Looking at the incoming Starbucks here on First Avenue at 13th Street ... workers are, uh, working on putting in a window, probably... (or maybe the double-brick look is in...)
Or. Perhaps it will be a walk-up window like at the McDonald's around the bend on East 14th Street...?
Updated 8-7
Oh, never mind...
Previously on EV Grieve:
Today in rumors of another Starbucks opening in the East Village
Starbucks confirmed for 219 First Ave., former home to Allen Ginsberg's favorite Chinese restaurant
Reminded me of this undated NYPL photo of a chicken market at 351 E 13th, the remnants/outline of which can still be seen in the above photo. If you look closely, you'll see you could have your chickens killed and cleaned (in hot water), a service I'm guessing won't be offered at the new Starbucks.
ReplyDeleteAny chicken killing-and-cleaning market would have to have a liquor license today.
ReplyDeleteJust for wine to pair with the gizzards while you wait.
And anyway, the EV is over for chicken killing-and-cleaning.
ReplyDelete(Hear that NJ Yelpers? Take your fowl to Williamsburg!)
Live poultry isn't gonna catch on in the EV until chickens can be taught to let out a high pitched "woo" as the decisive cut arrives.
ReplyDeleteI hope that Starbucks gets its butt whupped...just like the one on East 3rd. Even the new rich kids living in $2500/mo micro studios don't want to go there!
ReplyDeleteI always see lots of people on E 3rd, and the Beans are all full - even McD's - we need living space desperately. But I see the local chicken kill as the ultimate feature in the artisinal game - your chicken isn't killed in AK and then flown to China to be processed and then flown back (which they do) - "our chickens are killed to order" - like a real lobster pound. Enjoy your beef now, the herds are being culled due to high feed prices, next year the price will skyrocket.
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