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Help is on the Way for Restaurants

By Joseph Clark on April 29, 2021 Business, Food & Wine, Life in a Pandemic, Uncategorized

SBA opens up applications for relief funds next week

COVID Takes a Toll on New York City’s Real Estate Market

By Sarah Chung on April 13, 2021 Business, Life in a Pandemic

Demand for housing has grown in the suburbs, but in the city, there’s a surplus of inventory

Have You Been Jabbed? Go Get a Free Donut

By Sarah Chung on April 1, 2021 covid-19, Freebies, Vaccination Business, Life in a Pandemic, Manhattan

Growing number of businesses offer support and free giveaways to those choosing to vaccinate

A Sunset Park Tortilleria and New York’s Growing Mexican Accent

By Eduardo Cuevas on March 11, 2021 Brooklyn, Business, Food & Wine, Neighborhoods, NY City Scene, The Global City

Tortillería La Malinche gives families a glimpse of what they left behind in Mexico, and what they have to look forward to in New York City

A Promise of Relief for Restaurants

By Joseph Clark on February 22, 2021 Dirt Candy Business, Food & Wine, Manhattan, News

Senator Schumer details a $25 billion bill to help eateries in New York and across the nation

A Bittersweet Farewell for Godiva

By Sarah Chung on February 12, 2021 Godiva Chocolatiers Business, Manhattan, Multimedia, News, NY City Scene

Owners are shutting down the company’s brick and mortar stores in North America, including New York City

Lights! Camera! PPE!

By Mariel Rodriguez-McGill on February 12, 2021 Business, Entertainment, Life in a Pandemic

Nearly a year after the pandemic pressed the pause button on film and TV production in NYC, the industry is slowly limping back. But the scene is very different

NYC Restaurant Week—the Takeout Version

By Tricia Crimmins on January 26, 2021 NYC & Company, Restaurant Week Business, Coronavirus, Life in a Pandemic

This year’s event is more about survival than marketing

Turning Trash into Treasure

By Staff on April 12, 2020 alex dabagh, aNYbag, leather, new york city leather, plastic bag ban nyc, plastic bag tote Business, Environment, Multimedia, Video

An NYC leather artisan is using plastic waste to create tote bags.

The Coronavirus Shutdown Is Devastating New York City’s Independent Theaters

By Christopher Howell on March 29, 2020 Arts and Culture, coronavirus, covid-19, New York, New York City, Theater Business, Coronavirus, NY City Scene, Public Health

In a good year, the Secret Theatre in Long Island City, a small non-profit theater, operates on razor-thin margins. The playhouse relies heavily on local businesses to remain afloat, along with the occasional GoFundMe project. It’s worked, for the most part. The theater held more than a dozen events last year, including acting classes for […]

A Scarce Commodity

By Caroline Chen on March 28, 2020 Brooklyn, coronavirus, covid-19, small business Business, Coronavirus, Multimedia, Public Health, Video

To help fill demand spurred by COVID-19, some distilleries in New York are now producing sanitizers.

New York’s Restaurants and Bars To Close

By TuAnh Dam on March 16, 2020 Business, Coronavirus, NY City Scene

Also gyms, movie theaters, and casinos—all to help slow the virus

The Art of Making Dominican Chocolate

By Angie Hernandez Pena on March 13, 2020 Brooklyn, Business, chocolate shop, Featured, New York, Video Brooklyn, Business, Multimedia, Neighborhoods, Video

Damion Badalamenti, chocolate maker at Kah Kow U.S.A. the first Dominican chocolate factory in New York City, explains what makes Dominican chocolate unique. The Rizek Cacao company is a family-owned business that has been exporting cacao beans from the Dominican Republic for over 100 years. Fifth-generation Nadia Rizek wants to share the potential of Dominican […]