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One of our most trusted Little Birdies was on the scene last night at Wildwood, the new BBQ restaurant from B.R. Guest on Park Avenue South. The occasion? A Kid Rock post show after party. They filed this report: Good crowd. Some SMOKING hot girls. Free BBQ ribs, which were excellent. Open bar - Coors (sponsor), Plymouth Gin, Jim Beam. Everyone was chilling basically just waiting for Kid Rock to show up, which he eventually did at about 1:45 with a bottle of Beam and a cigar in hand. Not a bad way to make an entrance. The food and festivities went until 4 AM I'm having a rough one today. Late night BBQ and Beam sounds like an OK way to spend a Thursday night, even if you wind up paying for it on Friday. Kid sure looks happy up there. And it just proves that New York still loves the hours between 2-4. More...

A Little Birdy tells us that LCD Soundsystem is playing a secret show tonight at Webster Hall, just a few nights after throwing down at Studio B, the place with some pretty decent looking females. Go over there now and try and sneak in if you want to see the show. More...

‘and the LORD God took the man and put him into the Garden of Eden to dress it and keep it’ -bible The reemergence of the rooftop formerly known as Bed has caused a game of musical chairs with no... More...

With intelligence, perseverance, and connections, Fouad markets the Cristal of energy drinks My friends tell me that I’ve got way too much energy, especially at my age. All new staff is quietly told never to get me coffee with caffeine... More...

At long last, the shiny black monolith rising high over the Lower East Side is ready to open its doors. Well, almost. After several years, the Thompson Lower East Side is finally accepting reservations starting July 15. A standard room will run you $399 a night while the King Studio Suite will only cost you $40 more. So what do you get for all that cheddar? Our studio suites have been designed with an industrial loft-like feel and feature a King bed with 400 thread count custom SFERRA linens and a spacious living room. Light box headboards feature Lee Friedlander photography. Bathrooms feature oversized terry robes and amenities by Fresh. Entertainment options include flat screen TVs with movies on demand and i-Pod docking stations. Each room also offers complimentary WiFi and minibars stocked with Dean and Deluca and Elia Zabar gourmet snacks.How LES! How New York! How Thompson. So set your calendars for mid July and hope that there are no final delays that push it back to August. More...

Editor's Note: See Our Coverage From Earlier This Afternoon About The Reopening Of Bed's Rooftop. The Mark Baker Crew and Pink Elephant collaboration in the space formerly known as Bed was made possible by Mega Developer, Harlan Burger. Mr. Burger... More...

Just as I was going to put this blog to bed for the week and spend some time designing, my real job, in comes some exciting news from Mark Baker: Mark Baker and the Mansion Crew have joined forces with... More...

From the fun little Tumblr site Things You Can't Do Coked Up, a little nod to those who dabble while enjoying the NYC night. USE THE BATHROOM ALONE Ha. More...

If you missed the first two days of Steve's interview with Danny Fried and Anthony Michael of China Club, read them here: day one & day two. Otherwise, the final part of the interview is after the jump... More...

Sammy Sass may no longer (or never been) involved with Noah and Jason's upcoming Lavo restaurant and nightclub at the Palazzo, but our LB was correct in Sammy's interest in Vegas. We just got word that Sass will be opening a branch of his London club Movida in the Palazzo. This follows the current Vegas strategy of trying to lure big spenders from Europe as the American economy hits the shitter. Especially with the slowdown in tourism and spending in Vegas. We always say the more the merrier, but Lavo and Movida going head-to-head? This should be interesting. More...

There are just so many events going on right now, we can't possibly hit them all. Luckily, we have our #1 correspondent Nicolette from Nicolette and the City there to pick up the slack.Last night I went to the Charlotte Ronson and Chrissie Miller “Summer Lovin†event at Blue & Cream. I showed up fashionably late with my cousin James at 7:00 p.m. (the event started at 6). We walked in and the doorman (same guy from Antik) said the ice cream was outside (served from two Mister Softee trucks) and the vodka was inside. We headed on over to the open bar and we had a choice between sponsored Svedka vodka with pineapple, orange juice, or a pink concoction mixed with lemon juice, vodka, and pink lemonade. I chose the pink concoction and yes I chose it because it was pink. But hey Vodka is Vodka. After grabbing our drinks we started to socialize. I ran into the designer of the night, Charlotte Ronson. After chatting it up with Charlotte I then ran into the Unruly Heir crew (who I met at the Unruly Heir event at Bloomingdales last week). I spent some time socializing with Kristian Laliberte and Unruly Heir creator Joe Goodwin. After a few photo ops we headed outside. I had vanilla ice cream with rainbow sprinkles ( wow did I feel 12 again) from the Mister Softee truck while James chose Vanilla ice cream with chocolate sprinkles. We sat on the yellow ottomans outside, enjoyed our ice cream, and headed back inside for a few more drinks, some socializing and surprisingly some shopping?!? James ended up buying two shirts from Blue & Cream. By eight I decided to call it a night and headed home. It was a fun laid back night, in the nice spring weather eating ice cream and drinking vodka. Could you ask for more? More...

If you missed yesterday's installment of our three day interview with Danny Fried and Anthony Michael of China Club, you can find it here. When you’re running the hot club it seems like the whole world tilts to you. After... More...

The downstairs of Santos' House Party soft-opened last night after 3 years of construction. According to NY Mag, the too small space is "a godsend for anyone who has ever danced in the basement of 205 thinking the experience could benefit from a little more space and a much sicker sound system." Lovely. The upstairs part will be opening soon. · Santos House Party Actually Houses a Party [Grub Street] More...

Jamie, Jayma and the rest of the Cain gang have long planned to escape their first home in Chelsea and set up shop somewhere else. After several false starts, they had apparently settled on an alley space at 408 Broadway. Uh, not so fast. After pulling their liquor license application from the last CB 1 meeting, a Little Birdy tells us that unfortunately, the plans may have to be scrapped completely. The Community Board is dead set against Cain, or any re-imagination of it, opening in their ritzy hood. Alley or no alley, lower Broadway or wherever. The Cain crew has not given up hope of pulling something off here, but it's just not looking to good. More...

Hi everyone. DBTH is looking for some summer help, specifically people who : · Spend Weekends in the Hamptons · New Yorkers on the go · Aspiring Photographers · Just about anyone else Everyone except Ben Leventhal and the former owners of Stereo are encouraged to apply. Interested applicants should include their resumes in an email (attachments will not be opened) and a few sentences about why you are interested. If you have a blog, links are welcome. Pay is non-existent, glory is limitless, and the fun is capped at 3%. More...

We couldn't attend the Time Out Horny Party last night, so we asked a TONY insider to fill in the gaps. Apparently, the attendees were filling in more than that. Let's go to the correspondent . . . The last time we played Spin the Bottle was tenth grade in our friend Steve’s basement, but that’s neither here nor there. Last night we got down, drunk and dirty with Time Out New York at their Horny Party to celebrate their annual hormone (and nudity) filled issue. The Pinetree Lodge was brimming with sexually charged 20-somethings playing Truth or Dare and Never Have I Ever. Uh, never have I ever been so excited to see a burlesque dancer strip on a bar in Murray Hill. The night dissolved into a gigantic game of Spin the Bottle. Guy and girl, girl on girl, guy on guy on girl on guy on Time Out New York staff member on bartender on bouncer. Us exhibitionists found ourselves making out in the back room while the voyeurs touched them selves at the bar. And just like tenth grade, we went home agonizingly heated up, in need of a cold shower, and with a magazine full of naked people wedged in our messenger bag.Sounds hot and steamy. Maybe next year we can attend. More...

Unless you want to travel down the way back machine, you are probably going to have some trouble finding our earlier posts related to the Satsky, Gefter, Mullineaux and Cantor. Why? After receiving some worthless cease and desist orders from some attorneys, we decided to take them down. While we are positive that nothing we posted would ever proven to be libelous, it really isn't worth our time or effort to worry about dealing with half ass accusations. After all we are only talking about the people that owned and operated Stereo, a little club that had a pretty good run for a few years, but is hardly missed by the nightlife loving public. There have been a thousand clubs that have had runs that were as good or better. These guys just had a pretty ugly falling out, and instead of chalking it up to lessons learned or a bad business deal, they decided to send nasty emails to us to try and settle their differences. All in all, pretty lame. We are actually glad the lawyers stepped in to remove us from this "Battle of the Pansies". If this doesn't work, maybe we can all meet at Houstons and settle this once and for all. More...

‘To fly we have to have resistance’ - Maya Lin ' It's time to... party, party, there's gonna be a party tonight!' - Andrew W.K. Some of the trendiest folks around these parts got a sneak peak at the new... More...

After yesterday's post regarding Barry Mullineaux and Jon Canto work at Room Service, Barry checked in to let us know his side of the story. The facts are that Stereo was owned by 512 W 29th Street LLC.. that owned all the licenses (liquor license , the cabaret license, the lease, the operating agreement, etc. and all paperwork). Myself and Jon Cantor were members of that Company - Michael Satsky and Brian Gefter were not. They were hired as promotional directors. My investors wanted the 2 of them fired from day 1 and I personally fought to keep them on board because I was friends with Michael. Little did I know he only cared about his ego and getting publicity for his own name at whatever costs it came to the business. They over spent on celebrities, pr, promoters, etc... Since they were not owners they did not care because they weren't loosing their money. We lost so much money that is why we were forced to do as many nights/events as possible to make the business survive. During the last 6 weeks stereo was open Mike and Brian did not receive paychecks because they were fired by a group vote of the investors. They stayed around only because of their friendship with me and to protect their image but no one knew they actually had been fired. Stereo closed because the landlord made a deal to buy us out 512 west 29th street llc ( which again mike and brian were never apart of) so the landlord could develop the space. Since the closing Michael Satsky has been very bitter and has been spreading rumors about me which are 100% false because he has nothing better to do with his time. Satsky was the one who sent you this story and he was the one making all the comments ... Myself and Jon Cantor were only consulting with Room Service to help them because of our friendship with Manny and Chris. We are opening our own space in the fall so we were just helping them. No one "got dumped" .. You can call the owners of room service to check your facts.Wow. There is so much back and forth, our poor heads are spinning. It's a shame when seemingly successful partnerships end badly, as many of them do. Stereo seemed to have an outstanding run while it lasted and we are sure that all of the people involved will continue to play a big role in the Manhattan (and Hamptons) scene for a long time to come. We can only hope that this group can one day kiss and make up, and that we can be there to cover it. More...

That’s the longest title in this blog’s history, but I thought it appropriate, as we’re talking about a club with the longest run of any I can remember. For almost a quarter of a century (that’s twenty-four years and counting... More...

The Randolph is a deceptively excellent little bar on the edges of Nolita. And according to a Little Birdy, it may be getting a little bigger. Our LB tells us that the owners are looking to expand the basement space a little bit to create a nicer lower level experience. We would be all for it, since it is a bit basement-esque down there, and it would give the City just a bit more space in which to enjoy a full pitcher of Manhattans. And what American can be against that? More...

Radar Online "broke" a story today that Keith McNally was looking to buy DBTH favorite the Beatrice Inn. Thankfully, Eater put the kaibosh on this rumor, with McNally telling them "I've barely heard of this place, let alone considered buying it! An absolute NO to the rumor, but I'm flattered (if that's the word) that I should be someone reckoned to be in the running." This one should have never gotten off the ground, since the space simply lacks the capacity to do enough business to justify McNally's time. We feel dirty doing a post on it, but it is our business. More...

Editor's Note: This post is the second in our series "What Happened Then." Every so often Steve is going to tell you about an old joint, its stories, and its eventual end. If you missed the first post in this... More...