Photo of pizza by Tien Mao Just last week, the Crosby Connection opened in its new location, continuing its tradition of serving delicious, reasonably priced sandwiches. If you were fortunate to get to Crosby early enough last week, owner Joey Cramarossa was giving away samples of a pizza that he planned on selling from his new location. When we previously talked to Cramarossa, he said that there was nothing like this pizza in the......

Last month, one of our favorite sandwich shops, The Crosby Connection, lost its lease on all of its 45 square feet on Crosby street. But yesterday, the sandwiches - and salads - were available without missing a beat, just a few blocks removed at Parisi Bakery on Elizabeth Street between Houston and Bleecker. It's "Crosby at Parisi"! Owner Joey Cramarossa is now working out of the front part of Parisi at 290 Elizabeth Street.......

Photo of Crosby Connection space by Billy Chasen Photo of the meatball hero and a smoked gouda and ham sandwich (with apples) by Tien Mao On Crosby Street between Bleecker and Houston, there's a literally hole-in-the-wall sandwich shop called The Crosby Connection. Joey Cramarossa, an ex-cop from New Jersey, works out a tiny space to serve up unbelievably fresh, delicious, filling and reasonably priced sandwiches and salads at $5-6 each. The meatball hero (with......

The police arrested the boyfriend of a woman found murdered in a Soho apartment. The victim, Denise Deperrie, was found by her roommate on Wednesday and police immediately suspected Juan Rios, her boyfriend who had slashed her with a samurai sword in July. The Daily News reports that Rios had checked himself into a hospital yesterday, saying, "I did a bad thing." Deperrie and Rios met at a methadone clinic. According to Newsday, Rios attacked......

Police are investigating the death of a woman found in her apartment. A roommate of the 36-year-old woman found her alone in the Crosby Street (at Grand) apartment - with two stab wounds. The roommate had been away over the Labor Day weekend and apparently neighbors had noticed a smell. WABC 7 reports, "No one in the neighborhood seems to know the victim who was reportedly staying with an ex-boyfriend after having issues with a......

Starting at 7 PM tonight, the Housing Works Bookstore and Café will host the release party for the fourth issue of the New York-based Alimentum, a literary magazine focused exclusively on food and eating. Since issue #4 contains a special feature about bananas, free banana splits will be served after tonight’s readings from five writers: Diana Abu-Jabar, Gary Allen, Robin Hirsch, Joanne Jacobson, and Scott Seward Smith. Like much of what appears in the scholarly......

October 7: Beer on the Pier Drink up at the third annual Beer on the Pier, where you'll find brews from around the corner as well as from around the world. Spanky's BBQ will be offering food (not included in the ticket price), and $43.50 will get you a bottomless cup. Pier 94, 55th St at West Side Hwy. Two shifts: noon–4pm, 6–10pm. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit beeronthepier.com. October 10: Eat......

The guys at The Apartment sent over this JPG a couple of hours ago. Apparently they put about a zillion sticky notes stuck together to make a giant "To-Do" sign in the window of their shop on Crosby Street. Confusingly, The Apartment used to be a store, but then became a creative agency. Now we're not sure what they're selling-- maybe stickies? Bonus: apparently they're asking people to come over and doodle on the......

Nestled on the corner of Prince and Crosby Streets in SoHo, Peter Hoffman's Savoy has been wowing its guests for years now with an ever-changing menu. Hoffman consistently serves food purchased from local greenmarkets, keeping his focus on what's in season. The menu also reflects his obsession--shared by many chefs, such as Mario Batali and Thomas Keller--with charcuterie. Gothamist got a chance to sample some of the house-cured meat in a recent special appetizer featuring......

If you're looking for real street food in New York, who better to ask than a taxi driver? Not only do cabbies spend most of their waking hours curbside, but they also have to eat on the go. For the city's strong contingent of Pakistani taxi drivers, one little cook shop offers a delicious taste of home. It's called Lahore, after the Punjabi city that is a major center of culture and cuisine for the......

Since it's obviously National Hangover Week and no one does hangovers better than New York artists, it's a rather slow week (again!) in readings and literary events. Next week looks like it's picking up a fair bit, though, and we're excited about several events, so tune in next Tuesday. For you science fiction fans, tonight the New York Review of Science Fiction hosts its first reading of the year, at the South Street Seaport Museum's......

ART: For The Garden of Unearthly Delights, Gary Baseman taps into the id, the psyche of primitive impulses. Influenced by “The Garden of Earthly Delights”, a renaissance masterpiece by Hieronymous Bosch, Baseman creates what he calls "pervasive art". He uses both the channels of mass media TV, Film, Print, and fine art. [Right: Anita 11" x 8.5" Ephemera, mixed media] September 10th through October 8th // Tuesday through Saturday, 11am to 6pm // Jonathan LeVine......

When we saw this sign on Crosby Street just north of Spring, our first reaction was giddiness. We remembered a trip to San Francisco and a visit to the Sur La Table at the Ferry Terminal Market -- rows and rows of beautiful kitchen products on display; all we could need and more -- now coming here to New York City! Woo hoo! But then our memory became more clear -- wandering through the store,......

If you find yourself in Soho this weekend, peel yourself away from the windows full of expensively shiny trinkets and browse instead at the Housing Works Bookstore, which is offering some especially good deals at two great events. Saturday they hold an Open Air Book Fair on Crosby between Houston and Prince. There will be live music, free coffee, and incredible discounts on books and records. Sunday brings the fifth annual Literary Magazine Fair, where......

Housing Works Bookstore Café is self described as Soho's best-kept secret, and it looks like we're not very good at keeping secrets. Starting this Sunday (and recurring on Sundays) Air America Radio will begin taping their new "Liberal Arts" show live from Housing Works. The program is hosted by Katherine Lanpher, who also co-hosts "The Al Franken Show" on Air America. In the continuing series she will entertain authors, singer-songwriters and artists in an evening......

Downtown resident and rocker Lenny Kravitz is being sued for causing over $300,000 of damage to his neighbor's apartment - after Kravitz's toilet was backed up! One of the toilets in Kravitz's 30 Crosby Street duplex became "blocked, clogged, and congested with various materials." Now, the New York Region > Singer Sued After Toilet Overflow" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/23/nyregion/23toilet.html">NY Times and the Daily News do not divulge what was in the toilet, probably because the lawsuit doesn't detail......