Interstate Food & Liquor, the 18-month-old bar and restaurant at 74 Orchard St., is changing hands. Owner Andy Boose tells us the new owners are "a nice group who will be maintaining much of the look and 'neighborhood' feel...
This morning we have some storefront news from around the neighborhood:
112 Ridge St. (Stanton/Rivington): Brooklyn-based Sunny Skies Pre-School has signed a 20-year lease for 6,000 square feet of space, according to The Real Deal.
118 Ludlow St. (Houston/Stanton): Think Pink Spa...
The block of Orchard Street between Grand and Broome is brimming with business news this week. In addition to Cafe Katja's planned expansion we reported yesterday, The Lo-Down has learned that Hyper Island is departing for SoHo while adjacent boutique By...
It's been a really busy week on the LES restaurant scene. The health department shut down The National Underground. The Doughnut Plant made plans to expand. Cafe Grumpy opened. In other food news:
We took a sneak peek at the renovations inside 74 Orchard,...
Community Board 3's SLA Committee breezed through a short agenda last night in record time. They approved a full liquor license at 241 Bowery for a steakhouse from Motorino's Mathieu Polombino. There were not a lot of new details...
More information on some of the applicants going before Community Board 3's SLA Committee tonight...
As we noted when the agenda came out a few days ago, there appears to be an ownership change at Bunny Chow the year-old South...
Next week Community Board 3's SLA Committee will meet to scrutinize December's liquor license applicants. Pyro-cocktail specialist Apotheke has already been crossed off the agenda, leaving a fairly mundane but still lengthy docket to adjudicate. A few items of...