East Village News

Just when it seemed that NYC's Bleecker Street couldn't squeeze in another stylish boutique, it has.

I do this thing when people ask me where they should go for a great pulled pork sandwich in NYC or a super-chill beer without any finance dudes around guffawing and hitting on moms: I blank.

BRT + bike: East Side avenues have enough space for physically separated busways and protected bike lanes.

SOME of the first-night audience wore Indian feathers and beads. A man at the back cried 'rubbish!' throughout the show but at the finale several dozen playgoers - including the Duke of Bedford, Terence Stamp and Zsa Zsa Gabor - accepted the cast's invitation to dance on stage.

From left: Superdry at Broadway and Washington Place, Bruno Ravioli at Broadway between 78th and 79th streets On the Lower East Side, a secret speakeasy bar has opened in an undisclosed location a "little farther east than weekend revelers usually go." In Soho, Shecky's Media company has moved from its offices at 678 Broadway to a larger space at ...

"People tell me it's the longest-running show for any actor, but I'm always suspicious of records - there could always be someone hiding out there who's been doing a role longer," he said with a chuckle.

Cleaner days : Far East Village, namely 10th Street and Avenue D, in a 1937 photograph by the always reliable Berenice Abbott [link: NYPL ] Some neighborhoods change slowly but consistently throughout the decades.

Sigmund Pretzel Shop, a brand-new bakery in the East Village, offers fat, crusty pretzels in either salted or seeded varieties, as well as unorthodox flavors like cheddar-jalapeno, caramel-pecan, and cinnamon raisin.

Marc Jancou Contemporary East Village / Lower East Side Great Jones Alley, 212-473-2100 November 4 - November 28, 2009 Opening: Wednesday, November 4, 6 - 8 PM Web Site Marc Jancou Contemporary is pleased to announce the opening of You are What You Look At a solo show by Jacques Louis Vidal.

The Scandinavian East Coast Museum will sponsor a "Five Dutch Days" event at 7:00 PM on Thursday, November 12 at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, 4th Avenue @ 80th Street in Bay Ridge.

It's been a dozen years since "Rent" opened on Broadway and five since it last came to Des Moines.

It's said that in New York City the right address is a sure sign of status. Don't tell that to "Avenue Q," the award-winning "little show that could." After a six-year run on Broadway, and racking up more performances than "The Producers," "Annie" and even "Oklahoma!," the producers of the show have moved it to the intimate off-Broadway, New World ...

Roses cover the mosaic of inlaid stones with the title of John Lennon 's famous song "Imagine" in Central Park's Strawberry Fields in New York.

With over fifty purely vegetarian restaurants in Manhattan alone, New York City is a great place to be a vegetarian.

The crown of the Statue of Liberty reopened in July after being closed since shortly after the Sept.

Shakespeare's timeless tale of mistaken identity and misplaced matrimony is brought to new life on three tea trays, with 16 eight-inch toy marionettes and three live performers.

This week's top dish from Eater , Curbed's restaurant, bar, and nightlife blog... [Photo via Time Out New York .] 1) Chelsea : Continuing a bad run of late for neighborhood diners/institutions, the Empire Diner at 210 Tenth Avenue is available for rent , starting in January.

Want Fries with That? Comes with satisfyingly crispy fries. Price: Burger and fries, $7 One night while walking down Second Avenue, my eyes caught sight of something at 7th Street that compelled me to stop and clumsily whip out my brick-like camera.

And by that I mean small griddle steamed hamburgers made of 100 percent beef served on white squishy buns or potato rolls, not a burger or sandwich that happens to be small.

JonSanders, a loyal MR reader, asks: I read "Discover Your Inner Economist" and I want a little more help with the Manhattan dining tips you covered.