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Inside Williamsburg’s ‘Super High-End’ Colombian Cafe-Roastery, Devoción
(Photos: Daniel Maurer) A few weeks ago, Williamsburg’s newest coffee roaster and café quietly opened on the western fringes of Grand Street. But even if Bogota-based Devoción’s expansion hasn’t been...
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These Places Have Closed, But ‘Frozen Fantasies’ Are On the Way
Folks, a few closings to note. First off, a B+B reader who tried to go to the East Village location of DBA the other night found it shuttered. A Facebook message assures that, unlike the recent closing...
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Plywood Up at Soho House, Down at ‘Orchard Street Hell Building’
Two of the Lower East Side’s most controversial projects just entered new phases of construction. First up, the Ludlow Street outpost of Soho House, which faced considerable opposition from neighbors...
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See What Happens When a Drone Makes Art, at Katsu’s First Solo Show
The self-declared “graffiti vandal” known for his signature skull icon and for using paint-filled fire extinguishers to throw up giant versions of his ubiquitous KATSU tag is getting his first solo...
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Can the New Bong Store Get East Villagers High Enough to Eat at the New...
(Photos: Daniel Maurer) The East Village, which already has enough chain stores and restaurants to span 16 blocks, will get yet another flyover fixture in the next days. The forthcoming location of...
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Who’ll Be The First to Buy This J.Crew Williamsburg Tote?
(Photo: Daniel Maurer) Williamsburg’s new J.Crew store has taken gruff from everyone from TV on the Radio to Reggie Watts, but that isn’t stopping it from selling these new totes. Now you can carry a...
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Spitzer’s Williamsburg Plans; Year’s Best New Restaurants
(Photo: Scott Lynch) Seeking $300 million: the MTA, whose plans to improve the L train may include a subway entrance on Avenue A. [MTA] Cherry Street’s former Pathmark Pharmacy is now the subject of a...
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Don’t Worry, Deer Tick Won’t Botch Your Favorite Records When It Celebrates...
Rhode Island’s favorite finger-pickin,’ acoustic-guitar-wielding, non-country act Deer Tick is ten years old — to celebrate, the band is setting up shop at the Brooklyn Bowl for five nights and...
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Call It a Metal Bar: A Williamsburg Blacksmith Opens Billet & Bellows
For years, Kristina Kozak‘s wispy metal security grills have graced the windows of Williamsburg nightspots like Bembe, Iona, and Trash Bar. Now she’s getting ready to forge a metal sign to put over...
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St. Mark’s Poetry Project Announces Lineup For Its 41st New Year’s Marathon
(Photo: Ted Roeder for St. Mark’s Poetry Project) In case you couldn’t tell from all those “best of” lists, 2014 is just about dunzo, which means it’s time to clear New Year’s Day for the St. Mark’s...
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Inside The Heyward, Now Serving Shrimp and Grits in the Former Home of Zebulon
(Photos: Daniel Maurer) Williamsburg has more than its share of down-and-dirty Southern grub (Brooklyn Star, Pies n Thighs, Sweet Chick, The Commodore, etc.) but the team that took over Zebulon’s...
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Fatal Stabbing in Bushwick; Mission Chinese Food Back in Business
(Photo: Scott Lynch) Ruth Maceria, 48, was found stabbed to death in her Bushwick apartment on Grove Street Saturday morning. Yesterday police took a person of interest into custody. [NY Daily News]...
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‘We’re in the Eye of the Storm’: Brooklyn’s Undocumented Immigrants Get Ready...
(Photos: Mary Reinholz) Fernando Canovas has lived in the shadow of the law for 23 years, working as a cook in Queens and never visiting a doctor’s office in part because of problems with his ID. “I...
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While You Await John Waters’ Remake of Pink Flamingos, Here’s The Gays
A few days ago, John Waters — always one for perverse Christmas presents – gave us the ultimate gift: news that his show at Marianne Boesky Gallery next month will include a 74-minute video consisting...
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More Episodes of High Maintenance Coming Out of the Pipe Line
Man, the next couple of months are going to be a real treat for narcissistic New Yorkers who get off on seeing their every-day lives wrought large on the small screen: Girls is back January 11 (the...
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After the Holidays, Ponder Man’s Inhumanity to Man
If you’re fighting off seasonal affective disorder, these next three events aren’t the medicine you’re looking for. But hey, winter can’t be all open-bar office parties and artisan holiday markets....
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‘The Decadence and the Drama’ of Nutcracker Rouge’s Wild Costumes
(Photos: Angelica Frey) At the beginning of Nutcracker Rouge, amid wafts of frankincense, the virginal Marie Claire (Laura Careless) finds herself in a haunted forest where she’s surrounded by a storm...
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What to Eat at Goa Taco’s Pop-Up, Now Packing Parathas on the LES
(Photos courtesy Goa Taco) After debuting this summer at Smorgasburg’s Park Slope offshoot, Smorg Jr., Goa Taco has opened a Lower East Side pop-up. The modest storefront at 79 Delancey Street, between...
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Un-Believable: Tickets For The Interview Are Now On Sale
Following a backlash against its decision to shelve The Interview in light of an aggressive hacking campaign, Sony is now releasing the film in a select number of willing theaters. One of them, the...
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Lena Dunham Favorite Appropriate Behavior Opens Next Month
Nearly a year after we caught it at Sundance, Desiree Akhavan’s first film, Appropriate Behavior, is finally hitting theaters. The red-carpet premiere will be at Lincoln Center on Jan. 6, with the...
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