The Week That Was & the Weekend That'll Be: Jan. 23-29 - Local News - James Stewart-Meudt

Fri, Jan 27, 2012
The Week That Was & the Weekend That'll Be: Jan. 23-29
The Week That Was & the Weekend That'll Be: Jan. 23-29 - Other - Local News - NYC
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After reopening, and closing the next day thanks to the DOH, Jay-Z's 40/40 Club is back in business.

Brooklynites will have an easier time getting to the United Nations if the L train moves in that direction.

Perhaps the most technologically advanced beer shop has opened in the East Village.

It's had its ups and downs, but Ludlow Manor just hit rock bottom after losing its liquor license.

And speaking of ups and downs, Lady Gaga's dad's restaurant, Joanna, is finally ready to open. Now taking reservations.

The Bowery Diner reopened and the reviews are starting to trickle in; some good, some bad.

Where's the best $1 pizza slice? It's at Percy's in the West Village.

Dates for the Barneys warehouse sale have been (unofficially) announced.

One 12-year-old gave his classmates the lunch of a lifetime thanks to Danny Meyer.

Con-Ed got a spelling lesson but should've found themselves in detention.

Harlem's Rucker Park wants to be recognized as a historic landmark.

Big week for the High Line - they threw their weight behind the Chelsea Market Expansion, inched closer to completion and started looking for a new restaurant.

After 100 years, J.J.'s Navy Yard in Brooklyn can look forward to being a Subway/Dunkin' Donuts. Sigh.

Momofuku branched out yet again, this time dishing out amazing cocktails at new spot Booker & Dax.

An apartment for $332/mo. in the West Village? Sign us up!

The St. Vincent's Redevelopment Plan got a boost this week from the City Planning Commission.

Cocaine-filled text books were delivered to the United Nations. Return to sender?

The plot of "Footloose" is playing out in one Turtle Bay bar.

Upper East siders are complaining of the so-called "Second Avenue Cough," and 86th Street residents better get ready too.

Essex Street is ditching their class Bishop's hook lampposts in favor of bland, techy ones. Again...sigh.

Is Columbus Avenue replacing the Meatpacking District as NYC's retail hotspot?

After a 10-year hiatus, Allison Eighteen is preparing to make their return next week. Congratulations!

The UWS Renaissance Group wants local drivers to sllloooowww doooowwwnnnn, while Scott Stringer fights the opposite problem in SoHo.

Miss Lily's is making juice the new java in the West Village.

Another outpost of JBird Cocktails opened on the Upper East Side.

Though the Mars Bar is gone, it's wood lives on in a new design competition.

Bedbugs have checked into the Ritz-Carlton. Hope they don't get into the mini bar.

Pok Pok has some of the best wings in the country, and now they're right in the LES!

And what possibly was...could've been...maybe the world's oldest dog died in the West Village this week.

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