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Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'pizzabar'

March 27, 2008

Last year Grammy-nominated Bronx rapper Remy Ma got herself into some trouble when she allegedly shot a woman (Makeda Barnes-Joseph) who she thought stole $3,000 from her. This all occurred after the two, along with a large party, were enjoying a night at Pizza Bar in the Meatpacking District. Since then she's been in and out of Rikers, and has been slapped with a $20 million lawsuit by Barnes-Joseph...but her problems just got bigger. Earlier......

Continue Reading "Remy Ma Found Guilty, Faces 25 Years in Prison"

August 15, 2007

Last month Remy Ma, after a night out at Pizza Bar in the Meatpacking District, shot her friend Makeda Barnes-Joseph. Oops. The 23-year old survived the rapper's wrath, and Remy Ma went to Riker's. The altercation began after Barnes-Joseph was believed to have stolen $3,000 from Remy Ma, something that is still unconfirmed. According to the victim, instead of calling 911 after the shooting, Remy went through her purse while she bled from two shots......

Continue Reading "Remy Ma is Free Til November"

July 16, 2007

To recap: in the early morning hours this past Saturday, a 23-year-old woman was shot in the Meatpacking District. Later that night Grammy-nominated rap star, and Bronx native, Remy Ma (real name Remy Smith) turned herself in to authorities. Police had sought her for questioning in the shooting and she was arrested on charges of attempted murder, assault and criminal possession of a weapon. The shooting took place close to Pizza Bar where the group......

Continue Reading "Remy Ma Visits The Meatpacking District, Rikers Island, New Jersey...Respectively"

July 15, 2007

Remy Ma, the female rapper who was suspected in a shooting early Saturday morning shortly after leaving Pizza Bar in the Meatpacking District, turned herself in and was questioned by police. According to The New York Times, Ma and the victim were arguing inside Pizza Bar, where they were attending a birthday party, about $3,000 that was missing from the rapper's purse. Makeda Barnes-Joseph––the woman who would eventually get shot––left the party with the rest......

Continue Reading "Remy Ma Arrested for Meatpacking Shooting"

July 14, 2007

An argument between two women out on the town last night devolved into gunplay in the Meatpacking District. WCBS reports that the shooter and her friend/victim were at the Pizza Bar on 9th Ave., and left shortly before 4 am. The women, who are described as being passengers in a three vehicle caravan, were arguing when the older woman (27 years old) shot her younger friend (23 years old) in the lower torso before fleeing......

Continue Reading "With Friends Like Her . . ."

July 9, 2007

Female rapper and one-time collaborator with Fat Joe on the hit single "Lean Back", Remy Ma, was arrested yesterday on charges of assault and criminal possession of a weapon, after allegedly shooting a younger friend during an argument early Saturding morning. The shooter in question fled from the crime scene in a Cadillac Escalade, which was crashed nearby, before the trigger-happy friend ran off. While security tapes from the Meatpacking District club Pizza Bar indicated......

Continue Reading "Remy Ma on the Rocks"

July 25, 2006

THEATER: The River to River Festival isn't just about outdoor concerts, and Canadians not only have great indie bands, they also have theatre troupes breaking into the experimental downtown scene. Bluemouth Inc.'s What the River Said, which is in both R2R and the Sitelines series, is a case in point; the play, which evokes "the struggle for acceptance in the calm before the family storm" is the third part of a trilogy originally performed along......

Continue Reading "Pencil This In"

July 31, 2005

- The MTA finds $833 million in their coffers and thinks West Side - A NYC tour turns scary for some tourists - Cheap eats are revealed - Aussies buy into a NYC 2012 spoof logo - Red currants are in season - A storybook about Central Park penguins in love - Track potholes over town - Could Randy Johnson be hitting his stride? - Looking at Pizza Bar in the MePa - The ICP......

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July 27, 2005

What Pop Burger did for burgers, the new Pizza Bar wants to do for pizza--provide a lounge-y, highly stylized environment in which late night dining and (more importantly?) drinking can occur. By choosing the terrifyingly trendy meatpacking district, the owners (one of whom also owns Pop Burger) have made their mission clear: prey on the young, hungry, and drunken masses. With a full liquor license and operating hours that extend until 4am, Pizza Bar's definitely......

Continue Reading "Pizza and a Bar?! Yes, in the Meatpacking District"

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