Bowery Boogie | A Lower East Side Chronicle

The leather-and-latex fetish shop Demask is the latest victim in a string of recent Orchard Street closures.  Its R-rated window displays, forever wrought with half-naked mannequins in bondage poses, are all gone.  The entire store has been stripped, and there is now a fresh scaffolding in place.

Well, well. That was a quick run for the Doghouse Saloon at 152 Orchard Street. Guess the free hot dog and beer pong gimmick didn’t work.  A mere nine months into existence and the branded bar is history. Last night, workers were outside scraping the brick facade bare.  And the Annex nameplate was finally removed!

The finest candy store in all of Manhattan is currently undergoing some renovations.  Economy Candy at 108 Rivington Street is closed for the next couple days in order to replace to the floor.

Vintage boutique newcomer The Sweet Ones opened at 132 Allen back in early November.  Seven months later, it’s now in trouble with the city.

Last Thursday, the Department of Health shut down White Slab Palace, pasting its conspicuous neon stickers across the few windows that aren’t cracked.  The Swedish bar-slash-restaurant, located in the former Bank of the United States building at 77 Delancey, has been closed for the past few days.  However, an employee informed us over the weekend [...]

With the city economy stagnating, could high-end denim be reaching a breaking point in the neighborhood? Unlikely, but a $500 pair of jeans is still a tough sell these days. Just look at Amoskeag XX.  The sub-level boutique shop opened at 96 Orchard Street less than two years ago, and is now closed.