SEATTLE – Despite the magnitude of the US National Team’s victory in the opening match of the World Cup, it presented only an opportunity – a golden opportunity to become soccer’s golden generation. Now they have to tap and earn money. A win on Friday over Australia — a win they may have to pull … Read more
Food News The Downtown Crossing space is expected to reopen as a restaurant and bar focused on live music. Scholars American Bistro and Cocktail Lounge. Barry Chen/Global Staff The longtime Downtown Crossing bar is gearing up for its final weekend — but the space already has a next chapter planned. Scholars American Bistro & Cocktail … Read more
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Midtown’s Bar Chimera has three distinct bar areas. Jason Varney Simon Kim is known for opening lavish and busy restaurants. It started with the 2017 launch Cotea Michelin-starred steakhouse that blends light Korean barbecue with fine dining’s attention to detail, and in the nine years since, has bolstered its expertise by adding six venues to … Read more
Former porn star Asia Carrera has made a wild career pivot — passing the Texas bar exam and putting herself on track to become a licensed attorney. Carrera, born Jessica Steinhauser in New York City, shared the news this week after taking the tough test in Waco in February. “I PASSED THE BAR EXAM!!!!” she … Read more
New York — The founder of SantaCon is a fraud, according to federal prosecutors in New York. Stefan Pildis was arrested Wednesday on federal fraud charges that accuse him of embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars in charitable funds for his own use. SantaCon is an annual drunken bar crawl in December where 25,000 people … Read more
Welcome to Cocktail Omakase. Courtesy Scott Bleicher When you walk through the doors of one of the short, frescoed buildings on Eldridge Street, your eyes might convince you that a sushi feast is about to take place. The Lower East Side space, after all, was formerly Bar Ocho, a Michelin-starred restaurant with a sushi counter … Read more
The Eighth, a cocktail restaurant in Chelsea, is now open. Eighth After a soft opening during New York Fashion Week, Eighth She officially welcomed the public to her Chelsea digs on March 10. After visiting the cocktail restaurant in its first week of debut, it’s clear that The Eighth is still fine-tuning the execution of … Read more
crime Police in Austin shot and killed the gunman, who used a handgun and a rifle to carry out the attack, police said. Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis gives a briefing after a shooting incident, Sunday, March 1, 2026, near West Sixth and Nueces streets in downtown Austin, Texas. (Ricardo P. Brasil/Austin American-Statesman via AP) … Read more
Saturday, January 10, 2026 at 4:11 pm HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) – A homeless man was killed and a security guard was wounded in a shooting outside a bar near a downtown Metro Rail station, according to the Houston Police Department. Officers responded to a call Friday night in the 2400 block of Main Street, outside … Read more