The Stoned Crow, beloved Village dive, closes tonight after 17 years. Here's one last look at the chair where the owner surveys the poo...

I always thought, of all the plastic awnings in the city, Catania's Pizza on Arthur Avenue in The Bronx may be the most impressive. The...

From a commenter, regarding the Prospect Heights bar that fell in the wake of Atlantic Yards: Freddy's IS rising again on 5th Avenue ne...

That the author of the blog Restless is a fine and artful photographer is no secret to anyone who follows the site. But the above image de...

The poinsettias inside a makeshift greenhouse at the Union Square Farmer's Market. Merry Christmas to all who do Christmas!

As in every year of the Bloomberg administration, 2010 was a bad one for preservation-minded New Yorkers. There were a couple major restaur...

Strap that tree to the wall!

Unlike many of my thinking brothers and sisters, I never tire of Christmas music, even though I understand that much of what pours out of t...

These are bad days for New York's dive bars. City Hall and developers do not see their charms. So they are on their way out. And in Dec...

Borgotti's Ravioli and Egg Noodles (very specific name, that) is one of my regular stops whenever I get up to Arthur Avenue in The Bron...