Bowery Boogie | A Lower East Side Chronicle

After a couple months of preparation, Pizza Junkie is now open at 11 Stanton Street, just a stone’s throw from Pulino’s Bar and Pizzeria.  The late-night slice-shop quietly opened last week on a staggered schedule.

The piecemeal reveal of Pulino’s Bar and Pizzeria continues.  Although the nearly two-year-old sidewalk shed was finally removed from 282-284 Bowery a couple weeks ago, plastic tarps remained in place to block any clear view of the interior.  Even this close to opening, the foreman appears to be running a tight ship, so as not [...]

154 Bleecker had been enclosed in a sidewalk shed since mid-November of last year, wrapped in a colorful “coming soon” advertisement.  At the time, there really wasn’t a clear indication of the new tenant.  No longer.  Now the plywood is gone, the identity of the operation finally public – a new fast food vegetarian eatery [...]

Karaoke Boho opened at 196 Orchard Street over the weekend, mere days after the West Village location shuttered.  It’s being touted as “New York City’s hottest and luxurious Karaoke bar.”  The grand opening is not perfect, however, as this newest Sing Sing joint has yet to acquire its liquor license.  Indeed, hanging from the flat-screen [...]

Nearly three months after Hairy Mary’s Vintage vacated 149 Orchard Street, another trendy tenant is preparing to move into the space.  Currently a vendor in the Williamsburg flea market scene, menswear boutique Any Old Iron is slated to open sometime next month.

The corner of Stanton and Clinton Streets.  That there is some prime real estate, especially with Donnybrook anchoring the southwest corner, and a half-dozen other similarly trendy spots nearby.  So it comes as a mighty shock that a new laundromat would open directly across the way at 164 Stanton.