Below 14thEat Drink & Nightlife in Downtown ManhattanIso Reborn- February 27, 2004 Word on the street that the space that once held East Village sushi haven Iso, which shuttered in December, re-opens next Wednesday. The restaurant is now under the management of two former Iso employees and carries a new monicker, Koi. New York Metro reports that the new name means Asian carp, and features "a similar menu built on a core collection of old favorites." Thanks, JHhttp://www.lockhartsteele.com/below14/archive/2004/Feb27_1558.shtml Review: The Spotted Pig- February 23, 2004 Continuing our quest to dine as much in the west as we do in the east this year, we ducked into West Village newcomer The Spotted Pig (W. 11th Greenwich St.) early Sunday night. The space that formerly housed Le Zoo has been remade in the image of a British pubperfect for the place that aims to make the gastropub as big a trend in NYC as it has become in Britain. We sat at the barplenty of open seats at the early hour we choseand ordered a pint of the Spotted Pig Lager, brewed for the place by.http://www.lockhartsteele.com/below14/archive/2004/Feb23_1713.shtml 6's and 8's- February 12, 2004 Last night, once the quasi-models had left the public school auditorium where Built By Wendy held its downtown fashion show (Collection tagline: "Midwest prepiness meets proper European boarding school"... Our kind of style!), we adjourned to Chrystie Street ( Stanton) for an afterparty at new Lower East Side club 6's and 8's. In a space that housed the late, not-so-lamented 205 Club (a divey joint with a penchant for sporadic violence), Guy Jacobson and David Schlachet have morphed it into a...http://www.lockhartsteele.com/below14/archive/2004/Feb12_1455.shtml Review: Sugar Sweet Sunshine- February 9, 2004 If it's true, as we've come to suspect, that we're living in Magnolia Bakery Nation, we can think of worse cultural fates. For the last month, we've been peeking in on Sugar Sweet Sunshine, a new Rivington Street bakery slash coffee shop ( EssexNorfolk) from two ex-employees of the West Village cupcake shrine. Verdict: Sugary goodnessour new go-to spot for all things cake in the hood, and a worthy addition to the Lower East Side's espresso explosion. (The banana pudding ain't shabby either.)...http://www.lockhartsteele.com/below14/archive/2004/Feb09_1101.shtml |