The tiki bar formerly known as Painkiller is closing in the next two weeks.
Maybe you walked by the turquoise spray-painted door at 49 Essex St. every day and never set foot inside; certainly lots of LES residents did. But...
It's been a tough few weeks for PKNY, the Lower East Side tiki bar formerly known as Painkiller. On top of losing its former name in a federal lawsuit over trademarks in late May, city health officials issued it terrible...
The LES tiki bar formerly known as Painkiller apparently has addressed most of the sanitation issues that earned it 101 violation points from the city health department earlier this month. In its second inspection in 10 days on Monday, the artisan cocktail...
Over the last six days, since we broke the news about LES bar Painkiller losing its name in trademark litigation, bartenders and tiki geeks around the world have weighed in across the web to criticize the legal action and propose a boycott of...
In the 48 hours since we broke the story of Painkiller's legal battle with a British Virgin Islands rum manufacturer, supporters of the beloved LES tiki bar have taken to their keyboards. Twitter went wild with the news, and...
In response to our story yesterday, which was picked up by Eater and other major food blogs as well as the New York Times, a group calling itself "Bartenders Against Pusser's Rum" has started a Facebook page to launch...
Following on the heels of settling a federal lawsuit over trademark infringement last month, Lower East Side tiki bar Painkiller faces another kind of trouble in the wake of a health department inspection Friday. The bar drew 101 violation points for a variety...
Painkiller, the Essex Street tiki bar that became a poster child for the citywide artisan cocktail movement when it opened last May, has been forced to change its name and give up its website as part of the settlement of a federal lawsuit...
After several delays, jazz joint and cafe Moldy Fig at 178 Stanton St. had a soft opening over the weekend. Beer, wine, live jazz and shuffleboard are operational; official opening is July 4, and the full kitchen comes online...
This morning's Lower East Side food news:
A few Lower East Side favorites were nominated in the "2011 Best of Metromix" readers' survey, including: Clinton Street Baking Company, Roni-Sue's, Xi'an Famous Foods, Babycakes, Sugar Sweet Sunshine, 88 Palace, Painkiller, Mary...
