Neighborhood Notebook


November 04, 2003 Yes, it's time for another episode in the ongoing search for suckage, this time dedicated to our LES neighbor, Tamarama.... Joey of the new East Coast/West Coast blog Tale of Two Cities notes that the loungey space on Orchard between Rivington and Delancey has opened with the disturbing moniker 13 Little Devils. (This salient fact was also noted by our pals at CertainDisaster when they hit a pre-opening party a few weeks back.) Joey writes, "There was a group of four girls standing outside, and they were in the most dreaded of societal uniforms: all black, including the super-tight pants and shoes. Not to mention that the. bar. had. a. velvet. rope. And a bouncer in a suit. Someone should start making 'Defend LES' T-Shirts. Or 'Invade Murray Hill!'" Count us in!... As reported on the main blog back on LES pitch day in July, new comedy club Laugh Lounge nyc has opened on Essex (@Stanton/Rivington, in the hilariously out-of-place Gotham Court apartment building that narrowly averted a torching last week). The club's motto, "Where Humor Reigns on the Lower East Side," already has us in stitches... Clinton Street's new TOC ("Thai on Clinton") is also open for biz, and already doing delivery. The space is sleek and modernist, with a vague cafeteria vibe... Got the scoop about a new restaurant or club opening Below 14th? Spotted some plywood in your downtown neighborhood that warrants investigation? . (Results not guaranteed.)


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I went to TOC last Friday for a dinner. The duck salad was awesome and spicy fish was also GOOOOODDDD. The Thai Iced tea was like fluffy cloud. :O

Posted by: Ann at November 4, 2003 10:21 PM

Sitting in the Johnson the other nite, some guy came in handing out flyers for a new "afterhours" joint on Canal st. (not sure where)... don't tell anybody.

Also a new place called Adultworld just opened. .. or closed.

Posted by: Inspector Clueless at November 5, 2003 09:07 AM


gotham court "hilariously out of place"?

i dunno... with everything else going on (yr handjob clients "Surface_hotel" and Schiller's, plus the french theme-park on stanton/orchard) it's kind of anything goes now...

anyway, it has a discrete frontage on ludlow. it's big and ugly on allen street, but allen street is big and ugly all over...

Posted by: heck at November 6, 2003 03:55 PM