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A Change in Ownership at Dora Coffee

A change is ahead at Dora, the 9-month old coffee shop on East Broadway.  Nicole Slaven let us know today she's sold the business to Jamie Rogers, a regular customer who lives in an apartment above Dora (at 221...

Restaurant Wrap: Dora, Banjo Jim’s, Cocoron, Spitzer’s Corner, Russ & Daughters

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...

Hester St. Fair, Xi’an Famous Foods, Veggie Eats

It's a busy week in Lower East Side food news: The Hester Street Fair's season premiere on Saturday gets a lot of love in the media (Time Out, NYDN, Treehugger). Xi'an Famous Foods announces a May 14 grand opening event at its...

Food Wire: Hakki Pizza, Sorella, Octavia’s Porch

There's lots of food news around the neighborhood this week: On the pizza front: Hakki Pizza has taken over the Visco discount clothing store space at 123 Essex, at the intersection with Rivington; this week, the former corner store is gutted, Hakki's signs...

Coffee with a Cause

Next time you buy a bag of coffee, you can also help out a well-known Lower East Side non-profit. In the last couple of weeks, the coffee shop Dora started stocking "Workforce Blend" from New York-based Plowshares Coffee Roasters. One...

Roasting Plant Founder Saw Orchard Street as Incubator

One day way back in 2006, Mike Caswell spent several hours people-watching on the block of Orchard Street between Broome and Grand streets. The midtown real estate broker Caswell had hired to help him choose a site for the...

Welcome to This Month’s New Sponsors – and a Special Deal from Dora!

We'd like to take a moment to welcome our new Annual Sponsors: the Educational Alliance, Dora (the new coffee shop on East Broadway) and the Village Zendo. Dora is offering a special Valentine's Day deal to readers of The Lo-Down....

Winter Wire: Open & Closed

Here's a look at the snowy scene on East Broadway near Clinton Street, courtesy our friends at the coffee shop, Dora. In addition to the public schools and city offices, lots of businesses and organizations are closed today. The...

Restaurant Eyeing 221 East Broadway Removed From CB3 Docket

Since we posted Community Board 3's agenda last week, we've been getting quite a few questions from readers about a restaurant that appeared to be moving into 221 East Broadway, the old Mayflower Hotel building.  According to the agenda,...

Food Wire: Souvalki GR, DBGB Beer Tastings, Cupping at Dora

Souvlaki GR's food truck - near Union Square. In food/restaurant news: New York Street News has its first big scoop of the year! Souvlaki GR, Vendy Award winner, is going brick-and-mortar on the Lower East Side. The buzz-worthy...
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The Lo-Down Culture Cast Episode 6 – Nonhuman Teachers

We spoke with the folks from Nonhuman Teachers, a nonprofit that takes a new approach to ecological storytelling, for...
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