Saturday, January 28, 2012

[UPDATED] Let's help Bleecker Bob's find space in the East Village

Ken Mac at Greenwich Village Daily Photo first reported on Thursday that Bleecker Bob's would be replaced by a Starbuck's... (Jeremiah followed up on it, and received a lot of comments...)

An EV Grieve reader points us to the Bleecker Bob's Facebook page, where they posted the following yesterday afternoon...


So, they are not closing — just moving. Store spokesperson J.K. Kiptzer, partner of owner Bob Plotnick, told WNYC yesterday that they hope "to find something a little more affordable in the next few months on the Lower East Side." Read more about this possibility at Jeremiah's this morning...

So. Let's help them out. Here's one idea: Avenue A at Fifth Street ... former home of East Village Pharmacy, who moved down the Avenue...


The number on the for rent sign: (212) 473-6349.

Anyone? There is plenty of space available around here...

UPDATED:

We just heard from Ski, assistant manager at Bleecker Bob's.

"The spaces we've checked out so far in the east village are 650-800 square feet at a cost of about $4000 a month. Something like that would be doable."

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

EV Grieve Realty. I like it. Who knows the 'hood better? Not many.

EV Grieve said...

@ anon

Thanks. I'm going to need a deposit on your comment...

Anonymous said...

plenty of space on 2nd avenue between 3 st and 6th st. lots of vacancies

Anonymous said...

What about 34 Avenue aka the old Aces & Eights-Mo Pitkins space? Too big?

No liquor license but would the cranky neighbors still bitch?

Anonymous said...

The Superdive space,make it Superbob.

DJ Xerox said...

Theres a ton of vacancies on 14th Street between A and B, a former Jewelry Store, the old 99 cent store...

Anonymous said...

I nominate the old Octavia space on Avenue B!

Anonymous said...

The old hardware store space on 3rd ave between 11 and 12 has been empty for 3-4 years.

LvV said...

I’d love it if Bleecker Bob’s moved to the old Vampire Freaks or Furry Land spaces on Ave A either side of 12th. There are already two record stores right there on 12th (Academy b/t 1st and A; Big City b/t A and B). We could make it a “record row,” like the thrift-store stretch on east 23rd, or the back-in-the-day bookseller row of upper 4th Ave.

Jamie said...

I like that old pharmacy spot. MOstly because it's right next to me :)