Suzanne Rozdeba The latest addition to the Indian restaurants of Curry Row is Malai Marke, opening at 318 East Sixth Street later this month. Yesterday, The Local spotted workers putting the finishing touches on the restaurant’s interior, where decorative, copper bowls imported from Northern India lined a cozy, exposed brick wall. The restaurant is steps […]

Hannah ThonetmuMs is one of the poets scheduled to perform at Joe’s Pub, Thursday evening. Hurricane Sandy wrecked the HVAC system at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, leaving the storied performance space without heat. In an email to The Local, executive director Daniel Gallant said that while “relatively warm weather and the use of small space […]

East Yoga Center, the vinyasa and pilates studio, has been looking for a permanent home since fire tore through its Avenue B premises last month. East Yoga Center Some good news came in the form of an email to supporters yesterday. The studio has raised $6500 in partnership with Lucky Ant, the crowdfunding site. Now […]

Gloria Chung Good morning, East Village. In yet another reminder that the clean-up work after Sandy continues, the East Village is set to regain its R train connection with Brooklyn before the holidays. Spare a thought too for the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. After long struggles to renovate the fabric of its old building, its heating […]

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Anthony Pappalardo Hello Kitty book launch at Openhouse Gallery. While Art Basel has officially reached it’s saturation point with corporate sponsored parties eclipsing the actual art fair, I was able to pick up on three major art trends during my week there. There were an abundance of sculptures featuring shiny spheres at the fair–and also […]

Suzanne Rozdeba Chung Pai, owner of Landmark Bicycles. Landmark Bicycles, which opened in the East Village almost five years ago on East Third Street, has expanded to a space around the corner on Avenue A. “We’re selling new bicycles and accessories in the new space, and will eventually move the store on Third Street downstairs, […]

Laura Gurfein A four-legged friend gets his first look at Ruff Club. “Come on in the back, where the magic happens!” Alexia Simon Frost, a co-owner of Ruff Club, led a small group of people and their dogs into the large playroom with walls dotted with decals that look like supersized nail polish art, where […]

Credit: Douglas Singleton Porchetta For the last year, when chef-owner of Porchetta, Porsena and Extra Bar Sara Jenkins wasn’t in the kitchen creating swine-centric plates and cozy pasta dishes for her East Village storefronts, she was working on a cooking app for iPad users. “I want to encourage and enable people to pick up a […]

Scott Lynch Good morning, East Village. It’s perhaps not the best of mornings, with thoughts of yesterday’s Sandy Hook memorial service fresh in our minds. Mayor Bloomberg spoke on national television yesterday about gun control. Also on the safety front, he was accused yesterday of developing a stealth plan to ban smoking in people’s homes, […]

Konstantin Sergayev Justin Timberlake was feeling SantaCon this year: “Seriously… The whole Lower East Side of NY looks like Invasion Of The Drunken Santas!” he tweeted. “I’m not missing out on this next year…” But neighborhood residents weren’t quite as amused. If, like many, you barricaded yourself into your apartment all day (or better, evacuated […]

Benjamin Shaoul has filed an application for construction that will allow him to keep a controversial rooftop addition at 516 East Sixth Street.

An interview with Harley Flanagan, the original bassist for New York hardcore pioneers the Cro-Mags, who no longer faces assault charges tied to a backstage melee at Webster Hall this summer.

A book critic for The Times discovers that literary culture is still alive and kicking in Manhattan.

Once a hangout for Sid and Nancy, Lou Reed, and Andy Warhol, the pinup, rockabilly, and burlesque-inspired fashion boutique now draws the likes of Norah Jones and Macy Gray.

Assault charges have been dropped against Harley Flanagan, the ex-member of the Cro Mags who was accused of attacking current members of the band before a July 6 performance at Webster Hall.

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The restaurant that’s going into the former Mama’s Food Shop space may no longer be called “Mama’s something or other.”

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