BarLower East Side
Beverly's
Come for the exhibitions or zine fair at this artist-built nightlife institution, stay for the DJs. Evenings dissolve into dancing under its purplish-pink light, and somehow it's four hours later.
Photo by Effie Liu for Beholdr
In The Area
Alternative SpaceLower East Side
601Artspace
Young curators get free rein at this Eldridge Street nonprofit to make shows about social justice, memory, and whose stories get told.
GalleryLower East Side
Miguel Abreu Gallery
When we want to see and think differently, this is where we come. Exhibitions unfold across an enfilade of sunlit rooms, cinematic in pacing, structurally precise. The artists are obsessed with how images make meaning. By the time we leave, we are, too.
RestaurantLower East Side
Eldridge Street Store
A tea shop serving up boba by day and Fujian-style peanut noodles into the wee hours run by downtown kids with connections to the skate community.
GalleryLower East Side
Below Grand
Artist-curators stretch the rules in this LES storefront gallery.