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Axios
17 hours ago
- Business
- Axios
Exclusive: Bub and Pop's will soon reopen in NoMa with spiked sodas and bowling
Beloved sandwich shop Bub and Pop's will soon open in a new, larger location in NoMa after a decade-plus in Dupont Circle, the owner exclusively tells Axios. Why it matters: Bub's seemingly abrupt shutter last week sparked fear of a permanent closure among its fanbase, but don't worry — the new version in the former Eleanor space promises to be bigger and better than ever. State of play: Chef/owner Jon Taub tells Axios he's aiming to open in about two weeks. He's keeping the bones of the Eleanor's barcade, meaning plenty of room to settle in with a beer and play throwback games or duck pin bowling. And the core menu of Philly-style hoagies and cheesesteaks will live on, as will the " Lil' Petey" sandwich-eating challenge. Dig in: Taub tells Axios he's looking forward to expanding the offerings — with plenty of nostalgic nods to his favorite hometown Philly spots. A custom soda fountain inspired by Nifty Fifty's will turn out egg creams, floats and malts, which customers can spike with booze (also look for wine, Champagne and beer). Taub is working on a new pizza menu, as well as fun bar snacks for game days. Diners will also have a few lighter options for times when a huge Italian hoagie or braised beef brisket sandwich won't fly. Context: Taub says the move has been in the works for a while after their landlord decided to double the rent on the small, mostly takeout shop. "It would have shuttered our business overnight," he says. The landlord filed an eviction lawsuit earlier this year, seeking nearly $250,000 in unpaid rent and fees, which Taub tells Axios is erroneous, and that they've been "following legal counsel" since. Between the lines: Taub has been making his own breads and hoagie rolls for a year-plus — which, along with homemade pickles and sauces, sets Bub's apart. Now he's upping the game with a new Polin oven. "It's how Angelo's in Philly achieves that perfect crust and bronze color," he says. All of the homemade accoutrements will be available to take away. "I know Trader Joe's is right down the street, but I wanted people to be able to come home with a container of our marinara and have a nice dinner."
Hindustan Times
16-05-2025
- Hindustan Times
9 held for trying to grab Goregaon plot
MUMBAI: The Bangur Nagar police have arrested Baba Khan, a cafe owner and alleged extortionist, and his eight associates for allegedly trespassing a 1,900-square feet plot in Goregaon West which houses the factory of a company producing asbestos products. Khan, who allegedly runs various illegal businesses, assaulted the security guards and the manager of the company with weapons and threatened to kill them in a bid to vacate the plot, said police. He was arrested on Wednesday based on a complaint by the company's constituted attorney, Amit Ramkishore Bub, the police added. According to the complaint lodged by Bub, 46, Khan and his eight henchmen barged into the factory premises of Lakshmi Asbestos Products Ltd on May 9. They were armed with rods, pistols, swords and knives, and used a bulldozer and JCBs to dump mud and debris in the compound. They assaulted the security guards who tried to stop them, claiming the plot belonged to them. The manager of the company, Dharmendra Somani, was also assaulted with rods and a sword when he tried to intervene in the matter. Khan and the other accused threatened to kill Somani and the security guards, Bub mentioned in the complaint. They left the premises after Somani called Bub but asked for the plot to be vacated within 24 hours. Bub then approached the Bangur Nagar police. Based on his complaint, Khan and the other eight accused were booked under section 25 (3) (illegal sale or transfer of firearms, ammunition, or other arms) of the Arms Act along with sections 115 (2) (voluntary causing hurt), 190 (unlawful assembly), 191 (rioting), 333 (trespassing), 189 (4) (armed with deadly weapon), 189 (2) (unlawful assembly), and 351 (3) (criminal intimidation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. The nine accused were arrested on Wednesday and produced before the court on Thursday. They were remanded in police custody till May 19. 'We are trying to find out if someone gave them a contract to get the plot vacated and if they are connected to the land mafia or the builder lobby,' said an officer from the Bangur Nagar police station. Khan had been arrested on charges of extortion less than a year ago, on July 15, 2024, after he allegedly kidnapped a hawker from Malad in his BMW and assaulted him for refusing to pay protection money.
The Spinoff
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Spinoff
Review: Bub release their debut album with some very special guests
Tāmaki Makaurau band Bub released their debut album, Can't Even, on Thursday evening at Neck of The Woods on Karangahape Road – featuring a couple of stand-out songs, a loving crowd and some star guests. At the end of their set, Bub had already played all the songs on the album, but the crowd wouldn't let up with their cheering. 'I guess we could play 'New Amsterdam' again,' wondered frontwoman and songwriter Priya Sami. But how to make it new the second time around? She cajoled a very special guest from the crowd, a friend called Steph, with the incredible ability to imitate the sound of a cowbell with her mouth ('mouthbell' according to Sami) for the entirety of the song. Bub is Sami's project, with songs written by her and performed by an ever-shifting band. She has, for a few years, used it a vehicle to sing heartbreak anthems with touches of new wave, post punk, doo wop, this and that around Auckland's indie gig scene. She's become known as a ' powerhouse vocalist ' with ' emotionally shattering ' lyrics. The album, Can't Even, has been a long time in the making. The song that started it all, 'King of Wands', was released in 2019. Now, 10 songs are etched into purple vinyl for those with players and uploaded to Spotify for everyone else. To celebrate its release, Sami was joined by Daniel Barrett on bass ('my ride or die'), her older sister Anji Sami (of She's So Rad and obviously The Sami Sisters) on backup vocals who stood about 5cm from the edge of the stage and looked like she'd rather be in the crowd, Ruby Walsh and their various hand-held percussion instruments hiding at the back of the stage, David Harris in a cloud of smoke on the drums and Joe Kaptein making his way around three synthesizers. The band shared the stage with guests that popped on for certain songs and super-sized hand-made cardboard decorations – a giant sun, legions of clouds, an apple tree and sunflowers on every amp and foldback. The incredible guest line-up started with Sami's high school jazz teacher, Edwina Thorne, on the trumpet for a song Sami first wrote in high school and has now re-vamped, 'Mrs Julian Casablancas'. Thorne, in a sequinned top, had her time to shine during a solo and nailed it, hip thrusting and all. 'She looks the same as 20 years ago,' said Sami. 'So hot!' Sami is known almost as much for her hilarious and self-deprecating stage banter as her musicality. While beloved, the banter has in the past undercut, or distracted from the emotional impact of the songs. In the 2025 version of 'Mrs Julian Casablancas', Sami has found a way to bring her comedic genius in. Deep inside the nostalgic pop tune, she breaks into a sort of soliloquy. 'Dearest Julian, it's been nearly 20 years! And that's a really long time to ignore someone lol.' The love letter to Jiulian Casablancas, heart throb of every indie girl in the mid-2000s dances around the 'Not Like Other Girls' trope and problematic age gaps. Sami sent it home with a cheeky smile and the line 'If you could just reply to my email that would be really cool.' The other stand-out song was 'Another Girl'. Anji Sami, somewhat teasing her sister, accurately described it as 'the angry dark one'. It is angry and dark, and while all Bub songs feel emotionally tuned in, this one digs deeper. For 'Another Girl', five more vocalists, 'my coven' joined Sami. Among them was Princess Chelsea and Skilaa's Chelsea Prastiti, another powerhouse. It was in the layering of the vocalists, divided into high, medium and low notes over the stage and microphones that the song got its power. It built and built and yet was carefully restrained by what felt like a skilled light hand. For parts of it, Sami stepped back and let her coven sing 'burn out hollow girl burn out' and 'for you, fuck you'. I was so struck by the song I asked Sami, loitering near the merch table, its name on my way out. She told me it's the next single, expected to be released with a video on May 16. Right after the second performance of 'New Amsterdam', a little crowd gathered around Sami – people who wanted hugs, photos and their brand new records signed. But then they cleared out quickly, despite there being one more act, a very casual 'DJ Uncle Spicy' playing 90s and 00s pop music. It was a Thursday night and the clock was approaching midnight. Unlike most gigs the air did not smell like beer and no one's eyes were glassy. Instead they headed home, many carrying shrink-wrapped records with Sami's face on them, and that is how the first few copies of Bub's debut album made their way into the world.
Yahoo
19-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
On all-night calls, Hmong American woman stranded in Laos searches for a path forward
The partner of a Hmong American mother of five deported to Laos said Tuesday she is trying to figure out where to go, and what to do, in the country, even though she has never been there and doesn't know the language. Michael Bub said the military official overseeing Ma Yang's stay at a rooming house sent her to a hospital over the weekend for an evaluation. Yang, 37, needed more high blood pressure medication, insulin for her diabetes, and treatment for an ear infection. Bub, in South Milwaukee, and Yang, in Vientiane, have been sleeping minimally since she was deported there, he said, sometimes just one hour a night. Still, Yang wants to start contributing to society in Laos and become comfortable with the Lao language and culture, Bub said. For now, she has a hard time communicating with officials about what her options are. They continue to hold her identification documents. However, Bub said it was important to note that she is safe in the rooming house where she is staying. She was allowed to purchase a cell phone, can pay for food and has a place to sleep. The couple also finds themselves somewhat overwhelmed by the reaction to their story. Among the many people who've reached out, it's been hard to tell who is genuinely offering help and who is using it to boost their own audience on social media. But they understand why it's struck a chord with so many, especially those in the Hmong American community who have built lives in the U.S. and could not imagine returning to Laos. Her case was almost unheard-of, Bub said, since so few people have been deported to Laos in recent years. Yang's story has drawn the attention of readers from across the world. A Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article about Yang last week went viral, as did posts on Facebook, X and Reddit, among other sites, as readers reacted to the stunning and complex circumstances that led to her deportation. More: They came to the U.S. legally with American sponsors. Trump put their future in jeopardy. More: Inches from resettling, an Afghan refugee family looks to Wisconsin senator for help Much remains uncertain. She and Bub, her partner of 16 years, feel the tension. Bub recently launched a GoFundMe page. He is seeking funds to care for the family's children as well as potentially hire an attorney to reopen her criminal case. Yang pleaded guilty in 2020 to taking part in a marijuana trafficking operation — counting and packaging cash that was mailed to suppliers of the drug — and served 2 1/2 years in prison. She said her attorney incorrectly told her the plea deal would not affect her immigration status as a green card holder. But her legal permanent residency was revoked. She hopes if the conviction were thrown out on the grounds she had bad representation, she could one day return to the U.S. Yang was born in Thailand to Hmong refugee parents who helped the U.S. military in the Vietnam War. Then, along with many other Hmong, they had to flee the country. She believes she was a citizen of Laos because her parents were born there. But she does not know if she still retains that citizenship. Under Lao law, citizens who have been outside the country for extended periods of time are no longer considered citizens, according to the U.S. State Department. Her family resettled in Milwaukee when she was 8 months old, and she received a green card at age 7. Now, decades later, she finds herself on long phone calls with Bub, alternately telling him she'll try to get settled in Laos, and saying she'll only be home when she's "wherever my children are." The family is seeking donations at Sophie Carson is a general assignment reporter who reports on religion and faith, immigrants and refugees and more. Contact her at scarson@ or 920-323-5758. This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Partner of Milwaukee woman deported to Laos describes sleepless nights
