South Street Seaport

Falansai Opened in Bushwick; Beekman Beer Garden Reopened

Beekman Beer Garden, the beloved outdoor bar near South Street Seaport, was severely damaged by Hurricane Sandy in October. But the summertime hot spot reopened on Saturday, Gothamist learned, and has been serving

Updates from NYC Restaurants Still Closed After Sandy

From the Seaport to Staten Island, we'll be checking in with restaurants all over the city that were hit by Sandy and updating you on their struggles and recoveries. Email us to tell us more about your reopening or rebuilding efforts. Puglia by the Sea sat right on the water in Staten Island, and a ... More >>

What's Happening This Week: Tomato Festival, $2 Taco Tuesday

Tuesday, August 21 Taco Tuesday. Tequileria Maya has taco special where guests can feast on $2 tacos. The offerings: al pastor pork taco with caramelized pineapple and the smoked brisket taco with avocado, creamy chile slaw, and pickled onion. Wednesday, August 22 Tequila Tasting at Maya. Starting ... More >>

Mike Bloomberg: No Free Vibrators For You! (Without A Permit, Anyway)

Unlike other media outlets, we'll spare you the endless orgasm puns and just come right out and say it: the Trojan condom company held a free vibrator giveaway throughout the city yesterday -- that is, until Mayor Mike Bloomberg came and pissed on the parade.The condom conglomerate planned to giveaw ... More >>

Boqueria Launching Tomato Menu In Honor Of Spain's "Tomato Battle" Festival

[See More Events: Food Truck Festival At South Street Seaport | Free Gluten-Free Pudding On The Upper East Side] Boqueria will be offering a market-driven tomato dishes and cocktail menu throughout August. The tomato frenzy is in honor of Spain's La Tomatina Festival, which kicks off this month in ... More >>

'Verboten & Circoloco' w/ Matthias Tanzmann+DJ Sneak

Mark Your Calendars: The 2012 4Knots Music Festival Is Slated For July 14

The 4Knots Music Festival—the Village Voice's contribution to the many free shows happening around the five boroughs during the summer months—will take place at Pier 17 on the South Street Seaport this July 14, from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. Participating acts and further details on associated ev ... More >>

Borscht Finds a Spot Outside of the Bowl

​Beets and goat cheese as a combination may be lowbrow-despicable, joining meatballs and anything with truffle oil as over the hill, over-saturated, and oft mocked menu items. However, beets aren't leaving the table anytime soon, in fact, it's tempting to say they're making a comeback. Fortunately ... More >>

Manhattan McDonald's Gets Soda Vending Machine

Lauren BloombergEnough soda options to give you an anxiety attack. Or a sugar high.​If you happen to be strolling into the Fulton Street McDonald's late at night (because that's the only time you eat fast food right?), you may be shocked to discover that the soda fountain is missing. It isn't your ... More >>

Eating at Holiday Markets: The South Street Seaport

Lauren Shockey​'Tis the season to spend mad money on everyone in your life. If you're not down with buying booze or quirky gifts for your loved ones this holiday season, the city's bounty of holiday markets offer a nice selection of unique presents. Even better, most markets offer a selection ... More >>

The Wild Wild Mushrooms of the New Amsterdam Market

​Bear's head mushrooms look more like polar bears than brown or black bears. With all the rain and general dampness, It's been the best year in memory for hunting wild mushrooms upstate and in the fungus-friendly areas of New England. Not only are the varieties more profuse, but the specime ... More >>

The Hold Steady Are Playing A Free(ish) Show At The Beekman Beer Garden On Saturday

​This Saturday, the goodtime outfit the Hold Steady will celebrate the last official weekend of summer with a free, if ticketed, show at the Beekman Beer Garden; the festivities begin at 8 p.m., and tickets are available online now. As is often the case, "free" doesn't necessarily mean free� ... More >>

Where Was I Eating? Nelson Blue

Lauren Shockey​This week's dish was a bit tricky -- were they pancakes? Latkes? Johnny cakes? Nope. Instead, the pictured plate was the corn-and-zucchini fritters at Nelson Blue, the New Zealand-centric restaurant just off the South Street Seaport. A simple summery appetizer best enjoyed o ... More >>

PARKED! Food Truck Festival Taking Over the South Street Seaport on August 20

Wallyg / Flickr(Food) Truckin' ​Since it began four years ago, PARKED! Food Truck Festival has grown from a small slapdash culinary event with only five vendors to a full-on foodfest, with over 20 trucks participating in this year's event, which will take place at the South Street Seaport on A ... More >>

Live: Mr. Dream And Eleanor Friedberger Kick Off The 4Knots Festivities

Willie DavisEleanor Friedberger. ​ 4Knots Music Festival: Mr. Dream, Eleanor Friedberger Pier 17, South Street Seaport Saturday, July 16 Better than: Showing up late. I have this problem—it's well known among my friends—where I arrive at things (shows, parties, etc.) on time. Usu ... More >>

Our 10 Best Places to Eat at the 4Knots Music Festival in the South Street Seaport

​Yes, this classic "ploughman's lunch" featuring Stilton cheese, smoked salami, pickled beet salad, apple slices, and excellent rustic bread is available somewhere in the Seaport, and nothing could go better with a cold beer. (Try place #3.) With its cobbled streets, tall ships, and 18th-cen ... More >>

Hot Music for Long Nights

Celebrating the summer with live, sweaty shows

This Week in the Voice: 4Knots Music Festival Preview

​This week in the Voice: It's the preview issue for our 4Knots Music Festival, set to take place July 16 at South Street Seaport! Maura Johnston previews the lineup, which includes the Black Angels, Titus Andronicus, Oberhofer, Eleanor Friedberger, Mr. Dream, and Davila 666. She also muses on ... More >>

This Weekend In New York: The Wake And Weekend Get Rained On But Not Rained Out, Ted Leo And Screaming Females Shine In The Sun

​ In Waste Of Paint, our writer/artist team of Jamie Peck and Debbie Allen will review goings-on about town in words and images. Sweaty DIY venues are great, but even Waste Of Paint needs a break from them once in a while. Furthermore, I haven't been leaving my dark cave much lately, and my c ... More >>

A Brief, YouTube-Assisted Look At The Greatness Of Screaming Females

by Matt Ealer "Laura and Marty" (from Castle Talk, 2010) Tomorrow's 4Knots Music Festival Kickoff at South Street Seaport's Pier 17 has as its opening act the New Brunswick trio Screaming Females, who pulled themselves up from the punk-house basement-show haze to the festival stages of Europe by t ... More >>

Open and Closed: Say Hello to Williamsburg Bistro The Morgane, Goodbye to Klee Brasserie

Soul Daddy, winner of the Bobby Flay-hosted America's Next Great Restaurant, is closing two of its three original locations, including the one in the South Street Seaport. [Eater] The former Cafe Centosette space in the East Village could be replaced with the ultimate corporate double-team: a combi ... More >>

Reality TV Delivers Soul Daddy to the South Street Seaport

America's Next Great RestaurantJamawn Woods, creator of Soul Daddy.​So it looks like that new restaurant coming to 199 Front Street will be Soul Daddy, the winner of America's Next Great Restaurant.

South Street Seaport Will Indeed Get Beer, and a Reality Show Restaurant

​Although Community Board 1 put the kibosh on plans for a beer garden at South Street Seaport's Pier 17, the seaport will be getting plenty of action this summer.

Announcing The 4Knots Music Festival, Taking Place This July 16

Barry Yanowitz/Flickr​With the beginning of spring comes the announcement of summertime music festivals, and we have one of our very own: This July 16, the Village Voice will throw the inaugural 4Knots Music Festival on the South Street Seaport. Named after the speed at which the East River, w ... More >>

2010: The Year In Music Photos

​The year in music, circa 2010, started at the Cake Shop, with a shred-down to the New Year courtesy of Siren Festival MVP-to-be Marissa Paternoster and her band Screaming Females. After a tour through the NYE fetes of the Lower East Side and Williamsburg, that night ended amidst a marathon sh ... More >>

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Hester Street Fair and the New Amsterdam Market Celebrate Halloween This Sunday

Dan Haskell​Sunday marks the end of the Hester Street Fair -- at least until next April -- and to mark the occasion, its organizers will be taking part in the Seward Park Halloween carnival, which kicks off at 2 p.m. with a parade. Admission to the carnival is $9, but the fair is free -- and w ... More >>

The Mad Decent Block Party, PG-13, And Wheel Up Headline Your Weekend In Nightlife

We'll get it out of the way early: This weekend is all about Saturday's Mad Decent Block Party. And even though we think Diesel is responsible for the worst marketing campaign of all time, you should drop by tonight's in-store pre-party anyway. From 5 to 7 p.m., saucy rapper Maluca tries her hand ... More >>

Live: Thee Oh Sees, Golden Triangle, and So Cow Maintain Peace and Order at the South Street Seaport

​John Dwyer of Thee Oh Sees, pick in mouth. All photos by Georgia Kral.​Thee Oh Sees, Golden Triangle, and So Cow South Street Seaport Friday, July 16 Well, it wasn't a Drake show: Friday's free South Street Seaport indie-garage line-up--Thee Oh Sees, Golden Triangle, So Cow--had a noti ... More >>

Nicki Minaj's "Your Love" Is The Biggest Rap Song In The Country

Yes, America, "Your Love" is #1 on the Billboard Rap Songs chart: first female in that spot since Missy's "Work It" in 2002. A shame I suppose that she tops the chart with her least deranged/flamboyant/Nicki-like moment yet, but there'll be other opportunities. Especially now, you'd have to think. ... More >>

Bedbugs Close Down Abercrombie & Fitch, Continue July 4th Invasion of New York City

Via David Hagen.​Bedbugs (pictured right) -- which closed down Hollister's flagship store in Soho yesterday -- have now made their way down to the tourist haven that is the South Street Seaport, where they've taken over ... Hollister's parent-brand, Abercrombie & Fitch!

Holy Shit: Drake Sold Almost 500,000 Copies Of Thank Me Later Last Week

Eat it, Sarah McLachlan​Here we have HITS Daily Double, suggesting that everyone's favorite fame-averse famous rapper nearly went gold his first week out. This does not shock the resident Drake experts around here, but it shocks me, given general music-biz anemia. Certainly puts last week's So ... More >>

Police Commissioner Ray Kelly on the Drake Riot: "We Want to Learn From This"

Don't do this again. Photo by Rebecca Smeyne​By now we know that things got so out of hand at the South Street Seaport during Tuesday's free Drake show that the police commissioner himself, Ray Kelly, was called to the scene. Given the fact that by that point, hordes of people were chucking fl ... More >>

NYC World Cup Fans Get Posh New Digs at Puma City

​Every four years, Americans adopt the rest of the world's favorite pastime. And this year for the World Cup, Puma partnered with South Street Seaport restaurant Red to create New York's booziest soccer cash cow: Puma City, a pop-up soccer amusement park, which opened today to throngs of unemp ... More >>

Weekend Special: State Fair Windows at Cowgirl Hall of Fame

​ I feel the same irrational glee whenever I find a corn dog in my mitts. They were called "pronto pups" at the Minnesota State Fair. For the sultry month of August, the West Village old-timer Cowgirl Hall of Fame commemorates state fairs via a series of over-the-top window displays, featurin ... More >>

Live: Black Moth Super Rainbow at South Street Seaport

Black Moth Super Rainbow South Street Seaport Friday, July 24 If your frontman insists on sitting cross-legged on the floor onstage, singing into a vocoder and essentially hidden from view behind the monitors, it only makes sense to hire a dude to wear a Sasquatch suit (complete with disquieting ... More >>

This Weekend! Ten Reasons Why You're Going to Siren Festival

You're going to the Siren Music Festival, and here's 10 reasons why: 1. Admission is free. 2. It's your last chance to catch Frightened Rabbit in New York this summer. Frontman Scott Hutchison, noted for slopping "filthy, twisted stuff on top of really quite polished bass," sings about dismembered ... More >>

Its Owner Bankrupt, Will South Street Seaport Become Scary Dead Mall?

Last year, when General Growth started dumping its South Street Seaport property, we noticed that they were "mired in debt." We didn't know the half of it: the company just entered the biggest real estate bankruptcy in U.S. history, pleading to discharge $27 billion in debt. They have just a few bil ... More >>

Live: Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra at Spiegelworld

Siren Official After-Party: A Place to Bury Strangers and Apes and Androids

Photos: King Khan and the Shrines at the South Street Seaport

A Spiteful Friday Night with Wire and the Raconteurs

Monday 05/05

No Age Playing South Street Seaport on July 11

Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder

The Spiegeltent returns with teak, velvet, and nipple glitter

World Enough and Time

Far-flung, close-up, and absolutely doable fun for all

Pot Heads

Designer headdresses for AIDS benefit

On the Waterfront

A new flea at the Seaport, and other downtown shopping adventures

Acid Test

Children of Leary Look for God, Tall Buildings

Plus-Size Models

The Best-Dressed Cows