mars bar

Here's our first look at the bars and restaurants seeking to obtain or upgrade alcohol permits in May, including the possible resurrection of Mars Bar. There are several items of note on the agenda for the liquor licensing subcommittee of...

Yesterday Crain's posted an interesting story about the demise of the Mars Bar and the silver lining for several East Village tenants: An octogenarian playwright, a drag queen and a kvetcher provoked nightly by the bar's cacophony are among...

In addition to our sneak preview of Cafe Grumpy's impending opening on Essex Street, here's a roundup of other neighborhood food news breaking today: Next week at Limited Time Only on East Broadway, Chef Leah Cohen will preview her upcoming Southeast...

There was a lot of action on the Lower East Side and East Village food scene this weekend: Lucky Jack's on Orchard made Zagat's Dating & Dumping Guide as a good place to drop the ball and chain (NYT) A new...

From International Pickle Day to the Hester Street Fair food festival -- there's plenty happening on the LES this weekend.  The weather will (mostly) cooperate.  59 for a high today and rain showers, beginning mid afternoon. Tomorrow, partly cloudy,...