Friday, December 2, 2016

EV Grieve Etc.: An East Village dining-out guide; a Dennis Hopper retrospective


[Ping-pong photo shoot in Tompkins Square Park via Derek Berg]

An East Village dining guide (Eater)

At the Mosaic Light Pole ceremony on Astor Place (DNAinfo)

Sen. Daniel Squadron looks to improve service on the 14A and 14D (The Lo-Down)

Holiday events at the Essex Street Market (Official Site)

Former Quintessence chef pleads guilty to harassment in subway lewdness case (Daily News)

Dennis Hopper retrospective starts tonight, highlighting "the wrongly-maligned and largely forgotten roles that [he] tackled between his ‘official’ successes" (Anthology Film Archives)

Victoria’s Secret model Candice Swanepoel putting penthouse at 311 E. 11th St. on the rental market for $6,200 a month (The Post)

Hedda Lettuce presents "Valley of the Dolls," an interactive event tomorrow night at City Cinemas Village East (Official Site)

The skateboarding history of Astor Place (B+B)

Early works from Christine Vachon, Todd Haynes and Barry Ellsworth Dec. 9-15 (Metrograph)

Thanksgiving with the hawks (Laura Goggin Photography)

A hidden garden behind the FDR (Ephemeral New York)

...and returning this week at Veselka, Second Avenue at Ninth Street...

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Let's face it..it might be funny..but lying on the table tennis stand is unacceptable behavior..lol

IzF said...

They serve Christmas Borscht at Neptune all year round.

Anonymous said...

Is Hoyt former? Or is he still a chef and/or co-owner at quintessence? Would like to eat there, but not particularly interested in supporting a perv.

derek berg said...

Anonymous 11.55, interestingly enough the designer and builder encourages multiple uses for the tables. In fact he asked me to give him any interesting or novel images I shoot.

Anonymous said...

IZF... do they? Cool. I love their Xmas borscht.

Scuba Diva said...

At 1:36 PM, Anonymous said:

Is Hoyt former? Or is he still a chef and/or co-owner at quintessence? Would like to eat there, but not particularly interested in supporting a perv.

To my knowledge, he's been on his own as "Raw Chef Dan" for several years now.

Anonymous said...

Actually, I often cite Veselka's fabulous Christmas borscht as a prime example of why seasonality in food is a wonderful thing. I wait all year for it to become available, and I savor it while it's there. It would be delicious all year around, of course--but it's all the more special for being limited to the holiday season.

Anonymous said...

I just had the hot red borscht with meat dumplings at Neptune and it was great. Wonder if this is also called Christmas borscht..
Melanie
East Village Corner

Anonymous said...

The Stage restaurant has a good borshcht. Oh, wait, they're gone.

Anonymous said...

Thanks Eater. You should do your research. Are you for real Babu Ji.

Anonymous said...

Melanie/East Village Corner (3 Dec 7:41am): Veselka's Christmas borscht is a delicious vegetarian borscht with little mushroom dumplings, reflecting the traditional vegetarian Christmas Eve meal.