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Lafayette

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2012

    Ask the Critics: Where Can I Have a Karaoke Birthday?

    Rebecca V. asks: My birthday is coming up and I want there to be both karaoke and tasty food involved. Where should I go? Dear Rebecca: Karaoke and good food always make for an entertaining time, though most of the karaoke spots that I've been to have less than stellar food, if they serve grub at a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2012

    Jalapeno Poppers Pop-Up on Downtown Menus

    Lauren BloombergThere's molten cheese hidden inside of these babies.​Spicy, cheesy, fried. Jalapeno poppers are pretty much one of the most perfect snack foods. They're as ideal for noshing in front of the television as they are for serving as a cocktail party bite. But, aside from TGI Fridays and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2011

    The Bean to Open This Month on Second Avenue

    The BeanIt lives on!​Indie coffee shop the Bean might have been forced out of its home on First Avenue following a takeover by Starbucks, but its resurrection is about to take place at the end of the month at 54 Second Avenue.

  • Voice Choices

    October 26, 2011

    Sitting On Your Ass Is a Sport

    Partake in the marathon while eating and drinking. It’s highly relaxing

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2011

    Columbus Circle Is the Most Requested Bike Share Station Location

    ​Following the announcement of a bike-share program that would bring 10,000 bikes to the streets of New York City, the Department of Transportation put out a call asking for suggestions on where people wanted stations located. Yesterday, they announced that they'd gotten 5,566 individual stati ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    August 31, 2011

    BACK TO EARTH

    TV on the Radio, on the waterfront

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2011

    Live: TV On The Radio Pop Up In The Sky

    ​ TV on the Radio Billboard at the corner of Lafayette and Great Jones Sts. Wednesday, August 17 Better than: "Not a concert," said someone standing next to me. Two days ago Maura forwarded me an email from a Heineken rep giving her the heads-up on a "newsworthy event" set to take place the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2011

    Tomorrow, Humans Will Briefly Own the Streets of Manhattan

    ​Tomorrow marks the first day of this summer's Summer Streets, the three consecutive August Saturdays in which, from 7 a.m. until 1 p.m., a route normally used by cars and buses and things of a vehicular persuasion is for humans alone. The 2011 route connects the Brooklyn Bridge to Central Par ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2011

    There Was a Small Fire at Delicatessen Earlier This Morning

    Photo courtesy of Delicatessen​ Around 9:30 this morning, a small fleet of fire trucks was summoned to the corner of Prince and Lafayette streets to extinguish a fire at Delicatessen. Eater reports that the fire was relatively minor, and may have resulted from some work being done to the resta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2011

    NYPD Now Giving Tickets For Biking on the Wrong Part of the Street

    Photo by Alex Goldmark​A blogger for Transportation Nation witnessed two cyclists being pulled over and ticketed in Manhattan for biking not on the sidewalk, but on the street -- just not in the available bike lane. According to the Department of Transportation, "you have the right to ride in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2010

    The Best Thing I Ate Yesterday

    Welcome to The Best Thing I Ate Yesterday, where we endeavor to remember the very best thing we stuffed down our gullets over the past 24 hours. Why? Because the only thing better than enjoying a meal is wallowing in the memory of one savored in the recent past. Today's fond reminiscences ... Chan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2010

    Dans Le Noir? May Open in Tribeca

    ​The Dans Le Noir? saga continues! After declaring their intentions in August to take over the former Tonic space on Norfolk Street, the owners of the French-based chain of "dining in the dark" restaurants subsequently backed out of the deal and retreated into the wilderness. Now it looks like ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2010

    "Rat Zoo" Discovered in Lower Manhattan

    ​NYC the Blog has posted a video of rats literally overrunning Collect Pond Park in Lower Manhattan, on Leonard Street between Centre and Lafayette. Of course, we're all aware that New York has a lot of rats. But seriously, this is a lot of rats. Blogger Paolo Mastrangelo saw (at his estimate) u ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2010

    Old Tower Records Space on East 4th Finally Has A New Tenant: Equinox Gym

    ​And thus, the pasty record clerks and furtive customers of the old Tower Records space on East 4th give way inevitably to the musclebound men and women who beat them up in high school. That vacated storefront on the corner of Lafayette--home, variously, to Halloween costume pop-up shops and h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2009

    Fort Greene's Lafayette Avenue Gets a New Restaurant

    EN Restaurant will open in Fort Greene, presumably at some point in the near future.​ Since this summer, a new restaurant's been under construction at the corner of Lafayette Avenue and Cumberland Street in Fort Greene. Now, it appears that it's almost completed.

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2009

    It's Black Thursday -- Get Shopping! The Brooklyn Flea's Gifted and the Bowery Bazaar

    ​If you're wondering about the reindeer and snowmen that went into the window this week at the old Tower Records (on the corner of East 4th and Lafayette), it's the Brooklyn Flea's pop-up holiday market, Gifted, or -- as we fondly call it -- "the place where we're totally doing all of our holi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2009

    Things to do this weekend for (mostly) free

    ​Leaf peeper map of NYS What little there is left, we have here, and we're at peak leaf (according to the News, we owe that information to the city's official foliage monitor, Cori Carl). Local foliage tours are here.

  • Voice Choices

    June 24, 2009

    ROCKIN' 'N' ROLLIN'

    Afro-punks rule at this skate park

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2009

    Calvin Klein Soho Billboard Provokes Yawns of Outrage

    The menage on this Soho billboard is part of a five-month-old campaign, but the new version seen at Houston and Lafayette has prompted a new round of Are You Not Outraged? The WCBS TV report is especially funny, with the author of a book about child-raising offering her predictably offended perspe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2009

    Weekend Special--New Food at the Brooklyn Flea

    The lines at the Brooklyn Flea this last Saturday were longest for the pupusas and the quesadillas, the iconic foods of the Red Hook ballfields (click to enlarge) The Brooklyn Flea Market has moved back to its original home at Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School at the corner of Vanderbilt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2009

    Grrrrrr....Snickers

    Oh boy! A new candy bar named after an iconic Japanese dormant volcano (click to erupt). Note that the Lafayette stop on the C has also been inadvertently renamed. Am I the only one annoyed by the relentless advertising campaign being waged in entire subway cars and on subway billboards by the to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2009

    Sausage Fest

    We've hardly ever met a brat we didn't like and this veal wurst was no different. Straight from the grill and served with a caramelized onion sauce and a side of rösti (crispy potato hash cake), it's the first main course on the dinner menu at Café Select, a cozy Swiss joint on Lafayette owned by ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2009

    What to Drink on a Cold Night

    Happy Friday--time for a drink. Usually, I hate flavored vodka with a passion. But this Honey Pepper vodka from the Ukraine is actually delicious, and very warming. I first had it at Smolen Bar and Grill (708 Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn), a fantastically old-school Polish bar. You can serve this room te ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 29, 2008

    4 More and Out the Door

    Happy Friday--time for a drink. Usually, I hate flavored vodka with a passion. But this Honey Pepper vodka from the Ukraine is actually delicious, and very warming. I first had it at Smolen Bar and Grill (708 Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn), a fantastically old-school Polish bar. You can serve this room te ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2008

    What's For Dinner?

    Happy Friday--time for a drink. Usually, I hate flavored vodka with a passion. But this Honey Pepper vodka from the Ukraine is actually delicious, and very warming. I first had it at Smolen Bar and Grill (708 Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn), a fantastically old-school Polish bar. You can serve this room te ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2008

    Summer Streets I: Gentlemen, Stop Your Engines

    Happy Friday--time for a drink. Usually, I hate flavored vodka with a passion. But this Honey Pepper vodka from the Ukraine is actually delicious, and very warming. I first had it at Smolen Bar and Grill (708 Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn), a fantastically old-school Polish bar. You can serve this room te ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2008

    The Cross-Borough Bike Lane Revolution

    Happy Friday--time for a drink. Usually, I hate flavored vodka with a passion. But this Honey Pepper vodka from the Ukraine is actually delicious, and very warming. I first had it at Smolen Bar and Grill (708 Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn), a fantastically old-school Polish bar. You can serve this room te ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2008

    What's For Dinner?

    Happy Friday--time for a drink. Usually, I hate flavored vodka with a passion. But this Honey Pepper vodka from the Ukraine is actually delicious, and very warming. I first had it at Smolen Bar and Grill (708 Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn), a fantastically old-school Polish bar. You can serve this room te ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2008

    Fort Greene Co-Op Meeting Tonight

    Happy Friday--time for a drink. Usually, I hate flavored vodka with a passion. But this Honey Pepper vodka from the Ukraine is actually delicious, and very warming. I first had it at Smolen Bar and Grill (708 Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn), a fantastically old-school Polish bar. You can serve this room te ... More >>

  • Dining

    January 8, 2008

    Against All Odds, French Bistros Alive and Kicking

    Peasants are we

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2007

    A Scrawled Commentary on the iPod

    Peasants are we

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2007

    Crash Test Smarties

    Peasants are we

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2007

    Now Hiring: David Chang, Captain Rick

    Peasants are we

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2007

    Falai: Full of Mean Girls?

    Peasants are we

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2006

    Last Meal: Alexandra Guarnaschelli

    Peasants are we

  • NYC Life

    April 18, 2006

    World Wide Cake

    Chinatown's addictive new sweets

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2006

    Immigration Rally: Everybody But Jesus

    Chinatown's addictive new sweets

  • Music

    March 1, 2005

    Music

    Chinatown's addictive new sweets

  • Music

    February 1, 2005

    Music

    Chinatown's addictive new sweets

  • Music

    January 4, 2005

    Music

    Chinatown's addictive new sweets

  • NYC Life

    December 7, 2004

    Listings

    Chinatown's addictive new sweets

  • NYC Life

    August 17, 2004

    Listings

    Chinatown's addictive new sweets

  • NYC Life

    August 10, 2004

    Listings

    Chinatown's addictive new sweets

  • NYC Life

    February 3, 2004

    Listings

    Chinatown's addictive new sweets

  • NYC Life

    March 11, 2003

    Listings

    Chinatown's addictive new sweets

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    December 17, 2002

    Listings

    Chinatown's addictive new sweets

  • Dance

    September 10, 2002

    It Happened One Night

    'Dancenow/NYC' Opener Sets Historic Firehouse Ablaze

  • NYC Life

    August 6, 2002

    It Takes a Village

    Shopping and Bohemia on 8th Street

  • NYC Life

    June 25, 2002

    Gay Pride

    Shopping and Bohemia on 8th Street

  • NYC Life

    December 11, 2001

    Listings

    Shopping and Bohemia on 8th Street

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