25 half-pastrami sandwiches in 10 minutes. That's what competitive eater Joey Chestnut consumed yesterday afternoon to win the World Pastrami Eating Championship. The incredibly revolting spectacle was part of Katz's Deli 125th anniversary celebration and DayLife, the Lower East...
What do we have here? Well, that's Lisa Fiorentino, Lower East Side stylist and boutique owner, posing in front of her new, prized acquisition: a vintage Shasta trailer! Lisa will be debuting it this weekend at DayLife, the Lower...
The Lower East Side BID is out with more details about DayLife, its Orchard Street festival coming up a week from Sunday. As you may recall, the inaugural version of the event, intended to reinvigorate the historic shopping district,...
Police say a woman was found on Orchard Street, just below East Houston, this morning suffering from severe knife wounds to the neck. She was rushed to Beth Israel Hospital, and later declared dead. The victim was in a...
For a while, Clinton Street above Delancey has been the Lower East Side’s Restaurant Row. WD50 showed that adventurous diners would spend money here, and many upscale establishments followed their lead. Tapas, posh pancakes, and high end Chinese can...
Down Orchard Street (Official Documentary Trailer) from C.K. Dexter Haven on Vimeo.
There's a new documentary about life on the Lower East Side's dwindling leather district. Here's the trailer for "Down Orchard Street," a film by Courtney Fathom Sell. The...
The Lower East Side BID is putting the finishing touches on DayLife, the Orchard Street festival coming up on Sunday. There will be lots of food and retail vendors, plus musical performances, DJ's, ping pong and skateboarding. The event...
Last night at Community Board 3's economic development committee, the Lower East Side BID presented its plan for a series of community festivals on Orchard Street. As we reported yesterday, the project is meant to reactivate the former "bargain...
Back in January, we reported that the Lower East Side Business Improvement District had won approval from the city to hold a community festival on Orchard Street. For decades, the blocks between East Houston and Delancey have been closed...
Partly cloudy today with a high of 55. Isn't springtime nice?!
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