🌱 Meow Parlour Reopening + La Colombe Comes to Bowery

Happy Thursday Lower East Siders, I am your host Patrick Murray. As always, I am bringing the latest need-to-knows from your neighborhood.

First, today's weather:

A cool, partly sunny day with a high of 60, and a low of 49.

Here are the top stories today in Lower East Side-Chinatown:

1. After struggling through the pandemic, beloved cat café Meow Parlour returns to the Lower East Side. The local business reopened its doors at 46 Hester St. two weeks ago, while receiving the grand prize of $100,000 in the "Petco Love Stories" contest. Co-founder Christina Ha will use the $100,000 grant to expand the business into the second floor of the Hester Street location. (Bowery Boogie)
2. La Colombe will open its first NYC roastery location at the Bowery Whole Foods. The 783-square-foot space at 95 Houston St. will be located within the Whole Foods, hoping to attract the attention of grocery shoppers. The new location will feature a signature blend called the "Bowery Blend." (Eater NY)

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Today in Lower East Side-Chinatown:

• Pumpkin Decorating - New York University Public Events. (2 p.m.)
• The Intersections of Public Health and Food Law. (7 p.m.)
• Lower East Side Youth Market, courtesy of the Grand Street Settlement. (8 a.m.)
• "Bad Bad Habits" at the Mercury Lounge. (6:30 p.m.)
• Joke Lab present "I'm Dead," at the Late Late. (7 p.m.)
• R&B Seafood Thursdays at the Katra Lounge. (5 p.m.)

Lower East Side-Chinatown Patch Notebook

• Celebrate National Pitbull Awareness Day with Animal Haven and Berry! (Facebook)
• Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat photographed near an abandoned car in Alphabet City. (Facebook)
• Hear from Debra Olin at the Museum at Eldridge Street. (Facebook)
• Op-Ed: "Protesting the Museum of Chinese in America does nothing for unity in Chinatown." (AMNY)

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