Photos by Bobby Williams
Sunday, June 2, 2013
These people just ate a shitload of pastrami from Katz's
Wow. World champion competitive eater Joey Chestnut ate 25 7-ounce pastrami sandwiches to win the first ever Katz's Delicatessen World Pastrami Eating Championship trophy this afternoon on Orchard Street.
Photos by Stephen Popkin.
BoweryBoogie has video here if you can stomach it! The Lo-Down has photos here.
Week in Grieview
[3rd Avenue at East 13th Street]
A note for the "Birthday Girl on the Second floor" (Tuesday, 30 comments)
Cab backs into DBA (Sunday)
An update on Kita The Wonder Dog of East 10th Street (Friday)
The end for Odessa Cafe and Bar on Avenue A? (Thursday)
At the Loisaida Festival (Monday)
First sign of the 17-year cicadas in Tompkins Square Park? (Thursday)
Matt Torres talks about all his family in the neighborhood (Wednesday)
An assualt on First Avenue and East First Street (Thursday)
Crunch moving to the Bowery (Friday)
Closing night party info for Motor City Bar (Thursday)
First Citi Bikes spotted in the wild (Monday, 25 comments)
Everyman Espresso doesn't [heart] NY at the moment (Thursday)
Citi Bikes makes dumb mustache joke (Monday, 20 comments)
Distribution deal for CBGB biopic (Thursday)
Remembering Taylor Mead at Art Around the Park
Taylor Mead, the artist and Warhol superstar, died on May 8 after suffering a stroke in Colorado. He was 88. And his spirit lives on at Art Around the Park this weekend ...
Art Around the Park in 6 seconds
Art Around the Park vine.co/v/b3A917QLmJd
— evgrieve (@evgrieve) June 2, 2013
One way of highlighting a lot of the murals without posting 50 photos...
A lot of murals to highlight... such as Nicolina and Perola painting Portal 8 ...
[Courtesy Shane Perez]
GammaBlog has some nice shots here.
The Wall Street Journal does not care much for Citi Bikes
Several readers have pointed us to this video from The Wall Street Journal, in which editorial board member Dorothy Rabinowitz rips Mayor Bloomberg and the entire bike-share program.
Katz's at 125
A look at the deli this morning... celebrating 125 years in business this weekend... nice that crews from the Houston Street corridor reconstruction left the crane parked right outside for all today's festivities!
There will be live entertainment all day...
...including sets from EVG reader Stephen Popkin, who will be playing a selection of
Also today, the Katz's Delicatessen World Pastrami Eating Championship takes places as part of DayLife on Orchard Street. Find that info here.
On East Village Radio Friday, AndrewAndrew delivered their show live from Katz's. Find that archived program here.
Now everyone [with a credit or debit card!] can ride Citi Bikes!
[East 13th Street yesterday morning]
Bike Share launched last Monday for folks who bought the annual membership... and today, 24-hour and 7-day passes are now available at Citi Bike kiosks...
Here's info on pricing:
And this is happening today:
Celebrate Citi Bike!
@ Union Square
North Side of Union Square Park, Manhattan
Sunday, June 2
11 am - 3 pm
We'll have a DJ, food, a Citi Bike Street Skills
zone where you can test your urban biking
skills, NYC DOT will be fitting and giving away 500
free helmets (must be 18+ or have a parent or guardian
18+ accompany you), plus some other fun special surprises. It’s free and open to all.
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