Ciao Bella- A true rich creaminess whose flavors are deep and based on the finest ingredients.
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- Hotel on Rivington
A glass and aluminum twenty-story boutique hotel that is unabashedly slick with well-heeled guests and a minimalist-chic design.
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- "Best of New York" Picks on the Lower East Side
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An archive of the annual Best of New York Award winners since 2000.
- Map: Take a Walk on the (Not So) Wild Lower East Side
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With the New Museum's reopening on the Bowery, the area is already reconsolidating its reputation as an arts district. What's worth seeing—or not?
- Down and Out and ... Up and In on the Bowery
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From the street’s last SRO to the door (manned by red-coated doormen) of the Bowery Hotel is only 35 steps—but a giant leap into the future of America’s greatest skid row.
- Map: The LES Art Map
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A guide to the LES art scene.
- Walking Tour of the Jewish Lower East Side
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In its turn-of-last-century heyday, the Lower East Side was home to a flourishing Jewish community. Tour the remnants of a gritty, tumultuous past at these stops.
Nightlife
- East Houston Street Pub Crawl
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Joining the luxury apartments and Whole Foods at Avalon Chrystie Place are a handful of bars that are almost upscale.
- Old-Fashioned Drinking
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In search of a lost cocktail on the LES.
- Drunktown
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A random survey of partyers at the Annex on the Lower East Side.
- Don't Strip So Close to Me
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Getting to the bottom of Sting and David Bowie's problems opening a burlesque club in Nolita.
Food
- Grub Street Reports on the Lower East Side and Nolita
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Daily coverage of restaurant news and openings.
- Where to Eat at the Essex Street Market
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Despite the appearance of a few new places to grab a bite, the reassuringly gritty Lower East Side market is in no danger of becoming the Time Warner Center.












