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East Village

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2013

    Sneak Peek of Ippudo Westside, Opening July 13

    It's been over two years since international ramen empire Ippudo first announced it would open a second New York City location on West 51st Street in the former home of French restaurant René Pujol, and after seemingly endless construction delays, the spot's finally pulled the paper off the windows ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    May 29, 2013

    BOHEMIAN SPIRITS

    The HOWL! Fest returns

  • Dining

    May 8, 2013

    Feast Bungles Group Dining in the East Village

    Wedding crashers

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2013

    Get Ready For The Condo-ification of Avenue A

    Manhattan has become the most expensive place to live in the country. Brooklyn ranks second on that unfortunate list. The latter is getting so costly that people are moving back to the former in some weird migratory conundrum. A main force behind all of this has been condofication - a mainstay of th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2013

    Six Miracles of East Village Ungentrification

    Miraculously, lunch counter B & H Dairy remains, from the era when its stretch of Second Avenue was known as the Yiddish Broadway. As a tribute to E.V. Grieve, the East Village's chronicler of closure and demolition, we present this collection of foodie landmarks that have remarkably remained open ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2013

    Wylie Dufresne at the Rubin Museum and a Whole New World of Beef

    Monday, April 15 French Roast Downtown's 20th Anniversary Celebrate French Roast Downtown's twentieth anniversary with a three-course menu priced at $19.93, the year it opened. Peter Hudson will serve a classic French menu from April 15 to 18 that includes escargots, roasted bone marrow, and moules- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2013

    Biang! Brings Lamb Dumplings to Xi'an Famous Foods

    Dumpling obsessives rejoice: the East Village location of Xi'an Famous Foods is now serving the lamb-stuffed dumplings that drew rave reviews at their Flushing restaurant, Biang!. The plump little nuggets are the creation of chef David Shi, and five bucks will score you a custom-cooked order of six. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2013

    A Look at New 'Cue around NYC; Pigs Ears Amidst Chaos at Salvation Taco

    Our own Robert Sietsema surveys the latest barbecue offerings from "the East Village to Gowanus," and finds worthwhile rib-stickers throughout the boroughs. His saucy list of favorites includes Daniel Delany's BrisketTown, "which obsesses on beef brisket smoked in a trailer located just off Flushing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2013

    East Village Hates Chains, Just Like Astor Place Once Did

    Last week, the New York Times reported that the East Village was emphatically protesting an incoming 7-Eleven. The Slurpee giant is worming its way right to the trendy core of the neighborhood, renovating a storefront on Avenue A and East 11th Street. The neighbors are worried that the snack chain w ... More >>

  • Dining

    December 19, 2012

    Munch an Ugly Duckling at Jeepney

    A Pinoy throwback cracks open in the East Village

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2012

    Unhatched Ducklings at Jeepney; Smoking Up Meat at BrisketTown

    Our own Tejal Rao visits the East Village's Jeepney, the latest venture from the Maharlika family, to try the unhatched duckling eggs at the "modern Filipino gastropub" in her review of Jeepney. She offers some guidelines for enjoying the small bites: "Think of the impossibly pure broth you get when ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    November 7, 2012

    JUST KIDS

    Looking back at the Bowery art scene

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2012

    Report From the East and West Villages, Post-Apocalypse

    Le Bonbonniere, the West Village's favorite greasy spoon, was operating by candlelight last night. Over the last three days, as the reality of the storm's extreme impact downtown has become increasingly apparent, Villagers have pumped their basements and tried to lead some semblance of normal live ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2012

    Celebrate Food in East Harlem or the East Village

    Two neighborhoods are celebrating the best cuisine they have to offer this weekend. Indulge uptown or downtown, with Moroccan or Mexican, but either way, East Harlem and the East Village will satisfy your appetite.

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2012

    Pad Thai Redeemed

    Finally, a pad thai that kicks your ass Pad Thai is one of those dishes to be instinctively avoided. Even at great Thai restaurants, the cooks switch into gringo mode and turn out an indifferent heap of pale rice noodles that's invariably bland and way too sweet. But then last Friday evening a gro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2012

    The New Lucky Cheng's Has Sort Of Opened!

    Attention, bachelorettes, birthday people, and karaoke queens! Last night, the long running drag entertainment restaurant Lucky Cheng's had a soft opening at their new locale, smack up where the tourists roam, at 240 W. 52nd Street.

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2012

    When Sweet Cocktails Attack!

    "a grainy watermelon gimlet whiffed of the lavender pillows and half-emptied bottles of gin one might find in an old lady's knicker drawer"

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2012

    East Village Gets First Large-Scale Historic Landmark District

    The Landmarks Preservation Commission voted yesterday to designate a collection of over 330 buildings -- within the bounds of the Bowery, Avenue A, East 2nd and East 7th street -- as the first large-scale historic district in neighborhood history. In a 6 to 1 vote, the commission gave landmark prot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2012

    Sexy Brunch At Black Market

    Black Market, a gastropub in the East Village, is taking brunch up a notch with their debut of Sexy Brunch. It's on Saturday and Sundays from 10:30 am to 4 pm and starting at noon, DJ Har Mar Superstar and a rotating cast of guests will be spinning music. The restaurant, which opened two years ago ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    September 26, 2012

    ISN’T SHE LOVELY?

    Get dolled up for Bushwig

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2012

    What's Liza Queen Up To at Potlikker?

    A marvelous plum salad, for one thing . . . [See More Photos from Robert Sietsema: 5 Amazing Indian Dishes From Deccan Spice | 5 Best Things To Eat at Masak, in the East Village] Liza Queen is one of the city's most unusual chefs. When she opened Queens Hideaway eight years ago on Franklin Avenu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2012

    Where Was I Eating? Crif Dogs

    This was a easy round. Mike Winston guessed it: it was a spicy redneck and a chihuahua from Crif Dogs at the East Village location --- not Williamsburg. Close though.

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2012

    Say Goodbye To Malaga, Diablo Royale Este

    Malaga, which was closed on August 25, after racking up 77 points in a DOH inspection is still closed even though their voicemail says they'll be back on September 5. [NY Eater] Porchetta.Hog is temporarily closed. Although it's located just a couple of blocks away from Sara Jenkins' Porchetta, th ... More >>

  • Dining

    August 29, 2012

    Masak: Asian Rustic

    They're slinging Singapore food in the East Village

  • Blogs

    August 29, 2012

    5 Best Things To Eat at Masak, in the East Village

    The splendid "devil chicken" at Masak [See More Great Dishes at Ootoya and Tacos Cachanilla] This week, Counter Culture sails on a three-masted ship into Masak, an obscurely located East Village bistro that takes its inspiration from Singaporean cooking, which is itself partly inspired by Malaysia ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2012

    5 Great Cocktails on Tap in New York City

    Gin Palace's Gin and Tonic Why get excited about a big, pre-mixed batch of booze that comes out of a spigot? Because if someone's putting their Fernet and cola on tap, they must think it's really awesome. We're not sure the tap trend really is the next big thing, but when solid cocktail bars make t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2012

    Vegans Have Better Sex According to Singing Woman

    This news comes to us by way of DNAinfo, which reported that there has been a singing vegan lady trying to convert East Village meat eaters into vegetable-eating purists. "Vegans have better sex, better health, cleaner conscience," Grace Weaver, the vegan advocate, has been singing. According to t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2012

    Where Was I Eating? Caracas Arepa Bar

    You guessed it JLee. I was grabbing dinner at Caracas Arepa Bar in the East Village. It's delicious Venezuelan food. The crowds can get a bit intense sometimes, but it does have a take-out window.

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2012

    Calling All Suckers: East Village Snake-Oil Factory Selling Tap Water For $2.50 A Glass

    We're not sure what's more unsettling: the fact that an East Village business is selling tap water for $2.50 a bottle, or that countless idiots will probably buy it.That's right, a "water cafe" called "Molecule" is now open for business right around the corner from the Voice's East Village abode tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2012

    Porchetta's Lebanese Chicken Sandwich

    The sandwich was inspired by a Lebanese original. [ See More Taste Tests: Spring Garden: Brooklyn's Best Dim Sum? | The 6 Best Snacks on the High Line | The City's Weirdest Frozen Treat? Salted Licorice Pops ] Porchetta -- the East Village establishment specializing in a Tuscan roadside attracti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2012

    Cast In Concrete #4: CINEMA dub MONKS Add An Air Of The Abstract To Washington Square Park

    Cast In Concrete tracks Vijith Assar as he records the musical offerings of New York City's street musicians. Who: CINEMA dub MONKS Where: Washington Square Park When: June 20, 9 p.m. I guess all the musicians in this city are better about checking the forecasts than I am, because a sizable loop t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2012

    Boukies: 5 To-Die-For Dishes

    1. The spanakopita are configured as right triangles, and strewn with microgreens. Today, Counter Culture arrives by trireme (Odysseus' type of ship) at Boukies, a Greek tapas bar in the East Village. While I didn't like everything there, a handful of dishes were outstanding, and worth voyaging al ... More >>

  • Books

    May 30, 2012

    Howl! Festival Swoops Into East Village This Weekend

    The weekend gathering celebrates the seminal poem with readings, art, dance, and more.

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2012

    Where Was I Eating? TKettle

    That was impressive. I was eating the bubble waffle at TKettle, a Taiwanese dessert joint in the East Village.

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2012

    Say Goodbye To Friend House, Nuela

    ​​It's a dog-eat-dog world out there. Know of any restaurants or bars opening or closing? Drop us a line. Amid a bankruptcy filing, lawsuits, and mounting debt, Friend House in the East Village has shuttered. [The Local East Village] Nuela (43 West 24th Street) is not coming back and in its ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2012

    Where Was I Eating? The Toucan and the Lion

    This round was over in a flash. I was eating one of the best dishes on the impressive menu at The Toucan and the Lion in the East Village: duck confit mofongo in a salsa verde sauce with a fried egg on top.

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2012

    JoeDough's Stoner's Delight is $4.20 on 4/20 at 4:20

    Supposedly a police code for a marijuana bust, the aptly named 4/20 is celebrated by High Times subscribers nationwide. The pinnacle of the day? 4:20 p.m. That's when things go crazy (or so they say). Getting into the spirit of things this year is East Village sandwich shop JoeDough where the outs ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2012

    Black Bloc And Bottles Led NYPD To Close Tompkins Square Last Night

    The heat must be getting to a few peoples' heads. At around 9pm last night, a loose pack of around 50 to 60 protestors took to the streets, looting and vandalizing storefronts and property in the East Village. Their targets: the windows of the Starbucks on Astor and the newly opened 7/11 on St. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2012

    Lakeside Lounge, the Alphabet City Hangout, To Close

    The East Village must be getting used to all these closings by now. First, it was Mars Bars on East First Street; then Banjo Jim's on East Ninth Street; and, now, the Lakeside Lounge on Avenue B will see its doors close for good at the end of this month. And, like its other friends in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2012

    SOTC March Madness: Philip Glass (4) And The Fugs (13) Have It Out Downtown

    ​The Round of 64 for Sound of the City's own version of March Madness—in which you, the Sound of the City voting public, help determine the quintessential New York musician—finishes up this week, with the Round of 32 scheduled to kick off Monday. (The schedule and results so far are he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2012

    Tomorrow: Our 10 Best East Village Restaurants, 2012 Edition

    The legendary wall of bowls in the bar at Ippudo. Will the ramen palace retain its high ranking? It's been over two years since Fork in the Road did a 10 Best for the East Village. The dining scene has really changed in the interim, as new places have opened and the fortunes of old places risen an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2012

    Empellón Cocina's Tongue Sopes

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  • Blogs

    February 23, 2012

    Cops to Crack Down on East Village Drunks

    Boozers and bars are just ruining the East Village, neighborhood residents claim. So the NYPD Ninth Precinct, which patrols the area, will deploy eight to 10 additional cops in the next month to combat "nightlife-related problems," according to DNAinfo. The team will be sent out during the eveni ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2012

    Say Hello to Another Fonda, Mission Chinese Food

    ​Roberto Santibañez is establishing another Fonda restaurant in the East Village. The grand opening is set for February 21. [Diner's Journal]Empellón Cocina, the sister restaurant of the West Village's Empellón Taqueria, opened last week in the East Village. [Eater]

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2012

    Happy Hour at Virage

    Sometimes, after a hard day's work, you want to hit a dank and dirty bar. Other times, you want something a little more relaxed -- perhaps with some small plates or a hearty main here or there. If you are in the mood for the latter, consider Virage (118 Second Avenue, 212-253-0425).

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2012

    Year of the Takeout: Day 11

    Peach Tofu from Plump Dumpling (174 Second Avenue, 212-254-2868)

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2012

    Japadog on St. Marks: A First Glimpse

    ​Why does my East Village hot dog look like an abstract painting? Twenty-four hours ago, Japadog - a Vancouver hot doggery with one store and four carts - opened its first American outlet on St. Marks between Third and Second avenues. It specializes in sausages (not just hot dogs!) dressed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2011

    Avocados: More Than Guac in NYC Restaurants

    Yerba Buena's avocado fries​ If you travel to Mexico, you'll find that avocados are served practically everywhere -- most frequently simply sliced and salted as a side dish. Unless you head to a restaurant specializing in avocado dishes, you won't find the fruit blended into smoothies spiked w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2011

    London's Name For Its 2012 Olympic Village: 'East Village'

    London2012.comArtists rendering of London's Olympic Village.​A new East Village is about to spring up all the way across the Atlantic Ocean. London is hosting the 2012 Summer Olympics and they're naming their Olympic Village the "East Village," somewhat unimaginatively. East Village 2.0 will h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2011

    Andre Balazs' Vision For The Standard East Village Doesn't Include Shepard Fairey

    Shepard Fairey's mural on East Fifth and Cooper Square has been taken down, the Local: East Village reported yesterday. It was that one of a monk on the side of the Cooper Square Hotel, recently renamed the Standard East Village by new owner Andre Balazs. The mural had been on the side of the buildi ... More >>

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