Our friends at Fatta Cuckoo are reminding people to visit Clinton Street and help boost morale for small businesses, post-Sandy. They have started a new Friday lunch service, offering up tasty sandwiches for $10 (take-out available too).
City, state and federal relief efforts are starting to take effect on the Lower East Side this afternoon. The National Guard, NYC Service and the Salvation Army are beginning to knock on doors in blacked-out high rises to help...
In Lower East Side food/restaurant news:
Michael Huynh is changing the concept at 154 Orchard again. Bia Garden never caught on, so he planned a course correction, turning the place into an Asian tacos destination. Weeks after the new venture...
Lots of catching up to do today, on the food/restaurant beat:
Grub Street gets a look at the menus for Fatta Cuckoo, the seasonal Italian restaurant opening on Clinton Street next week. The chef is Brett Ackerman of Diner and...
The tiny Italian spot on Clinton Street features seasonal ingredients (including vegetables from a backyard garden) and a Williamsburg refugee in the kitchen, Brett Ackerman of Diner and Marlow & Sons. Sandwiches and salads for lunch... pan roasted mussels,...