small business

We are continuing our collaboration with New York City News Service for our Lower East Side Voices video series. Here's a look at the Malaysian "coffee shop," Kopitiam, from Allyson Escobar. The cafe moved to East Broadway this past summer and has been...

We're told the State Liquor Authority (SLA) has finally approved an operating permit for a new liquor store at 393 Grand St.

We never like to see independent small businesses fade away, especially ones run by our neighbors. Malt & Mold, the craft beer and cheese shop at 221 East Broadway, is the latest casualty.

Here's something to brighten your Friday. A new bookstore! On the Lower East Side! In 2018!

Robert James, the men's fashion designer, is fighting to keep his headquarters at 74 Orchard St. He launched a fundraising drive on GoFundMe, right on the heels of celebrating his 10th anniversary on the Lower East Side.

Months after its dramatic departure from Grand Street, Seward Park Liquors has relocated to a new storefront at 53 Ludlow St. (between Grand and Broome streets). The new shop is open this week, although the staff is still getting the shelves fully stocked.

After 36 years in business at the corner of Hester and Ludlow streets, The Sweet Life candy store will be closing at the end of this month.

You may remember this setup on Doyers Street last fall. The Department of Transportation and the Chinatown Business Improvement District teamed up to create temporary seating and activities on one of Chinatown's most unusual blocks.

Archery and axe-throwing are coming to the Lower East Side.

In the Post on Sunday, there was a piece from Steve Cuozzo that carried the headline, "The world's hottest shopping city is becoming a ghost town."