Bowery Boogie | A Lower East Side Chronicle

Calvin Klein decides to scrap the sex and instead confuse people with the world’s largest QR code [Calvin Klein Ditches Nudity for QR Code] Chris Santos chose the former furniture store M. Katz & Sons at 146 Essex Street for his new LES venture. Mystery solved [Chris Santos Chooses 146 Essex for New Restaurant] Larry [...]

Permits with the DOB indicate that a new hotel will rise from the ashes of the Hong Kong Supermarket, which burned down last May [From Fire to Hotel at 95 Henry Street] The Schott Brothers invented the concept of zippers sewn into jackets.  The company was founded at 96 East Broadway in 1913 [The Schott [...]

With World Cup fever at new levels after defeating Algeria, the Showdown in Chinatown drew quite the crowd [Showdown in Chinatown 2010] Lady Gaga was seen dining at Remedy Diner on East Houston [Lady Gaga at Remedy Diner on East Houston] Former home of M. Katz & Sons Furniture at 146 Essex Street is to [...]

The Rag & Bone boutique will be taking over the old Cafe Colonial space at 73 East Houston [Rag & Bone at 73 East Houston] Subway is the scourge of downtown, now planning a new outpost in the Avalon Chrystie [Subway Franchise Coming Soon to Avalon Chrystie] Fat Hippo at 62 Clinton Street was seized [...]

The owners behind Alta presented their plans to the community for a new tapas restaurant at 245 Bowery.  Its working name at this point is “S.R.O.”  But that could change [245 Bowery Restaurant Meeting] Meanwhile, a block south at 206 Bowery, the outlook is grim for the Federal Row house originally built in the early [...]

Matthew Maddy is putting a new subterranean bar/restaurant beneath the laundromat at 168 Elizabeth Street.  Neighbors are worried about noise, and are against the establishment [Uniting Against Beer Garden at 168 Elizabeth] Popular Chinese banquet hall East Boat Lobster Restaurant relocates to Mott Street with a new name [East Boat Lobster Relocates from Kenmare to [...]