Scott Lynch

The Times‘ Pete Wells paid a few visits to chef Michael White’s new pizza spot, Nicoletta, and came away unimpressed, to say the least. The critic gave the restaurant zero stars. “Warmed up a day or two later, a Nicoletta crust is just as stiff and bland as when it was fresh from the oven,” he writes. As for the toppings: “The pies are overburdened conglomerations of cheese, flour and fistfuls of other stuff; in the end, the elements cancel one another out.” Jay Cheshes of a Timeout filed a similarly negative review, though he at least doled out a couple of stars.

Off The Grid explains the historical link between the tenements at 517-519 East 11th Street and the Eldridge Street Synagogue. The buildings were built by the same architects only one year apart, and share numerous aesthetic flourishes.

This is no way to start off a relationship with Community Board 3. Two weeks before it is scheduled to appear before the board, the bar in the former Lakeside Lounge space will open Thursday night for a three-day bash, according to Bowery Boogie. Most importantly: open bar from 9 to 10 p.m.

The Village Voice provides a helpful reminder that Trojan condoms will be giving out 10,000 free vibrators today and tomorrow in the Meatpacking District and on Third Avenue between 12th and 14th Streets.

A chef who previously worked at Northern Spy Food Co. has moved to Calyer in Greenpoint, Eater reports.

Metro shines a spotlight on “Oasis: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about the Middle East but Were Afraid to Dance,” which is part of the upcoming Fringe Festival.