East Village Eats

Food & Drink recommendations straight from the East Village, New York City

Barnyard Cheese Closed Until Further Notice

I passed by Barnyard on Avenue C today and the place is pretty much cleared out with a sign (dated August 2nd) on the door.  It seems that they are closed until further notice while work is done on the building.  There is nothing stated on their Twitter or Facebook accounts, but the note says […]

Russ And Daughters Documentary Coming This Fall

Russ & Daughters, the 100 year old Lower East Side appetizing landmark, will be featured in Julie Cohen’s documentary Sturgeon Queens will air on PBS this fall & make the festival circuit beginning in May.  Check out the trailer via The Braiser. I haven’t yet had a chance to review Russ & Daughters, but it […]

5th Street Deli Opens On Ave. C

Last week, 5th St. Deli opened at 66 Avenue C (sharing the building with Casa Adela) so I stopped by to check it out.  I did a bit of research Googling & found out that this was the former home of Azukar Deli.  It’s basically your average deli/bodega with a counter offering breakfast, sandwiches & […]

Russ & Daughters Red Cross Fundraiser

It seems that in the wake of Superstorm Sandy (& the Nor’easter currently bring freakishly cold weather to NYC) the city has really pulled together in support of those that lost their homes & livelihood. Russ & Daughters, quite possibly NYC’s most famous appetizing store, will be hosting a Red Cross fundraiser tonight in conjunction with […]

Alphabet City Beer Co. Opens

Work began in early February of this year & Alphabet City Beer Co. finally opened today.  Housed in the former CHP Hardware space, you’d hardly recognize it now.  Owners Dave & Zach opened at noon today & I arrived with a few other locals to check the place out.  The first thing that strikes you […]

Egg Creams at Ray’s Candy Store

For some reason I got a few tweets yesterday informing me that it was ‘National Egg Cream Day’ & that I should visit Ray’s Candy Store or Gem Spa in the East Village to partake.  With a name like ‘Egg Cream’, I immediately assumed that both ingredients were in the drink which completely turned me […]

Akter Grocery Busted Again

Akter Grocery (aka Anwar Grocery) was shut by the NYPD on New Year’s Eve for selling alcohol to minors & operating with an expired liquor license.  Apparently they’re at it again & have been shuttered for the second time.  I passed by yesterday around 8:30pm & there were several police officers outside shutting the gate & […]

Akter Grocery Busted On New Year’s Eve

Akter Grocery, a relatively new bodega in the East Village was raided by cops on New Year’s Eve.  I passed by around 10:30 & there were several squad cars on the block & cops were confiscating beer.  Apparently they were selling to minors and also operating with an expired beer license.  They had just received a beer delivery that […]

Shelsky’s Smoked Fish

 My friend Peter Shelsky opened a smoked fish store in June of this year.  He took a page out of the playbooks of both Russ & Daughters and Zabar’s and set up his appetizing shop in the Carroll Gardens section of Brooklyn.  This gave people on this side of the river a place to buy […]

Sunny & Annie

I doubt that there’s an East Village resident that at hasn’t bought a sandwich from Sunny & Annie whether it was on the way home from work, or stumbling around drunk on Avenue B.  My first experience with Sunny & Annie was in late 2001 when I needed some milk.  I figured that it was […]

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