Flooding shutters restaurant
Charlie Palmer's Upper East Side New American has been forced to temporarily shut its doors and the restaurant says it is because of a broken water pipe that flooded the restaurant over the Labor Day weekend. Convenient since 98% of the city is out of town so no photos of said flood are out there. The restaurant expects to reopen on Monday, Se...
Kyotofu gets a violation
We happened to pass by Kyotofu and found this pretty little pink slip tacked to its door:
The notice, which lists the Environmental Control Board at the top, was issued on Monday at 1:57 p.m. and notes a violation for "failure to store." The details of the violation, as written by an inspector: "I did observe f...
BARS & CLUBS: Magnetic Field is closing
Although it was a pain in the ass to get to, our memories of Magnetic Field are genuninely fond. So it's sad to hear the venue is closing, looking like at the end of March.
A couple of Metromix staffers had DJ gigs there...while sparsely attended (we'll blame the location), it was always a fun night. And the bartenders? Lovely, lovely hum...
BARS: Lotus Lounge R.I.P. (this time for real)
Although the doors have been shuttered since late October, a new sign outside of Lotus Lounge beckoned in one of our Metromix correspondents last night. Sadly, although the LES coffee shop/bar had re-opened, that was apparently a temporary measure.
"The place was gutted," said our source. "There was no heat, about two people...


