Bowery Boogie | A Lower East Side Chronicle

In which Nate Appleman was spotted taking a break from his kitchen inside Pulino’s Bar and Pizzeria.  He was on his cell, pacing back and forth as hordes of people scurried past during the evening rush.

The McNally effect is starting to snowball big time.  First, Cafe Colonial is likely on its way out, and now this.  As Blah Blog Blah notes, “there goes the neighborhood.”  According to the Martha Stewart Twitter feed: just got home froma lovely dinner at pulino’s keith mcnally’s new eatery houston and bowery- full of friends [...]

Pulino’s has been modifying its front entrance doorbell for well over a month.  The bell was first affixed to the door itself, and accompanied by a hand-written instructional message.  This immediately prompted a response from a familiar sticker – “fuck you, I’m Batman.” Even Batman is anxious in the run-up to the official opening. Don’t [...]

If there’s a relatively blank facade downtown, chances are, Neck Face has tagged it in some way or another.  Now he’s struck again, this time hitting the spiffy new brick exterior at the future Pulino’s Bar and Pizzeria at 282-284 Bowery.  Above the plywood, his artwork features a blue-and-white claw reaching out from the neighboring [...]

Since our interior progress report on Pulino’s Bar and Pizzeria back in August, we’ve seen lots of people coming to Bowery Boogie looking for details. That whole Iron Chef show with Nate Appleman didn’t hurt, but we think it’s safe to say that there’s astronomical interest in this joint. Our question is, will Pulino’s really [...]

Buzz surrounding the under-construction Pulino’s Bar and Pizzeria is at a fever pitch, thanks in part to the appearance of Nate Appleman on The Next Iron Chef (he’s still contending).  As a result, scoring a money shot of the interior proved elusive for quite awhile; the foreman is definitely running a tighter ship now.  Each [...]