Thursday, October 27, 2011

Casimir starting a burlesque night; launching a mini-fondue bar

From the EV Grieve inbox...

[Peekaboo Point]

Starting Oct. 27 at 10 pm, East Village French bistro Casimir will host “Thursday Night Burlesque,” an evening of titillating entertainment sure to astound and delight. Join performers Peekaboo Pointe for classic burlesque, Russian contortionist Miss E. Katarina and exotic fan dancer Jezabel Express for saucy and sizzling fun – and admission is free! It’s the perfect way to kick off your weekend.

Every Thursday Night Starting October 27, 2011
10 pm
Free Admission

Featuring
Peekaboo Pointe - Classic Burlesque
Miss E. Katarina - Contortion (Russian)
Jezabel Express - Fan Dance

Also....

Date of Opening: November 9 or November 10

The former Moroccan Lounge at East Village French institution Casimir will be transformed into Casimir Fondue. The cozy 35-seat annex to the main restaurant will operate as a fondue-only min-restaurant featuring cheese, meat and chocolate fondue. New décor highlights the warmth of the space, making it the perfect backdrop for Casimir Fondue’s indulgent offerings. This new and exciting concept is the brainchild of new management that is poised to reinvigorate the restaurant, an early pioneer of the East Village dining renaissance. New owner Mario Carta has amassed over a decade of expertise managing and developing restaurant concepts which he plans to utilize in this his latest endeavor.

On Avenue B between Seventh Street and Sixth Street...

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6 comments:

esquared™ said...

affaire on ave. b (4th st.) has also has a burlesque shows on wednesday nights (not every wed. nights). i guess casimir is just jumping on that bandwagon

Lindsay said...

Mmmm... burlesque and melted cheese. Worst combination ever. Yawn, enough with the burlesque already!

Anonymous said...

"transformed"
"indulgent"
"brainchild"
"reinvigorate"
"renaissance"
"amassed"
"endeavor"

yuck. press-release-speak.

glamma said...

whatever. i'm just glad they didn;t close. it's a nice retaurant for special occaisions and an EV stalwart at this point. the crowd is always reasonable demure. hope it stays that way but happy to see them branching out.

Anonymous said...

I really used to love casimir, good food, great brunch, but these changes, blech.

LvV said...

Burlesque? I'm sorry, did I just wake up in 1999?