Across the street from venerable Economy Candy on Rivington Street sits the trendy Hotel Rivington. It’s the old and new Lower East Side staring each other down. If you yearn for sweets from the good old days, go to Economy Candy. But if you’re looking for stylish cuisine, walk across the street to Thor, the [...]
I was walking up Broadway today and noticed that the empty storefront next to Picnic was under construction. Guess what’s going in there? Another Dunkin’ Donuts! Just what the neighborhood needs…. There are alternatives to the ubiquitous chain. One will be the Shake Shack, which apparently is set to open in early October. The one [...]
Murray’s, the venerable cheese shop on Bleeker, announces its fall semester of classes. If you’re eager to pair honey with cheese or sample some aged sheep’s milk varieties, these classes may satisfy your cheesiest desires: The beginning of the school year is always a brutal reminder that summer is over, but this is one set [...]
As a number of bloggers (like Serious Eats) have been reporting, Oppenheimer Meats, a mainstay of the Upper West Side, has closed. Now, it looks like owner Robert Pence is going to try to run a retail operation from Hunt’s Point. I for one won’t be calling. I hate to see a neighborhood butcher bite [...]
I just came across The Jew and the Carrot. It’s a great blog about sustainable Jewish food and cooking. I never knew such a thing was possible! The only thing my grandmother’s cooking ever managed to sustained was heartburn. Here’s a great story on schav, a soup made with sorrel. It was the bane of [...]
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