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Eater
28-07-2025
- Business
- Eater
After 60 Years, an Iconic Pork Bun Institution Has Reopened in a New Location
is the lead editor of the Northeast region with more than 20 years of experience as a reporter, critic, editor, and cookbook author. After 60 years in its Bayard Street location, Chinatown pork bun institution Mei Lai Wah has reopened at its new home at 41 Mott Street, at Bayard Street, the business announced today on Instagram. 'We are EXPANDING!! FINALLY!!,' the Chens announced last November. 'No more lining up outside on the smallest street in Chinatown!' Though they had hoped to continue service in tandem at the original location they told Eater when the news was first reported in 2024, the original headquarters has closed. A new Japanese spot is slated for former Minca space The former Minca space in the East Village — the ramen spot that recently closed after over 20 years — is going to be a new restaurant from the team behind Odo, the kaiseki restaurant from chef Hiroki Odo in Flatiron. The new spot is on track to debut this fall, according to a spokesperson, at 536 East Fifth Street between Avenues A and B. It will be mostly a counter with three indoor tables and open for lunch and dinner, according to community board filings. The menu lists sashimi, as well as grilled and fried items like yakitori, grilled mackerel, beef cutlet, and fried oyster. Mains include udon in curry soup, rice in cold broth, and beef and vegetable sushi. Chopped cheese is about to get more expensive With the price of beef skyrocketing, the cost of the city's iconic chopped cheese will rise. The average per pound ground beef prices across the United States rose to $6.12 in June, and steaks now cost $11.49 a pound, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; it's a buck more a pound than last year, Gothamist reports. A chopped cheese at Blue Sky Deli — also known as Hajji's in East Harlem, where the sandwich was allegedly invented — currently costs $8.50 before tax. As beef prices remain high, expect an uptick in the price of the sandwich. It's especially notable as the city continues to see new wave chopped cheese variants emerge: The latest is a Pakistani take at Nishaan, coming later this year to the East Village. Eater NY All your essential food and restaurant intel delivered to you Email (required) Sign Up By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Notice . This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
CBS News
23-06-2025
- CBS News
Reward leads to suspected killers of Italian scientist whose dismembered body was found in Colombia, police say
Colombian police said Monday that a reward had led them to the suspected killers of a noted Italian scientist whose dismembered remains were found scattered around the Caribbean resort city of Santa Marta in April. Alessandro Coatti, 42, worked for Britain's Royal Society of Biology as a science policy officer whose job included giving evidence to parliament, before leaving that post in 2024 to travel in South America. Part of his body was found in a suitcase on a riverbank on April 6. Other remains were later found in other locations. Coatti had arrived in Santa Marta, a city that acts as a gateway to idyllic palm-lined Caribbean beaches and the snow-capped Sierra Nevada mountain range, as a tourist. The police said he was lured by a gang that planned to rob him to an abandoned house in the city, through a dating app for the LGBTQ community. Scientist Alessandro Coatti was reported missing in Santa Marta, Colombia, on April 5, 2025. Royal Society of Biology El Tiempo quoted a local hotel worker as saying Coatti was conducting research on local animal species and had asked about visiting the village of Minca, about six miles southeast of Santa Marta. Santa Marta's Mayor Carlos Pinedo said Sunday that four people suspected of his murder and dismemberment had been arrested in raids in the Colombian capital Bogota, the second city of Medellin as well as in Santa Marta and the town of Arjona, near the port city of Cartagena. At a press conference on Monday, Santa Marta police chief Colonel Jaime Rios said that the police had received a tip-off, which led them to a house where traces of blood were found. "Through arduous investigative work, interviews were conducted, biological traces belonging to the victim were collected, and security camera footage was analyzed, which were all key to solving the case," he said. The gruesome killing of Coatti, described by colleagues at the Royal Society of Biology as a respected scientist, caused shock in Colombia. "He was a passionate and dedicated scientist, leading RSB animal science work, writing numerous submissions, organizing events and giving evidence in the House of Commons," the RSB said in a statement after Coatti's death. "Ale was funny, warm, intelligent, loved by everyone he worked with, and will be deeply missed by all who knew and worked with him." Pinedo had offered a reward of $12,000 for information leading to the capture of his killers. Rios said the reward had led to the breakthrough in the investigation. The Sierra Nevada mountains are home to a drug-running paramilitary gang known as the "Conquistadors of the Sierra Nevada." It is not known if they had any hand in Coatti's murder, but they have been linked to the murder and dismemberment of others in recent years.
