“Chow x Judaism,” a culinary event that explores why many Jews eat Chinese food on Christmas, will take place on Friday, Dec. 21 at the Museum of Food and Drink at 62 Bayard St. in Williamsburg. On the Lower East Side in the late 19th century, Jewish immigrants lived in close proximity to Chinese immigrants […]
Daniel and Alicia Mekelburg, known for their namesake basement-back patio restaurant in Clinton Hill, opened a new Mekelburg’s restaurant on the ground floor of 325 Kent St., the first of four buildings expected to be built within the former Domino Sugar Refinery complex in Williamsburg. The new Mekelburg’s has already received rave reviews, especially for […]
A Brooklyn judge released a man accused of urinating on and destroying religious statues outside of a Williamsburg church. Andrew Oshesky, 28, was arrested on Monday for two counts of third-degree criminal mischief as a hate crime and prohibited littering charges. Oshesky, a Bushwick resident, was seen on video on Dec. 2 allegedly urinating on […]