BY CAROLINE BENVENISTE | This past month there were a number of Asian restaurant openings and anticipated openings (Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Thai), but Korean corn…
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One of the top stories in The Village Sun has been the ongoing debate over the city’s outdoor dining program, Open Restaurants. It’s clearly a…
Comings & Goings
BY CAROLINE BENVENISTE | A new newspaper, a new column. Like we did before, we’ll try to report on all the retail and restaurant activity…
Maggie Berkvist, 94, photographer, former Times photo editor
BY CAROLINE BENVENISTE | Maggie Berkvist (née Bellward) died at Bellevue Hospital on Dec. 9, after surgery to repair a broken hip. She was 94.…
Takin’ it to the streeteries: Shed foes to demand Council hold hearings, do enviro study on permanent Open Restaurants bill
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Shed foes intend to give the City Council “a taste of their own medicine” — complete with a mock-up of…
Source: Permanent Open Restaurants bill due by end of next month; One-year or longer phase-out eyed for contentious ‘streetery’ sheds
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated, Oct. 14, 7:20 p.m.: The shed could be hitting the fan again — soon. The Village Sun has learned that…
Irishmen get O.K. from C.B. 3 to open new restaurant on site of shutdown Percy’s on Avenue A
BY KEITH J. KELLY | A group of Irish restaurant owners moved a step closer to reopening a new establishment on the site of the…
Shed foes: Entire Open Restaurants program should be demolished
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Updated Aug. 19, 11 p.m.: On Thursday, Mayor Adams ceremoniously swung a sledgehammer and slammed down a (likely pre-cut) piece…
Court rules in West Villagers’ favor, says liquor license for vacant Cafe Riviera site not grandfathered
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | State Supreme Court Justice Lyle Frank on Wed., Aug. 3, overturned a ruling by the State Liquor Authority that would…
After new lawsuit, mayor says he’s ‘a big supporter’ of outdoor dining but ‘modifications’ are needed
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | After the city and state were slapped with a lawsuit to immediately halt “lawless” outdoor dining, Mayor Adams stood firmly behind…