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April 26, 2012
Our 10 Favorite Far Downtown Restaurants
It's generally agreed that the area below Chambers Street is a food no-man's-land. However, take a closer look and you'll find a number of options that don't just fill a void, but are top-notch. We've rounded up our 10 favorites, and lumped Battery Park City and the Financial District together, for ... More >>
Blogs
April 18, 2012
Alleged Genovese Mobsters Indicted For Multiple Mobster-y Crimes
The United States Attorney's Office announced this afternoon that several alleged members of the Genovese crime family have been indicted on multiple mobster-y crimes dating back to 2006.In all, 11 people were indicted, including alleged Genovese Captain Conrad Ianniello, and several Genovese "soldi ... More >>
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February 9, 2012
Takeout Your Valentine's Day Meal
Go balls-to-the-wall with your lovers favorite takout on V-Day.There's something to be said for shelling out $100 plus per person for luxury ingredients and romance, but sometimes it's better to just eat at home, for a number of reasons. A) It's cost-effective and the economy sucks. B) You can co ... More >>
Blogs
January 12, 2012
Jeremiah Moss Eulogizes Ray's Pizza
A day in the life of Jeremiah Moss, the writer behind the blog Jeremiah's Vanishing New York, is outlined in the Paris Review Daily. In the profile, Moss pays a visit to the original Ray's Pizza on the last day it's open and laments the decline of the ever-gentrifying neighborhood. (A new pizza plac ... More >>
Blogs
December 15, 2011
Olio Verde Novello (Green Olive Oil) at Buon Italia, Gift Suggestion #9
Note that E.V. on the sign stands for "Extra Virgin," not "East Village." What's cloudy and pine-tree green? Olio Verde Novello, sometimes called New Olive Oil or Green Olive Oil.
Blogs
October 31, 2011
The AKC Names Brooklyn the 'Dachshund' of Neighborhoods
Brooklyn plus bun.As they gear up for their big Meet the Breeds event on November 19th and 20th at the Javits Center, the American Kennel Club and the International Cat Association have been doing some thinking about what breeds "match" which of New York City's neighborhoods. Jessica Rice of ... More >>
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September 19, 2011
Porchetta at Di Palo's, Dish No. 18
There's a certain place in the East Village that offers porchetta sandwiches so warm and succulent that everyone knows about it. Porchetta, as you probably know, is a rolled pork roast stuffed with garlic, fresh herbs, and fennel, with the skin wrapped tightly around it so the juices stay in ... More >>
Blogs
September 12, 2011
Link Found Between Pesticides and ADHD; Peruvian Food Next Big Thing (Again)
BaoHaus's Sweet Bao fries, portabello fries at Sea Grill, and cactus fries at Toloache are just some of the alternatives to French fries around town these days. [NY Post] Now that we finally have healthy food in school cafeterias, food trucks selling junk are parking nearby to lure kids away ... More >>
Blogs
July 26, 2011
Joe Liberatore, the Last of the Original Arthur Avenue Retail Market Vendors, Has Died
Arthur Avenue, the Real Little Italy of New York/FacebookJoe LiberatoreToday marks the sad end of another era: Joe Liberatore, the last of the original Arthur Avenue Retail Market vendors, has died.
Blogs
July 20, 2011
Little Italy Replaces Greeters with Suave 'Maitre Ds'; Menu Calorie Counts Can't Be Trusted
It appears that Little Italy is trading in its pushy greeters in favor of "outside maitre d's": suave young gentlemen who attract lady tourists with their eyes. [NY Post] The Hurt Locker star Anthony Mackie's new Bed-Stuy bar NoBar welcomed stars like Samuel L. Jackson and Sam Rockwell at it ... More >>
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July 6, 2011
Robert Sietsema at Banana Leaf; Lauren Shockey at The Dutch
This week in the Voice, Robert Sietsema samples Ceylonese starches at Banana Leaf in Chelsea; Lauren Shockey gets a table at the most-hyped restaurant of the year, The Dutch. Sam Sifton also weighs in on The Dutch, deeming one dish: "the culinary equivalent of Jay-Z playing cards in the kitchen of ... More >>
Blogs
July 6, 2011
Bee Swarms Invade Manhattan, Again
Bees in Little Italy in MayIt's been a season of bees, so to speak, with swarms making news in Little Italy and across our fevered nation. And now the otherwise humdrum Flatiron District, DNA Info reports, has been hit with not one but two giant swarms of honeybees -- one at the Perfume Wareh ... More >>
Blogs
June 13, 2011
Is Eataly Eating Little Italy?
Robert SietsemaBetween its ever-shrinking footprint and the boutique owners whose delicate sensibilities are offended between the San Gennaro Festival, Little Italy has taken its fair share of knocks in recent years. And to add insult to injury, the neighborhood's merchants are saying that Ea ... More >>
Blogs
May 31, 2011
Bee Swarm Takes Over Mailbox at Mulberry and Grand Streets
Today in things that are terrifying, here is a photo taken by @cookielaz, or Kyle Lazarus, who mentions (sarcastically) that this bee-covered mailbox in New York City is "totally safe." DNA Info has more on the swarm, which led the NYPD to close down the sidewalk for several hours today until the be ... More >>
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April 22, 2011
Open and Closed: Say Hello to Brushstroke, Goodbye to Wai? Café
Restaurants and bars, they come and they go. Here are a few making their debuts and bowing out this week. The East Village's Wai? Café has closed and will be replaced by Sa Aming Nayon, serving "authentic Filipino cuisine." [EV Grieve] Havana Central is closing its Union Square location as part o ... More >>
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February 22, 2011
Little Italy is Dead, Long Live Chinatown
"Little Italy is becoming Littler Italy," the New York Times declares in today's paper, noting that census results released in December count not one person living in the New York City neighborhood as a native of Italy. This time around, only 5 percent of residents in the 24-square-blocks ide ... More >>
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January 27, 2011
Girl Scout Cookies Going Extinct; Little Italy Is Back
Padma Lakshmi's custody battle with baby-daddy Adam Dell is heating up as Dell reveals the Top Chef mom had hoped billionaire Teddy Forstmann was Krishna's biological father. [NY Post] Gabriel Stulman of Joseph Leonard, Jeffrey's Grocery, and now Fedora has created not only a series of popul ... More >>
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January 19, 2011
Dixie is So Gay: Surprising Census Info About Gay Parents in the South
The Times has a great piece today that defies a lot of the common stereotypes of what it means to be gay in America. Since 1990, the Census has been a gold mine of information about LGBT couples for creative demographers. Despite the lack of any question about sexual orientation (hence, no info on s ... More >>
Film
January 5, 2011
Go Go Tales A Sweet Strip Tease
The Times has a great piece today that defies a lot of the common stereotypes of what it means to be gay in America. Since 1990, the Census has been a gold mine of information about LGBT couples for creative demographers. Despite the lack of any question about sexual orientation (hence, no info on s ... More >>
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December 17, 2010
Open & Closed: Say Hello to Danji; Goodbye to Benito's One Restaurant
Restaurants and bars, they come and they go. Here are a few making their debuts and bowing out this week. Benito's One Restaurant has been evicted from its Little Italy space and has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, with some $481,000 in liabilities. [Crain's] La Bonne Bouffe in the East Village ha ... More >>
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December 16, 2010
Damien Brassel No Longer Cooking Knife Fork Meals at Percy's Tavern; Harris Mayer-Selinger Adds More Peru to Bar Paya
Chef Damien Brassel of now-defunct Knife Fork will no longer be doing Knife Fork dinners out of Percy's Tavern. [Eater] Top Chef alum Cynthia Sestito will be cooking a special Italian holiday menu at Café Napoli in Little Italy on Saturday. [Grub Street] David Chang has been active on ... More >>
Blogs
November 30, 2010
Fiji Water to Pull Out of Fiji; Bees in Red Hook Caught Red-Bodied
Fiji Water is shutting down its operations on the island due to a tax hike imposed by Fiji's government. The company is owned by billionaire investors Lynda Resnick and Stewart Resnick, who also own POM Wonderful. [Wall Street Journal] Burger King's monthlong "King of the Road" bus tour has ... More >>
Blogs
September 22, 2010
Fight Night at San Gennaro: Sausage Fest Turns into Chair-Throwing Madness! (Video)
The San Gennaro Festival has a bad reputation as just another reason for aggressive con-game carnies to hustle you next to the same booths serving funnel cakes, lemonade, and sausages that appear at every other street festival in New York City (unless, of course, you find the right ones). Wel ... More >>
Blogs
September 18, 2010
The Street Food of the 2010 San Gennaro Festival, NYC -- A Visitor's Guide
Patron saint of Naples, San Gennaro casts his eyes heavenward, in despair over the preponderance of fried food at his festival. San Gennaro (English: Saint Januarius) is the patron saint of Naples, Italy, a Catholic bishop who was martyred in the Diocletianic Persecution of 305. The festival ... More >>
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September 15, 2010
Are Bugs the New Sushi?; McDonald's Pissed at Anti-Burger Ad
Bug lovers are pushing entomophagy (the eating of insects) as a high-protein, low-fat, cheap, environmentally sustainable, and trendy new diet. [Wall Street Journal] The owners of Torrisi Italian Specialties are embracing Chinatown's encroachment on Little Italy this San Gennaro with special ... More >>
Blogs
September 2, 2010
Battle of the Fresh Mozzarellas: Eataly v. Di Palo's
Eataly's mozzarella. Among the many, many exhaustively authentic Italian food products that Eataly sells is fresh mozzarella. This mozzarella, of course, is not just any mozzarella: it's made right in front of your face, by a staff member who hand-stretches the fresh curds into perfect globe ... More >>
Dining
January 19, 2010
Empire of the Bun at Golden Steamer and Baohaus
Steaming is a gas at two bao specialists
Blogs
December 30, 2009
Teen Stars Break Up Over Eating Habits; Food Trucks Bring the South to Brooklyn
Torrisi Italian Specialties opens today in Little Italy selling Italian foods made in America. Owners Richard Torrisi and Mario Carbone, both chefs, cure their own anchovies and olives, and will start offering prix-fixe dinners in February. [NY Times] Teen stars Taylor Swift and Taylor Lautn ... More >>
Blogs
December 19, 2009
Things to do this weekend for (mostly) free
East Meets West Holiday Parade Little Italy and Chinatown Merchants Associations are sponsoring a parade from Mulberry to Mott Street, featuring marching bands, martial artists and acrobats, Italian American singers and Lion and Dragon Dance troupes.
Specials
October 30, 2007
Letters
East Meets West Holiday Parade Little Italy and Chinatown Merchants Associations are sponsoring a parade from Mulberry to Mott Street, featuring marching bands, martial artists and acrobats, Italian American singers and Lion and Dragon Dance troupes.
Art
May 8, 2007
The Secret Gardener
Sculptor Louise Nevelson-—a quintessential modernist-—gets her first major survey in nearly 30 years
Dining
October 17, 2006
Leave the Gun, Take the Marinara
Umbertos moves its tasty crustaceans and shellfish to the Bronx
Screens
June 13, 2006
A True New Yawk Saga
Umbertos moves its tasty crustaceans and shellfish to the Bronx
NYC Life
September 20, 2005
The Meaning of Mulberry
Italian festival proves if you're south of Canal for dinner, stick with Chinatown
NYC Life
July 5, 2005
Can't Stand the Heat? Get it Out of the Kitchen
How to make dinner without turning on the stove
NYC Life
February 22, 2005
You Like Fresh Clams?
A market tour of the other Little Italy
Film
February 15, 2005
Scorsese Boxed Set Captures '70s Career From Boxcar to Bull
A market tour of the other Little Italy
Art
November 30, 2004
Remote Patrol
A market tour of the other Little Italy
NYC Life
June 22, 2004
Viva China!: A Gateway to Mexico on the Lower East Side
A market tour of the other Little Italy
Dining
June 1, 2004
And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street
Top 100 Italian Restaurants
Specials
September 30, 2003
Letters
Top 100 Italian Restaurants
NYC Life
January 7, 2003
Listings
Top 100 Italian Restaurants
Dining
December 24, 2002
Another Little Italy
Top 100 Italian Restaurants
NYC Life
November 5, 2002
Close-up on Chinatown
Top 100 Italian Restaurants
NYC Life
July 23, 2002
Nolita Complex
The $100 Challenge
News
November 6, 2001
Outside Chance
Meet the Thinkers Who'd Help Uncle Sam—If Only He'd Bring Them In
Specials
June 27, 2000
Letters
Meet the Thinkers Who'd Help Uncle Sam—If Only He'd Bring Them In
News
June 13, 2000
Between Mott and Mulberry
Little Italy Has Official Edge in Neighborhood Turf War
NYC Life
February 8, 2000
NY Mirror
Little Italy Has Official Edge in Neighborhood Turf War
NYC Life
January 5, 1999
Dressing Like It's 1999
The Year in Frock
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