The historic building will be up for auction thanks to would-be developer defaulting on millions in loans.

Max is the latest East Village restaurant to join Cafe Mogador, Crif Dogs, and Mama’s in opening a Williamsburg outpost.

A representative of the group confirmed — anonymously — that they are the new owners of the brand and that big plans are in the works.

Next time you see Katrina Bowden at Cafe Mogador or Yuca Bar, tell her congrats!

A roundup of this morning’s news, including a retractable brownstone, updates from Boukies and Empellon Cocina, a new Mexican sandwich joint, and the return of the Ritz.

The photography of Kevin Farley.

Visits from city inspectors have resulted in the

An NBC show is filming in the neighborhood again.

“Thanks.”

The record store on St. Marks Place won’t renew its lease at the end of February.

Above a long-vacant storefront on Avenue A, a space that once served as the upstairs of Mo Pitkin’s and then as the office of an Internet start-up has found new life as a martial arts studio.

Getting a table at the Holiday Cocktail Lounge Saturday night was nearly impossible. The 47-year-old dive was wall-to-wall with regulars, there to pay respects on its last night.

A round up of this morning’s news, including increased segregation in East Village schools, a fire on St. Marks Place, a successful apartment hunt, free pedicab rides from Veselka, and more.

Protesters showing solidarity for Oakland made a symbolic stop outside of the former Charas/El Bohio building before ending their march outside of Tompkins Square Park.

A former writer for the East Village Other remembers how editor Jaakov Kohn nurtured talent that other publications could not absorb. Plus: R. Crumb’s famous pie-throwing incident.

Before she went on to a successful career with Playboy and then The New York Times, Claudia Dreifus wrote for The East Village Other. She remembers the paper as an interesting mix of counterculture cultures.

EVO’s rock n’ roll writer and photographer describes the controlled artistic anarchy of psychedelic design.

Steve Kraus, a contributing writer for The East Village Other, answers the question: What was it like to work in the underground press? In a word: GREAT!

The writer says he helped create The East Village Other and the St. Mark’s Poetry Project; he sheds light on their hidden histories.