Nabe News: August 25
Posted: August 25, 2010 at 1:29 pm
Ray on CNN, Xiao Ye Cheetos, and crime in a cab, all in today’s neighborhood news roundup!
Zynga Marketing Campaign Hits the Lower East Side
Posted: August 25, 2010 at 12:22 pm
Social-gaming company Zynga has caused quite a stir in San Francisco over its recent street campaign for Mafia Wars. The SF City Attorney’s office is going after Zynga for ”illegal and actionable” advertising techniques, including fake $25,000 bills. The same marketing is happening on the streets of the Lower East Side.
Sidewalk Salsa Outside Delancey OTB [Video]
Posted: August 25, 2010 at 6:33 am
All it takes is a rickety battery-powered amp and a CD player in a brown-paper bag to get things going. Such was the case on a recent Saturday evening outside the OTB at 105 Delancey, where the Salsa music was cranked to eleven. Yet, amidst the end-of-day departure of the usual gang of gamblers, a trio of Hispanic men were chatting away, until one broke away and busted out the shines.
Rob Shaliman on His String of Lower East Side Bars
Posted: August 25, 2010 at 6:25 am
Rob Shaliman is the man behind a number of Lower East Side nightlife institutions, including Mason Dixon, Spitzer’s Corner, Los Feliz, and Fat Baby. He sat down with Metromix to discuss his string of bars and plans for future expansion.
[MacDougal Eatery Rino Ceronte Closes
Posted: August 25, 2010 at 6:18 am
MacDougal Street has no love for restauranteur Danny Omari. For much of 2009, he struggled to keep his mid-block empire of comfort food in the hands of drunken denizens. Between Super Hotdog, the adjacent Rino Cerante, Food Fight, and Red Basket, Omari had his bases covered. But 2010 was not so lucky, and now all four have vanished.
Sin-é Signage Still Intact at 148-150 Attorney
Posted: August 25, 2010 at 6:14 am
Rock club Sin-é shut down for good on April 2, 2007 after a long and storied career in the Lower East Side. The iconic venue originally got its start on St. Mark’s Place in 1989, closed in 1996, had a brief stint in Brooklyn in 2000, then re-opened at 148-150 Attorney Street in 2002. This was to be its final resting place. Now three years after the closure, a subtle reminder of its music legacy lives on.
