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Several readers noted over the weekend that the classic Odessa Restaurant signage — • Seafood • Steaks • Chops • Cocktails — has been remo...

Superiority Burger's greenmarket-friendly twice-weekly pop-up (with ice cream!) has ended at 430 E. Ninth St. between Avenue A and Fir...

Text and photos by Stacie Joy  After Odessa’s closed in July 2020  at 119 Avenue A, several EVG readers wrote in asking about longtime waite...

Community Board 3 just released its schedule of meetings for October ... including the SLA & DCA Licensing Committee, taking place on...

Photo by Steven Former Odessa Watchers™ noted the arrival yesterday of brown paper on the front windows at the old diner at 119 Avenue A. ...

Facebook reminded me of this grainy photo posted on the evening of Aug. 30, 2013. I took this on the second-to-last night of the old Odessa ...

Photo yesterday by Stacie Joy The former Odessa space at 119 Avenue A has a new tenant.  Rob Patronite and Robin Raisfeld at Grub Street ...

There looks to be a potential new suitor for the currently closed Odessa on Avenue A. According to Jennifer Gould at the Post this week, ...

Odessa has been closed for nearly 11 months at 119 Avenue A between Seventh Street and St. Mark's Place. Last July, l ongtime manager...

The pandemic-era local band Phony Express (read the backstory  here ) is back with a new single in honor of a longtime friend on Avenue A ....

Back on Friday, we reported that the Lower East Side Coffee Shop, which opened in 2008, is now in the legal possession of the landlord her...

This is the first time in nearly 13 years of EVG history where we haven't hyped up the Thanksgiving special at Odessa five or 10 times...

[ Photo yesterday by Stacie Joy ] As expected, Odessa Restaurant, 119 Avenue A between Seventh Street and St. Mark's Place, closed af...

Updated 7/17 Gothamist now reports that the owners will just be closing for renovations. Longtime manager Dennis Vassilatos told Stacie ...

Text and photos by Stacie Joy Like me, maybe you panicked a bit when you saw that the Odessa Restaurant at 119 Avenue A was closed in r...

Text and photos by Stacie Joy When Dennis Vassilatos and I set a date and time for me to interview him and take pictures at Odessa Resta...