A cautionary tale: In Franklin Park, NJ, a historic tavern was, uh, accidentally torn down. How? The Asbury Park Press reports, the building's owner "put the wrong address on the application to demolish the structure, leading to an approval by a zoning official." The building, formerly a Dutch farm, had been on the Route 27 property since the Revolutionary War, and the township explained since the address was incorrect, the historic commission didn't know about the permit approval. The building's former owner John Allegro lamented to the APP that when he needed to change anything with the building, "It took months and there were a lot of hearings...I guess the face of the town is changing and that's understandable. But I'm not happy with the way this all went down. What is the sense of having a Historic Commission? This place had Queen Anne construction, a vaulted tin ceiling and timbers that were 300 years old. It was a really cool old building." more ›

Southpaw owner Matt Roff is awfully busy opening new bars and venues lately (hopefully not nearby any nit-picky neighbors). As he works on the Galapagos space transformation, he somehow fit in opening up a beer garden last Friday in Crown Heights. more ›

A 300 pound gorilla escaped from his exhibit at Boston's Franklin Park Zoo, injuring a teenager, and grabbing, throwing down, and then jumping on a 2 year-old girl. Then "Little Joe" wandered on the streets for 2 hours, before being sedated by zookeepers. As this was his second escape, Gothamist can only assume that Little Joe was making a fast, albeit violent, break for it, looking for the Limo Liner, to head to New York, where our animals are simply depressed. more ›