"Posted on March 14th, 2011 by admin BY CAROLYN ONOFREY What 's on East 9th Street? (Between Stuyvesant Street 2nd Avenue) East Village , NYC Spicy Tofu with Vegetables at Tsampa In the heart of the East Village lies this sleepy stretch of 9th Street once home to the Hebrew Technical Institute (1884 1939), a school that was the first of its kind in the United States and Orchidia (closed in 1984), a restaurant and landmark for the Ukrainian immigrants of New York City. Today, the block lives in a thriving area fondly called 'Little Tokyo ' for it 's many authentic Japanese stops. Running parallel to the busy St. Mark 's Place, this stretch of East 9th Street is easy to overlook if you don 't have a proper heads up. 210 E 9th Street Hasaki Fresh, top quality fish prepared simply is the name of the game at this sushi restaurant. Portion sizes can be small for the price, but most have no complaints when the ingredients speak for themselves so articulately. 212 E 9th Street Tsampa In the"
