tenement n.
1. a building for human habitation
2. a low-rent apartment building whose facilities and maintenance barely meet minimum standards

tenement n.
1. a new restaurant-lounge opening on the Lower East Side this week
2. a 1,700-square-foot tri-level space decorated like a Victorian-era apartment (period wallpaper, octagon tile in daisy patterns, Venetian plaster, and brick walls), with three cozy rooms for private parties and a DJ that spins on weekends
3. a place for “dressed-up comfort food” like rotisserie chicken with yucca dumplings and horseradish-crusted salmon

tenement n.
1. where you just might be dining soon

Tenement, 157 Ludlow Street, between Stanton and Rivington Streets (212-766-1270).