Nabe News: November 11
The Decapitator on the loose, too-cool-for-school LES bar, and Loreley expanding, all in today’s neighborhood news!
A cash-strapped NY unveils the new “Empire Gold” license plate. The re-design is required for all vehicles, and will roll out starting in April. Cost is $25 [Gothamist]
Grub St has the scoop on a new “secret” bar at an unknown location on the Lower East Side. The spot is apparently so cool, nobody can know the true details. Except that drinks are supremely cheap ($4 beer) and served Thursday through Saturday night only [Grub St]
Loreley is opening another beer hall in Williamsburg in a few weeks. Will it ease the crowds on Rivington? [Eater]
The Decapitator graffiti artist is in New York, attacking wheat-paste ads by chopping off heads. Jeremiah noticed Shakira sans head in Chelsea [Vanishing NY]
The Palazzo Grey at 334 Grand Street is back on the block for $7.5 million. We aren’t sure who will buy, given the Subway on the ground floor. Crisis? [Curbed; Previously]
Meet Tiger, the resident cat at East Village Convenience on Second Avenue [EV Grieve]
Manhattan rents continue to drop [The Real Deal]
Recent Stories
‘Caribea’ Grill Readies Space Left Vacant by Domino’s on Allen Street
Ever since Domino’s ditched its decades-old Allen Street location three years ago, the commercial space has been a vacancy consistently peddled on the market. Now, a new concept is a-knockin. Caribea is as it sounds – a fast casual pan-Caribbean grill. The restaurant at 203 Allen will seat fourteen tables and a stand-up bar, for […]
The Projects Jockeying for the $20M Chinatown Revitalization Funds
Several months ago, Governor Hochul announced a $20 million grant in the form of the Downtown Revitalization initiative (DRI). Some forty sites around Chinatown were identified during the DRI process, which is led by a Local Planning Committee of community representatives and supported by State agency staff and a consultant team. That list was ultimately […]
Displaced Chinatown Business Returns Months After Devastating Fire
Four months after a deadly fire knocked out 78 Mulberry Street, one of its businesses returned to the scene. Ewa Trading Company reopened in its former Chinatown home earlier this week. The store had spent some of the interim displacement period selling from a shuttered Vietnamese restaurant a few paces north. The two-alarm fire broke […]
EDC Sues Essex Restaurant for Back Rent over Former Essex Market Lease
Three years removed from its relocation across Rivington Street, the city filed suit against the Essex restaurant for alleged unpaid rent. The Economic Development Corporation (EDC) sued Essex for nearly $60,000 in unpaid back rent on the former Essex Market building it previously occupied, according to the lawsuit filed Monday. The city entity claims that […]
Exile on Orchard Street: Tenement Museum Recreates Exhibits During Renovations
The Tenement Museum is amidst a preservation project at 97 Orchard Street, but will continue its programming with replicas not too far away. The 1863-era tenement this past Sunday embarked on “vital” restoration work to preserve its walls, floors, roof, as well as the installation of a new HVAC system that will provide improved climate […]
