mega-clubs Blvd, Crash Mansion and Soiree. Tonight, at the tail...
Underage drinking in Lower East Side bars -- it's been a hot topic for several months now. Beginning last fall, the 7th Precinct made it a top priority -- coming after neighborhood drinking establishments for serving alcohol to undercover...
In neighborhood restaurant news today:
Get your late-afternoon cappucino a little earlier from now until Labor Day: Dora tells us via Facebook they will close at 4 p.m. until then.
Tonight's the finale for music bar Banjo Jim's in the East Village, EV...
Community Board 3 is mostly on hiatus in August but there's no rest for the State Liquor Authority Committee. Here's a look at the applications the board will consider when they meet August 8th (the applicant appears first, followed...
Crain's weighs in today with a piece on CO-OP Food and Drink, the new nightlife spot in the Hotel on Rivington. Profiling co-owner Alan Phillips, reporter Tina Traster writes:
The restaurant represents a crowning moment in Mr. Philips' career. It...
