We're learning more about a restaurant called Pulperia, which is going for a wine/beer license at Community Board 3's February 11th SLA Committee hearing. The Latin-themed small-plates venture is being opened by Erick Caceres, who operates Oregano, a French/Iberian...
Community Board 3 just published the agenda for next month's liquor license hearing. There are several interesting items listed, including a return engagement by the management of the Sunshine Cinema, which is transforming the East Houston Street landmark into...
Earlier this month, we reported briefly on the "500 Foot Hearing" at State Liquor Authority offices in upper Manhattan for Jose Rodriguez and Robert Payne, the team planning to open a Latin-style restaurant at 106 Rivington Street. Now here's...
The saga surrounding a new restaurant coming to 106 Rivington Street shifted to the State Liquor Authority offices in upper Manhattan yesterday. The applicants, Jose Orlando Rodriguez and Robert Payne, made their case for a full bar at a...
There's been a setback for Eastwood, the bar poised to open very soon at 221 East Broadway (Clinton Street). The State Liquor Authority ruled yesterday that a new license cannot be granted at this location because the bar is...
Along Ludlow Street's music club row, Piano's is already the biggest player, and now it looks like their empire is growing. Documents filed with Community Board 3 show the owners are planning to take over the Living Room space...
It's been several months since Overseas Taste Restaurant, a popular Malaysian spot, called it quits at 49 Canal Street. Now community board documents show a new venture is in the works at this location. In January, Demetrios Klidonas will...
Community Board 3 is out with the agenda for January's State Liquor Authority Committee. Among the intriguing liquor license applications to be considered: a proposal from ramen master Ivan Orkin (just back from Japan) to take over the former...
Shortly after the new year there's bound to be more controversy surrounding a proposed restaurant coming to 106 Rivington Street. In October, Community Board 3 narrowly rejected an application from Jose Orlando Rodriguez and Robert Payne for a full...
The new, upscale hotel at 180 Ludlow Street is expected to open by next spring. That was the word from the hotel owners, who went before Community Board 3's SLA Committee earlier this week, winning the panel's blessing for...