Don your finest cloak and dust off your wands because a Harry Potter-inspired cafe has recently opened up in the city! Steamy Hallows opened its doors to the wizarding world of NYC at 514¾ East Sixth Street, providing t...
As of this past weekend, the brand new H Mart in the East Village is open! The popular Korean grocery store chain has finally opened their third Manhattan location on Third Avenue, between 9th and 10th Street. H Mart is...
Of everything New Yorkers are known for there’s an important thing that seems to fly under the radar—our devotion to local watering holes and businesses. If a bar has been around long enough, chances are it has its neig...
The New York City of today was built on the grungy, dive bar vibes made popular by the glorification of the culture in the late 80’s. While it’s difficult to come across true dive bars these days, several still linger i...
The legendary Webster Hall will reopen next week, and Jay-Z will be the first performer. The iconic venue has been in the East Village for over a century, and while it closed its doors in 2017 for renovations, it’...
Attention to all who were worried: the kosher bakery known for its delicious rugelach, hamantashen, babka and challah is not closing their 40-year-old East Village outpost. Rumors were recently floating around in regard...
The Brant Foundation is opening a new space in NYC, and their inaugural exhibit is a free Jean-Michel Basquiat exhibition that opens today (March 6)! The new Brant Foundation Art Study Center in the East Village is loca...
Hells Angels Motorcycle Club will be moving out of their building on East 3rd Street this spring. The club has called this building home for nearly 50 years and has certainly made their presence known over the course of...
Veselka has been around since the 1950s, serving customers delicious Ukrainian dishes and continuing to be a pillar of comfort in the East Village. From pierogi, borscht, goulash and more, Veselka (meaning rainbow in Uk...
Coming into the East Village is an all-day vegan diner called Dollface Diner. The new restaurant will take the place formerly occupied by Bar Virage at 118 2nd Avenue. Owner Ravi DeRossi—who’s behind other popular...