By Matt Chaban 10/08/12 4:43pm

An Arena Grows in Brooklyn

When you're smilin', the whole borough smiles with you. (James Hamilton)

Brooklyn Brewery Founder Steve Hindy Still Loves the Barclays Center After All These Years

Even though the Barclays Center has yet to fully stock his beer, Brooklyn Brewery boss Steve Hindy still loves the project, as he makes plain in this email to The Observer, which we excerpted in the previous story. Even when people were hating on him for supporting the project, Mr. Hindy stood by it, and he believes prospered because of it. He covered a lot of territory in his note to us, so we figured why not post it in full. Read More

By Una LaMarche 6/05/12 8:00am

Mothers Superior

(Peter Oumanski)

Bottle Feeders: Should Procreation Necessitate a Personal Prohibition?

Before I became a mother, I was, as my Sonoma County aunt is fond of saying, “a lover of the grape.” I liked my wine. So much so, in fact, that when I got pregnant, I continued to hold stemware at parties, feigning sips, because I knew that if I were to abstain among anyone who had seen the old, half-a-bottle-a-night me in action, the jig would immediately be up. Read More

By Foster Kamer 1/11/12 5:14pm

LET MY PIMM'S CUP GO!

Celebrity Sightings In New York City - March 23, 2011

Mayor Bloomberg Doomsday Proposal to Curb New York City Booze Sales: Eliminated After Less Than a Day

First they came for the smokers, and we kvetched. Then they came for the trans fats, and we were like, sure, we could stand to lose a few pounds. Then they came for our salt, and we were like, are you serious? Salt? But when you try to come for the booze, Mayor Bloomberg has likely learned an important lesson:

New Yorkers will get smashy. Read More

By Pamela Engel 6/10/11 4:17pm

Drink

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Central Park Taco Truck Has Booze Filling

If you’re too embarrassed to go to an actual bar to take the edge off on your lunch break, just stop by the Turkish Taco Truck in Central Park. The food truck began selling beer, wine and cocktails today, the Journal reports, blazing the trail of this new innovation for the portable-food business.

The Turkish Taco Truck’s owner, Burak Karacam, told the Journal that his truck’s one-year liquor license is a “precedent-setting privilege.” Read More

By Roland Li 7/07/10 2:23pm

Have It Up, 25 C.P.W.! Jazz Bar Closer to Liquor License

Community Board 7 voted on Tuesday night to recommend a liquor license for a proposed bar at The Century at 25 Central Park West, at West 63rd Street, despite opposition from residents of the area.

The move comes with the stipulation that the bar and its managing partner, Greg Hunt, adhere to a list of 14 Read More