Photos by Cynthia Lamb. Food nerdiness has a great reward: eating well. If you go to the trouble of learning your food landscape, you know where the best restaurants and sources for ingredients are located. If you acquire the knowledge and skill to coo... »
Cooper Union decides to start charging tuition to graduate students (NYT). The State Liquor Authority finally signs off on a liquor license at 200 Avenue A, the former/infamous Superdive space (EV Grieve). New York City posts 870,000 historical images ... »
Today’s Lower East Side food finds: Alias is offering a special $40 pre fixe dinner next Monday prepared by the “2 Fat Trannies.” That’s right. According to the email blast Bertha Venus and Fatness Everdeen will be whipping up a feast “to tempt any g... »
Bodega owners fear 7-11′s conquest of New York City (Daily News). Three men arrested after melee in and around St. Mark’s Place, Tompkins Square Park (NYT, EV Grieve). Some people close to Sheldon Silver worry that the governor is going to interfere wi... »
The DL, 95 Delancey Street. Here’s a wrap-up of last night’s CB3 liquor licensing hearing. The most time-consuming and contentious applications concerned above-Houston establishments. You can read all about the latest Community Board 3 rejection of 200... »
Chiun Ng. Photo by thelodownny.com. This weekly feature spotlights a wide variety of people who live and work on the Lower East Side. If you know someone you would like to suggest be featured in “My LES,” please email us here. What do you do? I’m an ar... »
A group marching in solidarity with Occupy Oakland ended up around Tompkins Square Park last night; police arrested about a dozen protesters (NYT, EV Grieve). A City Council panel passes a resolution calling on the Army to institute better “cultural se... »
This afternoon the Landmarks Preservation Commission fast-tracked the approval of the East 10th Street Historic District (the block between Avenue a and Avenue B on the northern boundary of Tompkins Square Park). Just before a unanimous vote, LPC Cha... »
This weekly feature spotlights a wide variety of people who live and work on the Lower East Side. If you know someone you would like to suggest be featured in “My LES,” please email us here. What do you do? Maintenance Worker – LOCAL 32, Student (maj... »
This weekend is your chance to dispose of that pine tree dropping needles all over your apartment, and turn it into mulch that helps plants in our public parks. (See adorable video here.) The city’s parks department is hosting its annual Mulchfest from... »
Video game guru Dave Gilbert with his wife, Janet. The following article was written by Patrick Hickey, Jr. of the web site Review Fix: As a video game designer, East Village-native Dave Gilbert creates brand new worlds, full of weird and interesting c... »
Economy Candy. Photo by Laurie Gwen Shapiro. Here’s your Monday afternoon Lower East Side food news: Thursday evening, Clandestino will be launching a home-grown beer, “Easy Blonde,” from local start-up Alphabet City Brewing Company. See details here. ... »
How about an urban fishing adventure? Just one of the fun activities available on Sunday. Image via Snarly's flickr photostream. Our friends at The Neighborhood School asked us to remind you that their Holiday Fair is coming up this Sunday, There will... »
Six weeks ago, Lower East Side teenager Keith Salgado was murdered in the courtyard of the Campos Plaza public housing complex on East 12th Street. Today his mother, community activists and elected officials gathered in the gymnasium, just a few hundre... »
Is there a revival in the works for Ha'Chi, the Thompson LES Hotel's Asian fusion restaurant that opened in July and closed a few weeks ago? Next month’s agenda for Community Board 3′s liquor license hearing is fresh off the presses this afternoon, and... »
