'Holiday Grand Opening' tomorrow night for the Lobster Joint on East Houston

The import from Greenpoint will have a "Holiday Grand Opening" here tomorrow night on East Houston... (OPEN BAR!)

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The space previously housed Lina Frey, as BoweryBoogie previously noted. And this lobster venture will likely be more successful than the previous lobster venture on East Houston. Remember Urban Lobster?

Dead Lobster

I noticed the "Store For Rent" signs hanging on Urban Lobster on Houston near Avenue A last week...I called and asked the counter person what was up. I was told the signs were for another property the landlord had. Hmm-mmm.

Yesterday afternoon, Gothamist confirmed that the location is closing today.

A little bit of Soho in the East Village: From steamed lobster to steamed dry cleaning

Thanks to the tipster for pointing out that the former Urban Lobster, which closed in late March, will soon be home to a dry cleaner on Houston near Avenue A. Well, nothing wrong with that, I suppose, except...



Kapri II dry cleaners is about 200 feet to the east on Houston...

EV Grieve Etc.: Lead-dust nightmare on 12th Street; more vendors for the new Essex Market

[A view on Avenue A yesterday by Grant Shaffer]

An ongoing lead-dust nightmare in this 12th Street building currently owned by Madison Realty Capital (The Villager)

City Council passes bill to increase transparency for urban renewal areas (The Lo-Down)

Thoughts on "What About Me," Rachel Amodeo's drama shot in the East Village in the early 1990s, playing Dec. 27 and Jan. 1 as part of MoMa's "New York Film and Video: No Wave–Transgressive" series (The New Yorker)

Critic Robert Sietsema likes Gino Sorbillo Pizzeria, recently opened on the Bowery (Eater ... previously)

Incoming vendors at the New Essex Market include a new concept from Radouane Eljaouhari, who ran Zerza (and briefly, the dubious 'Merica) on Sixth Street (The Lo-Down)

A cinematic celebration for Jonas Mekas’s 95th birthday (Anthology Film Archives)

A feature on the mother-son who run Au Za’atar on Avenue A at 12th Street (The Daily Meal)

Some photos from the East Village Arts Festival at the Tompkins Square Library (Slum Goddess ... previously)

Essex Crossing rental will be named for Sonny Rollins (Curbed)

The Luke’s Lobster’s "Star Wars" giveaway (The Voice)

From the Gilded Age, Christmas in the tenements (Ephemeral New York)

And several EVG readers have shared crowdfunding campaigns currently underway for two East Village residents... Barbara Caporale, a longtime community gardener and activist who has lived in the neighborhood for 40 years, is in danger of losing her home. You can read about the campaign here. There's also a campaign for Jimmy Carbone, owner of the currently closed Jimmy's No. 43 on Seventh Street. The campaign is to help him cover medical treatment and other debts. Read about that here.

EV Grieve Etc.: Tickets for Taste of 7th; new chair for SLA

[Tompkins Square Park photo yesterday by Allen Semanco]

Taste of 7th is this weekend (Luke's Lobster)

A crazy East Village neighbor: "He called my roommate a prude b____ for not succumbing to his middle-aged wiles, then by way of threat casually mentioned that he had a key to our apartment." (Thrillist)

Cuomo appoints new chair of the State Liquor Authority (BoweryBoogie)

This East Seventh Street townhouse for sale includes an open air shower and a trampoline (Curbed)

A Broadway and East 14th Street then and now (Off the Grid)

A look at K’ook, now serving Korean fare on East Sixth Street (Bedford & Bowery)

Bike! Bonanza at Sara D. Roosevelt Park Saturday (The Lo-Down)

Donut Pub on 14th Street celebrating a big anniversary (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)

Palm Steakhouse closes for first remodeling in almost 90 years (Eater)

The mad history of moving in NYC (BoingBoing)

Inside the demolished Roseland Ballroom (Gothamist)

...and tonight at the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space (MoRUS), 155 Avenue C between East Ninth Street and East 10th Street:

• Christiania 1971-2015: The Story of Europe's Biggest and Most Long Lasting Squat (Details here)

... and tomorrow night from 6:30-8 at 20 Cooper Square (Bowery at East Fifth Street):

• The Colloquium For Unpopular Culture and Powerhouse Books Present: KILL CITY: LOWER EAST SIDE SQUATTERS 1992-2000
Facilitated by NYU professor Sukhdev Sandhu
Artist talk/slide show by Ash Thayer followed by conversation with Stephen Duncombe, FLY, and Peter Spagnuolo (Details here)