[DJ Mess Kid and Kashmir Snowdon-Jones at Southside. The club is staying put-for now] In January we broke the news that BarMart closed their doors and posted a note that promised a several week time line to revamp their struggling restaurant.  Concurrently, Grubstreet unveiled the highly vaunted redesign “plans” of the restaurant that Anthony Martignetti had disclosed to them. Though even after two months, there was no progress to speak of.  Last night, the community board met, and it becomes clear that our neighborhood restaurant will not be reopening now, or ever.  But what will go in it’s place? And will the Martingetti Brothers be keeping Southside? More»

[Halloween at Bella's, That's me as Kenny Kenny]

The morning after…

Has it hit you yet that Bella’s is over?  Me neither….although, talking to friends about its finale, we all agree it makes sense.  Quit while you are ahead.  And ahead she was.  Bella’s, that little hot spot underneath the Martignetti boy’s restaurant, was a favorite of socialites, hipsters, bankers, and LOLA’ers alike. We could always rely on Bella’s for consistent fun.  Bella’s never let us down as our go-to backup plan, and, time and time again, she was our only one.   Besides having some of the best music around, whenever I walked into Bella’s I ran into someone that I knew….Where else could we feel safe venturing into in outlandish kenny kenny costumes, or, better yet, sans pants in our best Flash Dance reenactments? Sure some nights held more debauchery than even we could handle, herds of prepsters that, no doubt, turned Broome Street for a 180, and was responsible for more items lost to the party gods than I care to think about; but despite all of this, I’d be lying if I didn’t say I’m going to miss this place.  I will miss…

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