Sunday, April 25, 2010

Graceland has closed

Graceland, the deli that has been at the corner of Avenue A and Second Street since 1991, closed for good tonight ... (thanks to BaHa for letting me know the official date...) The doors were locked some time around 6:30 tonight, a neighbor said... several people walked by and were surprised to see the familiar 24-hour bodega grocery closed...







Several readers said that the rent was being increased to $20,000 a month by the landlord... Another grocer is expected to take over the space... some of the crew here will go to work next door at Gracefully...

Previously on EV Grieve:
Graceland is closing in the next 10 days

Nicky's staying in the East Village; Graceland moving out?

Graceland addresses its customers
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5 comments:

  1. Barbara L. HansonApril 25, 2010 at 9:22 PM

    Lights went out just before eight. Had a good cry with some of the Mexican workers and an neighbor(actually, they were stoic; we cried). The new grocery will not be hiring any of the Graceland workers. Will be writing about it on the Daily News website tomorrow.

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  2. DJ XeroxApril 25, 2010 at 9:22 PM

    For whatever reason, they had the best cut watermelon you could find in all the East Village...

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  3. DJ XeroxApril 25, 2010 at 9:22 PM

    For whatever reason, they had the best cut watermelon you could find in all the East Village...

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  4. Barbara L. HansonApril 25, 2010 at 9:23 PM

    EV, it was not a bodega, by any means. Bodegas carry Hispanic goods.

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  5. Barbara L. HansonApril 25, 2010 at 9:28 PM

    Also, opened in 1985. Remember it well.

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