EV Grieve Etc.: Mourning Edition

[Nice day to ride around with the top down? ... yesterday on Seventh Street via Bobby Williams]

Jury deadlocked in trial for murder of Avenue C resident Edgard Mercado (New York Post)

A tomato protest at Trader Joe's (The Villager)

No fur coats at Revision Bar and Gallery on Avenue B (DNAinfo)

Good question: Is Ludlow Manor the worst bar on the Lower East Side? (Eater)

All about New York Bound Books (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)

Remembering Schmulka Bernstein’s on Essex Street (BoweryBoogie)

Bellevue Hospital during the holidays (Scouting New York)

Still need something to do tomorrow night? From the EV Grieve inbox...

If you’re tired of sipping spiked eggnog to the same old holiday stand-bys, then, Oh, Come All Ye Faithful to "A Night Of Dirty Songs" ... the ribald brainchild of Jessica Delfino, the "Lower East Side’s Queen of Obscene" (Village Voice) and winner of Voice Choice’s "Best Of" award for being the "Best Potty Mouthed Guitar Slinging Comedian" in NYC ... On December 24 at 9:30 PM, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (and Gentlewomen and Gentletranspeople) in the cozy seats and couches of Joe’s Pub, located at 425 Lafayette Street, as ye sip dirty martinis and listen to delightfully dirty songs. Tickets are $15 each and are on sale now. Details and tickets here.