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Stephen Malkmus and Momofuku Are Making Soft-Serve Pornography Together
The folks at Momofuku have always had a huge crush on Pavement (forget the Mega Millions, if you ever dine at one of David Chang’s restaurants without hearing “Shady Lane” we’ll give you $600 million)....
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Gather ‘Round the Festivus Pole
If you’ve seen the holiday windows at The Bean and East Village Pizza (done by Nicolina’s Paint the Town), then you know they’ve showered the corner of First Avenue and East Ninth in Christmas cheer....
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This Hardcore Band Is Back After 30 Years to Play the Scene’s Old Stomping...
The High and The Mighty at A7 in 1983. (Courtesy of the band.) Avenue A seems more like Bourbon Street some nights, but this Thursday a hardcore show with several reunited New York bands will evoke the...
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These Two New Cafes Will Ease Your Starbucks-Coming-to-Williamsburg Woes
Sure, the green lady is coming to Williamsburg, but Brooklyn just keeps getting more and more excuses to buck the ‘Bucks. Starting with these two new cafes. After folding his upscale eatery, Bushwick...
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The Owner of Salt Bar Would Like You to Meet Thelma
(Photo courtesy of Thelma) The restaurant that was Broadway East and is now Rosette isn’t the only Lower East Sider to get a reboot this week — chef Melissa O’Donnell opened Thelma on Clinton last...
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LPC Demands Changes to Domino Plan, Ginsberg’s ‘Kaddish’ Building Sold
(Photo: Scott Lynch) The Landmarks Preservation Commission has sent the developer of the Domino Sugar factory back to the drawing board, objecting to the height and massing of proposed glass-clad...
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Welcome to… The Johnsons, in Bushwick
(Photo: Erin Kelley) After a long summer of waiting, The Johnsons (Bushwick outpost of Welcome to The Johnsons) finally opened this past weekend. With its white tiled bar, fake plants, wood accents,...
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Williamsburg Pizza Has Arrived on the Lower East Side
(Photo: Angelo Fabara) And it don’t stop: just this morning we’ve told you about an LES bar opening a Bushwick spin-off, an East Village pizza joint opening a Williamsburg offshoot, and now: a...
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This Artisan Goat Pillow Merchant Wants to Sell You Unlimited Coffee
(Photo courtesy of Fair Folks & a Goat) Fair Folks & a Goat, the West Houston Street design shop and café, has opened a retail store over in the East Village, and will soon bring its...
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Someone Who Hates NYU and/or Loves Philip Seymour Hoffman Paid Almost $10K...
The new South Village Historic District. (Map: Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation) While the St. Mark’s Bookshop has extended its auction to Dec. 22, Faculty Against the Sexton Plan’s...
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You Know Where to Find 1 Knickerbocker, Now Serving Fried Pig Ears and Roast Elk
(Courtesy of 1 Knickerbocker) Not too far from where The Johnsons opened last week (and from where Radio Bushwick opened last month), Bushwick just got yet another eatin’ and drinkin’ establishment....
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More Students for the EV; E-Cigs Banned Indoors; Stop-and-Frisk Snow Globe
(Photo: beau-dog) Sure enough, the City Council voted to enact a ban on indoor e-cig smoking. [Daily Intel] With asking prices ranging from $795,000 for a studio to more than $3.5 million, The...
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Remembering Al Goldstein: ‘Pioneer of Free Speech,’ ‘Ralph Kramden of Porn’
(Photo: Fred W. McDarrah/Getty Images) He was arrested numerous times for obscenity and reviled as the devil incarnate by religious figures and feminists. But when pornographer Al Goldstein died at 77...
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Yup, Even Your Christmas Tree Vendor Is a Chain, But You Gotta Love Em Anyway
If you’re the type that curses every time you pass a Dunkin’ Donuts, we’ve got some bad news: you may have bought your Christmas tree from a chain. You wouldn’t know it from the name, but SoHo Trees...
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My Favorite ’90s Sitcom Star Walked in on My Makeout Sesh With a 16-Year-Old
(Photo: Brianna Capozzi) I woke up to a text from photographer Brianna Capozzi asking if I could fill in for an agency model who didn’t show up to set. After telling her I was free to shoot, I received...
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This Greenpoint High-Rise Gets to Rise Higher, With More Afforable Housing
(Photo: Natalie Rinn) The City Council has agreed to let the developer of 77 Commercial Street stack a total of 35 more stories onto two-high rises bound for the Greenpoint waterfront. In return, the...
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Ring in the New Year With Some ’60s Persian Funk at This Expat Cafe
There’s no Little Iran in New York, but since opening in April of last year, Greenwich Village’s Cafe Nadery has become a social hub for Iranians and non-Iranian alike. Case in point: on New Year’s...
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Bklyn Beast Closes; Stabbing in Bushwick; $700 Roberta’s Tank Top
(Photo: Scott Lynch) A Williamsburg resident facing a predicament from a bygone era was forced to put up a sign: “Please Do Not Smoke Crack in Our Building.” [NY Times] That incident ended politely,...
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March Into This ‘Slow Fashion’ Bunker and Strap On Some Bow-Ties
(Photo: Daniel Maurer) A military-minded purveyor of “slow fashion” has pitched his tent in Williamsburg. Kai D. Fan was creative director at Nautica before he “burned out on the corporate career” and...
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Williamsburg’s Newest Boutique Has Roots in Polish Greenpoint
(Photos: Daniel Maurer) How convenient: next to Williamsburg’s new custom-motorcycle café, you can now buy women’s clothing inspired by racing gear. Sha-Fa opened this past weekend, and, among other...
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