East Village: BAMN! the 2 1/2 year-old St. Mark's Place automat/filling station—which received the deluge of press typically reserved for a Momo or McNally opening—has been closed for over a week now with papered over windows and a sign reading "Closed for Today." We think it's safe to s...

That's right, we're back in East Village again in 2009, with 20k of sound behind us once again. This time last year (March '08) we were just getting started with dis ting - humble beginnings at our launch party at Sound London's Redstar. Anyone who was at that party will testify to the tangible feel...

. LUX INTERIOR & THE GANG LIVE ACTUALLY, LUX IS DEAD The King Of Cult-Rock Is Dead! Long Live The King! Lux, er, Erick Lee Purkhiser, worked with us at the Strand Bookstore back in 1977. He didn't stand out that much, considering. We don't think anybody knew him all that well. The place was full...

. LUX INTERIOR & THE GANG LIVE ACTUALLY, LUX IS DEAD The King Of Cult-Rock Is Dead! Long Live The King! Lux, er, Erick Lee Purkhiser, worked with us at the Strand Bookstore back in 1977. He didn't stand out that much, considering. We don't think anybody knew him all that well. The place was full...

[Krieger, 11/24/08] Frankie Brunz takes the F train down to Carroll Gardens this week to file on neighborhood hit Buttermilk Channel, a newish restaurant that trendily sources everything from its sausages to its beer to its ice cream locally. Frank gives her a one:"All of this makes Buttermilk Chann...

There are more than 6,000 bars in New York City. About 200 of them get regular press. This column is about the other ones. Robert Simonson, a journalist and blogger of the drinking life, takes a peek inside Gotham’s more anonymous watering holes, one by one. Click the image above to view the f...

Broker-blogger Andrew Fine delves into the mysterious multi-level addition sprouting out of an old walk-up building surrounded by Third Avenue legend One Ten 3rd and hellish NYU watering hole Bar None: 'The building is zoned commercial, and a permit was filed to amend the building height to 90', con...

Today Frank Bruni files on the kitschy seafood castle from Ken Friedman and chef April Bloomfeld, The John Dory. Much is exemplary, much is overwhelming, and in sum it gets two stars:"It’s a seafood house, but with the gastronomic muscle, swagger and — it often seems — cholesterol ...

Have a restaurant or nightlife question that you'd like the Eater readership to tackle? Send it in to tips@eater.com and it may just get the "Ask Eater" treatment. Today's Ask Eater letter comes from the owner of Bespoke Chocolates, Rachel Zoe Insler. Let's see if we can get to the bottom of this: "...

Back in October, a studio apartment at Lower Manhattan's Downtown Club went up for grabs on eBay with a starting bid of $529,000. It didn't sell, and the apartment is still listed through a brokerage, though at a reduced price of $499K. The failure of such gimmickry, however, has not deterred others...