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...

[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...

Following last week's attempts by overwrought PR folks to rename the portion of The Bowery above Houston Street Bowery District, NYC history blog Inside The Apple pens a great piece on the history of the Bowery moniker through the years. Excerpt: "By 1916, the street’s reputation had gotten so...

Click the image above to view the full photogallery. Krieger, 2/8/09 East Village: Last week, we—and every paper, mag, and newsletter in the city—brought word of the opening of Butcher Bay, the new Mid-Atlantic seafood spot in the dearly departed Seymour Burton space. Now, we offer a loo...

The infrequent hours and recent temporary shuttering of venerable St. Marks Place dive bar Holiday Cocktail Lounge now makes a whole lot of sense: Vanishing New York reports that the bar's proprietor, Stefan Lutak, passed away at age 89. As is appropriate for the longtime operator of an old neighbor...