Man in Tompkins Square Park yelling'kill me. Put me out of my misery.'
— evgrieve (@evgrieve) January 6, 2013
The film takes place entirely in one evening, with the time being indicated chronologically on the clock in Johnny's Trans Am. Early in the evening Johnny meets with his friend Lippy, an eccentric cocaine dealer played by Michael Winslow. They discuss the planned burning of an apartment building, called for by the mob. As their discussion progresses, it becomes clear that it is Johnny who must carry out the burning of the building before the night is over, and moreover, his mother and sister live in the targeted building. This request from the Mob pushes Johnny to plan a split from the Mob, which proves difficult...
I wanted to like the movie more than I did. It's definitely worth watching for many reasons, such as seeing a hammy Jami Gertz play a high-priced teen hooker.
January 18 is our last day at NT and PS 1.Back at East Side in 2 weeks #fb
— Mark Federman (@MarkEastSide) January 4, 2013
That construction at Ave B and 12th has become the bane of the neighborhood. The vibrations and shaking from it are endangering the old buildings nearby. The noise is unbearable. Why isn't there an uproar in protest from the local residents and merchants? Has the EV become a neighborhood of sheep?
Tompkins Square Greenmarket is open year round with a great winter farm lineup. Note that we have a special addition for the winter: W. Rogowski Farm will be filling in for Norwich Meadows Farm while they are out over the winter.
Tompkins Square Greenmarket
Avenue A & East 7th Stret
Sunday 9am – 5pm year round
• Baker's Bounty Breads and pastries from Union County, NJ
• DiPaola Turkeys Turkey and turkey sausage from Mercer County, NJ
• Meredith's Bakery Baked goods from Ulster County, NY
• Pura Vida Fisheries Wild-caught fish and seafood from Suffolk County, NY
• Red Jacket Orchards Orchard and small fruit, juices and preserves from Ontario County, NY
• Ronnybrook Farm Dairy Milk, yogurt, butter, and ice cream from Dutchess County, NY
• W. Rogowski Farm certified Naturally Grown vegetables from Orange County, New York
• Stannard Farms Vegetables, orchard fruit, plants and meat from Washington County, NY
EBT accepted 9am – 4pm
WICx2: Double your WIC Fruit & Vegetable Checks at the Market Info Tent
Compost Collection & Textile Recycling 8am – 1pm
Con Edison shut off our gas at the Saint Marks location because of a gas leak at the building. Our line was not affected but they shut it off anyway. We cannot get con edison to come back and turn it back on because of their huge bureaucracy! We have been trying since Friday. Any suggestions people? Does anyone out there know anyone at Con Edison that could help us out?
@evgrieve happy to report Mamoun's on St. Mark's is back open. Couldn't resist so of course I had falafel for breakfast.
— joshappelbaum (@joshappelbaum) January 5, 2013
It's the epitome of what a slice is supposed to taste like: thin-crusted, with the proper balance of bold sauce and cheese that tastes like cheese, not rubber. Joe's also bakes Sicilian slices and pies, but he doesn't do fancy pie concoctions, heroes, garlic knots, or other diversions.
The Nickel In St. Mark's Place
Monday, Apr. 4, 1949
Pale and shaken, 51-year-old Sam Atkins backed away from himself with a feeling somewhere between disbelief and awe. By a single, splendid cerebration he had been lifted out of the ruck into the status of a television curiosity. In his humble Manhattan saloon, Sam had decided to cut the price of beer (the 7-oz. glass) from a dime to a nickel.
Up to that moment Sam was just a pensioned pumper driver from the Bayonne (N.J.) fire department, and Sam's bar & grill was like any neighborhood joint around St. Mark's Place on the Lower East Side. Its only distinctive touch was Sam's cousin, "Bottle Sam" Hock, who amused the trade by whacking tunes out of whisky bottles with a suds-scraper. But the customers got a joyful jolt when Sam opened up one morning last week.
All around the walls, even over the bar mirror, tasteful, powder-blue signs proclaimed in red letters: "Spring is here and so is the 5¢ beer." The early birds drank and took their change in mild disbelief. The nickel wasn't obsolescent after all. The word spread. Sam's bar & grill started to bulge like Madison Square Garden on fight night. People drank, shook hands with strangers and sang.
Then something went sour. The two breweries that supplied Sam cut him off, and an electrician came around and took the neon beer sign out of the flyspecked windows. Somehow, it seemed, Sam had betrayed free enterprise. An organization of restaurant owners muttered that Sam might not be cutting his beer, but he was cutting his throat. The Bartenders Union threw a picket line in front of the place because it was nonunion.
But Sam hung on. He signed up with the union, managed to get his beer through a couple of distributors and a Brooklyn brewery, announced that he was going to have the windows washed, and keep at it. Said he solemnly: "The people want it." By this week Sam's idea had spread to other saloons in Washington, D.C. and New Jersey, and Sam was getting more trade in a day than he had drawn before in a week. The nickel beer was here to stay, Sam announced.
Now, a source familiar with the deal tells us that the lease includes a second retail space that could assume the notorious Mars Bar’s trade name and liquor license. The development company BFC Partners reached an agreement with the Mars Bar crew that would allow the next commercial tenant to occupy a 4,456 basement and ground floor space under the proud, stubborn and–who knew?–business-minded Mars Bar auspices.
