The EMM Group doesn’t mess around. They have pretty much taken over the MePa and with the launch of new restaurant, Catch, they clearly have no plans of slowing down. The highly anticipated new seafood joint has had people buzzing for months and it is now officially open for business. If you’re a fan of [...]

Since the Dream Downtown opened there has been a lot of speculation regarding Nur Khan’s new, uber-exclusive spot, Electric Room. The club was set to take up shop in the basement of the hotel with a capacity of only around 100, and after much anticipation it had its soft opening last night following the 10th [...]

Roberta’s is bringing its flare to the city with an East Village pop-up that will open up this Wednesday at 1pm. The new café will be at the BMW Guggenheim Lab in First Park and will stay open for three months. According to Eater, the menu will include eggplant sandwiches, cheeseburgers, a salad, and Milk [...]

The ladies of The Downtown Diaries rarely venture to the frat-tastic Murray Hill, but when a chic new restaurant opens in nearby Flatiron/Gramercy, we can make the cab ride up from below 14th street. Duo, which opened in June, is owned by two beautiful sisters whose family has a long history in the restaurant business. [...]

I know Playboy in it’s modern sense doesn’t exactly exude class and style, but you’ll be surprised by the sex appeal and old school charm of this retrospective at hip gallery Partners & Spade in the East Village.  A refreshing reminder of some of the roots of female sexuality in American pop culture, the prints [...]