Nabe News: January 27
Bingo Gazingo, ninjas, and Ray’s birthday party, all in today’s neighborhood news roundup!
A new restaurant is opening in the failed Table 8 space at the Cooper Square Hotel. It’s called Faustina, and will reportedly open to the public on February 5 [Eater]
Bob Arihood and Eden both have the goods on Ray’s 77th birthday bash this past Monday. Apparently, his birthday wish is to stay open at least another three years – until he’s 80 [Neither More Nor Less; Slum Goddess]
Remembering the “underground performance sensation” Bingo Gazingo. He was a Monday night regular at the Bowery Poetry Club, and was fatally struck by a taxi just before the new year. RIP [EV Grieve]
As we speak, Apple is releasing its new tablet, dubbed the iPad [Gizmodo]
Ninjas hanging out in the Meatpacking District [Greenwich Village Daily Photo]
Mark Helprin of the Wall Street Journal has a stellar piece about the excess of the recent past, and the proverbial crossroads we’re approaching [Wall Street Journal via Vanishing NY]
…and speaking of the Journal, the newspaper will boast a local New York section. Interesting to note that the new bureau will be lead by John Seeley, former managing editor at the now-defunct New York Sun [Observer]
Happy 54th birthday to Legs McNeil, founder of Punk Magazine and former senior editor at Spin [This Ain’t the Summer of Love]
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