Death + Company lost its liquor license and had to close, so we had dinner at Caracas, also in the East Village. It required a 45 minute wait in the cold, but it was entirely worth it. The East Village must have a liquor license problem, though, because of the three places we went/tried to go tonight, two didn't have a liquor license and one had lost it. Possibly its proximity to NYU? [Update: There is actually a law in NYC (I am told) that prohibits the serving of hard alcohol on blocks with a church on them]