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Greenwich Village

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2012

    My Critics Think I'm "Disgusting"!

    I learned that by googling myself--as I do every three minutes--and coming across my page on Philosopedia.org. It starts off really nice, mind you: "He dishes the dirt and minces no words. His use of circle endings, double entendres, catty sense of humor, and witty in-jokes brings laughter out of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2012

    Offered Without Comment

    Handbag store, Bleecker Street, West Village, Sunday, 8:45pm

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2012

    Aw, the 1% Feels Poor

    There's an UrbanBaby thread making its way around Internet circles, inspiring a sense of both depression and horror. It is about money, and how we feel about what we make, particularly in New York City, where we all seem to need a little bit more than people who live anywhere else. Despite the remin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2011

    Village Voice Immortalized In The Greenwich Village Follies

    ​ Run down to The Greenwich Village Follies at Manhattan Theatre Source, and when they ask the trivia question about a certain newspaper that started in 1955, yell, "The Village Voice!" You'll win a free condom. You should run there anyway because the revue -- a loosely structured glimpse at ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2011

    It's Nice Out! Time to Picnic with These Packed Lunches

    flickr/19melissa68A-tisket a-tasket , a lovely wicker picnic basket​The weather might be wonky, fluctuating from cold to hot like a menopausal gal, but that just means you need to take advantage of the sunny day while you can. And the best way to do that would be with a picnic. Now that Fork ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2011

    Dear Mom and Dad: A Letter from Camp Washington Square

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. August 23, 1973, Vol. XVIII, No. 34 Letter from Camp Washington Square by Clark Whelton Dear Mom and Dad, Well, here it is time for my weekly letter and right off I want to thank you both again for sending me to summer camp in Washing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2011

    What to Drink at Kin Shop: The Dark 'n' Cloudy

    Each week in The Daily Shot, we have ourselves a drink that we think you should try, too. Rum and coconut.​​​​​​The drink: Dark 'n' Cloudy The bar: Kin Shop, 469 Sixth Avenue, Greenwich Village, 212-675-4295 The price: $12 The ingredients: Kraken dark rum with a side of coconut ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2011

    Go Jets! And Go Green Bay! — UPDATED

    ​Football cookies at Citarella, 10 a.m., Greenwich Village

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2010

    Posts of the Week

    At last it's Friday afternoon. As the day retreats into a shroud of seasonal gloom, it's time to look back on the week that was. Lauren Shockey, a lifelong New Yorker, lists her top ten childhood restaurants that still exist. Our Man Sietsema goes to Staten Island for some meat and murder. 'Brook ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2010

    Our Nine Best Kid-Friendly Restaurants in NYC (Plus One in NJ)

    ​The wacky windows at Cowgirl Hall of Fame have been entertaining kids for upwards of two decades. Bulletin boards and blogs are filled with endless discussions of which restaurants to bring children to, and which to avoid. Some sites favor places that concentrate on simple-minded food like p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2010

    The Shitshow That Was 4Food; Fashion's Night Out Eats

    This week in food blogs... Eater listed its top 10 most potentially game-changing neighborhood restaurants, including Kin Shop in Greenwich Village and Mary Queen of Scots on the LES. Grub Street offered a brief history of cars crashing into restaurants, following the recent accident at The Bean. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2010

    Beny's Delice: New Pastry Shop in Clinton Hill

    ​Three pastries presented for your delectation (left to right): the very-Parisian thick flan deposited in a pastry shell, tiramisu using traditional lady fingers, and coffee eclair. "You know how far I used to have to go to get a pastry around here?" My friend from Clinton Hill said, gesturin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2010

    Here's Another Way to Celebrate Easter: Dessert and a History Lesson

    AleBovini/FlickrSweet, sweet Sunday.​ Easter, whether you celebrate it or not, has one universally appealing factor - treats, and lots of them. As if that's not enough, the bunny brought New York the nicest weather of the year, which makes everything much sweeter. So, we've found an ideal wa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2009

    Clip Job: Tacos, Rock 'n' Roll Girls Invade the Village

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. June 30, 1966, Vol. XI, No. 37 Scenes By Howard Smith The girl who plays the drums is not allowed to play barefoot any more. There seems to be a city regulation against naked toes and soles in a restaurant. She still has a lot going ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    November 10, 2009

    IT’S BLITZ

    Really, the Jets should win this one

  • Blogs

    June 12, 2009

    Our Ten Best--Hamburgers

    Think of it as a mini meatloaf on a bun. Like the name says, hamburgers originated in the port city of Hamburg, Germany, where ground meat has been a popular viand at least since the late Middle Ages. According to one cockamamie story, Genghis Khan invented it when his invading hordes put meat under ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2009

    Babbo Shuttered!

    Greenwich Village stalwart Babbo was closed by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in an unusual late-night raid. The bar crowd and a handful of patrons still dining were swept out onto the sidewalk around midnight as the chef, his signature orange clogs slapping on the pavement, was le ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2009

    This Week in Chef News

    Chef Michael Citarella has left the kitchen at Freemans, in part, presumably, to a negative review in the Times when Bruni wrote "the eating seems never to live up to the setting."[The Feed]Iron Chef Cat Cora and her girlfriend are reportedly both pregnant, via (I guess that's the right preposition ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2009

    Clip Job: Sex and the Single Village Girl

    Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesJuly 26, 1962, Vol. VII, No. 40In Greenwich Village, Sex Is Where You Find ItBy Stephanie Gervis"Sex and the Single Girl" is not a how-to-do-it book but a how-to-get-him book.What it would help you get, however, is not what most Greenwich Village ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2009

    Cops Take Drunk Woman Home, Caught on Tape Returning, Accused of Rape

    A woman got vomiting drunk one night in December, and a couple of cops helped her back to her apartment at 13th Street and Avenue A at about 1 in the monring. Surveillance camera footage from a nearby bar shows that the cops returned twice -- once at about 2 a.m., coming in behind a tenant, and onc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2009

    "Drunken Negro Face" Cookie Post-Mortem

      Nobody in the neighborhood seemed to notice, and the nannies continued to sweep into the bakery for cookies and milk with their young charges, just picked up from Greenwich Village's P.S. 41 next door. But Lafayette Bakery--which has rather grandly called itself a "French Baker ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    November 5, 2008

    NO PLACE LIKE IT

    NEC is at Home at the Signature

  • Blogs

    September 4, 2008

    Clip Job: Save the Village, 1869 Style

    NEC is at Home at the Signature

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2008

    Clip Job: Eleanor Roosevelt Supports the Fight Against Carmine DeSapio

    NEC is at Home at the Signature

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2008

    Clip Job: An Owl Comes to Town

    NEC is at Home at the Signature

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2008

    Clip Job: 30-Day Sentence for Civil Disobedience

    NEC is at Home at the Signature

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2008

    Clip Job: Village Voice Auto Rally

    NEC is at Home at the Signature

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2008

    Clip Job: Billie Holiday Sells Out Loew's Sheridan

    NEC is at Home at the Signature

  • News

    December 18, 2007

    Motel Sucks

    Exploiting a Depression-era loophole, more landlords are booting renters for short-term hotel guests

  • News

    November 13, 2007

    Mailer's First Voice Column

    He didn't waste any time insulting readers or the paper

  • News

    November 6, 2007

    Norman Mailer, 1923-2007

    He changed American journalism and letters, and co-founded The Village Voice

  • News

    May 8, 2007

    Secrets of the Mob

    A geezer gangster sings like a canary

  • News

    May 2, 2006

    Undulating Facades

    Landmarks panel gives green light to wavy glass tower in the Village. But try fixing up your Village townhouse.

  • Specials

    October 18, 2005

    The Birth of the 'Voice': 1955–1965

    From the Beats to Civil Rights, Lenny Bruce to Warhol's Factory . . .

  • Specials

    October 18, 2005

    1962

    From the Beats to Civil Rights, Lenny Bruce to Warhol's Factory . . .

  • Specials

    October 18, 2005

    The Bohemian Diaspora

    From the Beats to Civil Rights, Lenny Bruce to Warhol's Factory . . .

  • Film

    June 7, 2005

    New Waverly

    IFC indahouse: A Village theater reopens, but not without controversy

  • News

    May 31, 2005

    Extreme Makeover

    Washington Square Park renovation battle gets personal—and private

  • NYC Life

    February 22, 2005

    Noise on Music Central

    From minstrelsy to vaudeville and Monk to punk, never under-estimate urban ugliness

  • People

    February 4, 2003

    Girlvert!

    From minstrelsy to vaudeville and Monk to punk, never under-estimate urban ugliness

  • Books

    August 13, 2002

    Bohemian Dreams

    From minstrelsy to vaudeville and Monk to punk, never under-estimate urban ugliness

  • News

    June 4, 2002

    Holy Waters

    Spiritual Life Returns to New York Harbor

  • News

    May 7, 2002

    The Way We Were—And Are

    Spiritual Life Returns to New York Harbor

  • News

    May 7, 2002

    Bohemia on Toast

    Dawn Powell's Village

  • Specials

    May 7, 2002

    Letters

    Dawn Powell's Village

  • Specials

    April 30, 2002

    Letters

    Dawn Powell's Village

  • News

    August 29, 2000

    Risqué Business

    How John Van Means Wound Up Selling Sidewalk Erotica

  • News

    June 22, 1999

    Gay Is Global

    Three decades after Stonewall the movement it spawned has become a worldwide symbol of freedom

  • News

    February 9, 1999

    West Village, R.I.P.

    Developers target a legendary neighborhood's last open spaces

  • News

    January 27, 1998

    This Precious Right

    A Veteran of the Abortion Struggle Looks Back

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