Apolo Restaurant 168 Delancey Street No website	Perhaps the concept of Chinese/Spanish food will take off someday, but for now, this local, local, local restaurant is way under the radar. The decorations are photos of family members and friends of the owners and a couple of large red ball shaped Asian style lamps. The food is good and fast and offered at rock bottom prices. Entrees include cracking chicken and lo mein noodle.

Interesting side note about the corner of Delancey Street and Clinton Street . . . Delancey Street is named after James De Lancey, Sr., whose farm was located in what is now the Lower East Side. James DeLancey was chief justice and lieutenant governor of the Province of New York. He was educated in England, though he was born in NYC and graduated from Cambridge University. DeLancey returned to New York to practice law and enter politics. In 1746 a dispute arose between Governor Clinton and the New York Assembly regarding the governor's salary. Chief Justice DeLancey supported the legislature's position in the controversy, thus incurring the hatred of Governor Clinton, who subsequently refused to acknowledge a commission from King George II datd 1747, appointing DeLancey as Lieutenant Governor of New York. Governor Clinton withheld DeLancey's commission as lieutenant governor until October 1753. Clinton held that grudge against Delancey for six years! The two, Clinton and Delancey, meet again here at the corner!

Summer 2008 - This summer the Tenement Museum will debut its first exhibit which showcases the difficult struggles of the Irish immigrant experience in the mid 1800s in New York City's lower east side. Previous museum exhibits have been devoted to Italian, German and Jewish experiences with tenement living. The lower east side was predominantly German-speaking in the 19th century. The new exhibit will focus on the lives of Bridget and Joseph Moore who lived at 97 Orchard Street in Apartment 14. The couple—who struggled to pay the $8 rent on the modest fourth-floor apartment. Visitors to the museum will be treated to period melodies ethnomusicologist Mick Moloney recorded for the tour include “No Irish Need Apply” from 1865, and “Thousands Are Sailing,” a traditional Gaelic lamentation for friends and relatives who departed for America.

July 2008 - In the past year, many artist galleries have opened up on the lower east side. Among them: Envoy (131 Chrystie Street online at www.envoygallery.com). Checkout the Google Map created by Jen Bekman Gallery, at www.boweryartsdistrict.com. Have a Sunday afternoon free? Come on down. Try this one: Sunday L.E.S. (237 Eldridge Street; www.sundaynyc.com). A friendly gallery is Luxe (53 Stanton Street; www.luxegallery.net). Find the red door and the two shar peis near the Buddhist storefront of the Woodward Gallery (133 Eldridge Street; www.woodwardgallery.net) which deals with the heavyweights: Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring. Finish your day off on Stanton Street, number 53 at the Smith-Stewart gallery (53 Stanton Street; www.smith-stewart.com). Enjoy!