Back in 2007 Virgin Atlantic and the teashop Tea & Sympathy lobbied unsuccessfully (and somewhat tongue-in-cheek) to have Greenwich Avenue in the West Village renamed "Little Britain." As we said, it was unsuccessful. But something funny happened in the five years since. The area, which already had a few Anglo-friendly spots, went and got more British. Maybe it's time to dust off the old moniker? more ›

Uncle Chichi, the toy poodle who lived in the West Village and held the unofficial title as the world's oldest dog died last Tuesday. Depending on who you ask, he could have been as "young" as 24, or as old as 26. His owners tell the Times that his cancer became too advanced, and that they had no choice but to euthanize him. "We just feel completely empty; the whole apartment's empty," Frank Pavich, one of ChiChi's owners said. more ›

As you may know, we sort of adore Courtney Love, so we're happy to hear that she will not be evicted from her Manhattan townhouse. Late last year the owner of Love's West Village townhouse, Donna Lyon, claimed the rocker fell behind on rent, damaged property, and altered the appearance of the home. Now TMZ has learned that a judge just tossed the case out, "because it turns out Courtney did exactly what a good tenant is supposed to do—pay her rent." more ›

Remember back in 2010 when two young Staten Island men decided to beat and try to rob a gay man in the bathroom of the legendary gay bar The Stonewall Inn? Well, 18-year-old Christopher Orlando, the younger of the pair, was sentenced to 60 days in jail yesterday for his part in the attack. Meanwhile his older partner in crime, Matthew Francis (whose sister, you might recall, is "a full-blown lesbian"), was sentenced to two years in jail on similar charges assault as a hate crime and attempted robbery charges last September. more ›

Walking the streets New Year's Day, we saw the usual uptick of mysterious feces placement and garbage crammed into the baskets of parked bicycles, but one soul stumbled on something last Thursday that was much…bigger. more ›

Proper tipping etiquette (20%, 90% of the time) can be enforced by the angry stares of your tablemates and the shame that gnaws at your soul when you look a competent, friendly server in the eye and tip them 15%. But who's keeping you in line when you summon chimichangas to your apartment on a rainy night? Visual.ly takes 3.5 million Seamless orders and creates a nifty chart showing the most popular foods ordered on the service and the average percentage of tips left on them. What neighborhood is the stingiest? The Financial District, with an average tip of 12.31% Way to put those company credit cards to use! more ›

Ed Schoenfeld may not be a household name, but to anyone who's paid attention to the city's dining scene over the past 40 years, he certainly is. "Eddie Glasses," as he's nicknamed, is one the city's (really, the country's) preeminent food experts, particularly in Chinese cuisine, and he's made a career for himself since the '70s as a restaurateur/host/consultant/food-world insider of formidable authority. Schoenfeld's first taste of fame was for running the front of the house at the four-starred Uncle Tais Hunan Yuan on the Upper East Side in 1973, and over the years he's been involved with everyplace from Shun Lee to Chinatown Brasserie. Years ago, Gourmet magazine dubbed him "the curator of Chinese food in America," and it still holds true today. more ›

This week, the owner of West Village celebrity-magnet restaurant Da Silvano was hit with a sexual assault lawsuit—parking garage manager Samuel Cruz claims Silvano Marchetto fondled his genitals twice. Marchetto's spokesman Mike Paul countered today that Cruz is just a petty extortionist: “Silvano’s only mistake was giving him large tips in the past, which created a money-hungry monster.” And then Paul made the ill-advised decision to compare Marchetto's situation with that of Penn State and JoePa. more ›

The owner of West Village celebrity-magnet restaurant Da Silvano was hit with sexual assault lawsuit. According to the Post, parking garage manager Samuel Cruz claims Silvano Marchetto fondled his genitals twice. And the Post's lede is "Maybe he just wanted to know if the noodle was al dente." more ›

Yesterday the Occupy Wall Street protesters held mass demonstrations against America's outrageously inequitable wealth distribution and highly dysfunctional banking system. In response to the protests, Wall Street firms immediately implemented strict new trading regulations, and wealthiest 1% voluntarily agreed to substantial tax increases! But it seems that some people still didn't get the message, because over in the West Village, the CEO of a private investment firm dropped $17.5 million on an apartment he's only going to use occasionally—presumably for wild, drug-fueled orgies we wouldn't attend even if he got down on his fat knees and begged us. more ›

The McDonald's cashier who used a metal rod to beat up two customers who slapped him and then jumped over the counter at the West Village location sat down for an exclusive jailhouse interview with the Daily News today. Rayon McIntosh gave his version of events for the first time, and defended himself and the actions which may have left one woman with permanent brain damage: "I was just working at my job when I was attacked for no reason. I'm not a heartless person," he said. more ›

When you watched that video of a McDonald's employee going mental on two customers last week—in self-defense!—did you think to yourself, "gee, that McDonald's looks really familiar, haven't I heard about crazy stuff happening there before?" You did? Well, you were right! The McDonald's in question, located at 136 West 3rd Street off Sixth Avenue, has had more than its fair share of violence over the years and yet, according to a DNAinfo source, when offered off-duty NYPD officers to patrol the restaurant it declined the offer. more ›

The Grey Dog coffeeshop has been a neighborhood fixture in its Carmine Street location since it first opened in 1996. But because of a landlord dispute, the flagship West Village shop will be forced to close tomorrow. "The journey that began in 1996 has taken us down a road that no one could have ever envisioned or predicted. I believe that our lives started the day that Grey Dog opened. We grew up in this space," the store's owners, brothers David Ethan and Peter Adrian, wrote on their website. more ›

After helpless West Village residents reached out to a humble neighborhood alt-weekly about all the limosines idling outside Babbo, the city—nay, the world—waited for a response from The Mario Batali. Taking a break from tweeting Marxist propaganda, Batali wrote, "We are working on it, harmony is possible." No word on how the neighbors are going to take Batali's rumored plans to turn Babbo into "Eataly II: Still Better Than Olive Garden." more ›

David Karp is 25 years old. He's just like any other twenty-something, except for the fact that he's worth $40 million, give or take. You see, Karp founded Tumblr, that little blogging platform that people everywhere love to use 13 times and then quit. But thanks to the New York Times, we know how he and his girlfriend spend their Sundays at their West Village apartment. Turns out: they're kinda boring! We can't fault him there, but since we got our degree in internet mogul image-polishing, we're willing to give Karp a free consultation. more ›

The question must be asked. Because just a few weeks ago, he was professing his creepy love for Emma Stone (the video has sadly been taken down), and today comes this: a video of the star outside of his West Village studio, explaining his new role as...small-time street artist. more ›

In what is surely good news for defenseless, parked SUVs and ammonia-hating foliage everywhere, the West Village's "rogue pisser" was apprehended yesterday and charged with assault and resisting arrest. Last month, we were treated to surveillance video of 30-year-old Brownsville resident William Green peeing on an SUV on Christopher Street 4:45 a.m. and then escaping the clutches of police officers. The Daily News doesn't detail exactly how Green was caught, but our sources tell us that his piddle was picked out of a lineup after he made the crucial mistake of eating asparagus again. more ›

We occasionally see the iPad utilized as a way around the pricy credit-card/cash register combo (Asia Dog rang us up on one recently) but West Village eatery De Santos has gone a step further…into the FUTURE. All of the restaurant's waiters carry iPads to take orders, allowing them to forego the additional stop at the computer terminal and give "them more face time with customers, a factor that's been shown to increase sales," the Post reports. Even better, waiters using iPads don't look nearly as much like pompous jackasses as normal iPad users do, because they actually need them. more ›

We knew the Waverly Inn was accepting reservations on OpenTable, but have they stooped so low as to offer those "Mystery Interactive Theater" dinners that your uncle Lonnie always INSISTS on paying for? At around 5 a.m. Friday morning, two men broke into the restaurant and punched a 28-year-old employee in the face before stealing bottles of "tequila, whiskey and gin, valued at $900," the Post reports. The victim was treated at Bellevue Hospital and is "OK." When asked for comment, Waverly Inn owner and Vanity Fair editor-in-chief Graydon Carter probably looked like a surprised/pleased elephant, as usual. more ›

President Obama raised over $2 million for his reelection campaign last night in two small fundraisers in Manhattan. The first event was a private closed-door reception with 15 fat cats at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in downtown Manhattan, hosted by Gary Hirshberg, CEO of Paris-based Danone S.A.'s Stonyfield Farm Inc. Then it was on to Harvey Weinstein's five story townhouse in the West Village, where many streets were barricaded by police on both ends. CBS 2 reports that the media was excluded from that dinner, which was attended by Governor Cuomo, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jimmy Fallon, Anna Wintour, and musician Pharrell Williams. But one pool reporter was permitted to attend and take notes; here's an account of the backslapping: more ›

Remember the rogue pisser in the West Village who managed to evade arrest over the weekend? Well, as far as we can tell from the NYPD, the man is still wanted...but hey! Look! Video of his public urination, arrest and escape have hit YouTube. Ready for an afternoon chuckle? more ›