Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Noted


A reader notes that the Starbucks is now open on First Avenue at East 13th Street ... "and it was pretty full."

Previously on EV Grieve:
Today in rumors of another Starbucks opening in the East Village

219 First Avenue ready for a chain store, probably

Starbucks confirmed for 219 First Ave., former home to Allen Ginsberg's favorite Chinese restaurant

What it costs to live in newly renovated apartments above a Starbucks in the East Village

13 comments:

  1. Bracing like a hobbit in a Tolkien novel as the trolls sent from Mordor get closer and closer.

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  2. Overkill. There's a Starbucks on 17th Street and First, 9th Street and 2nd, and 15th Street and 3rd. They're officially the new Subway.

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  3. starbucks should run for president.

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  4. Anon 6:31pm - A few years ago, there were Starbucks on 9th and 2nd, St Marks and 3rd, and another in Astor Place. I'm pretty sure Subway is the new Starbucks.

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  5. What this neighborhood needs is a good vacuum cleaner to get rid of this fratrashmosphere.

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  6. To hell with these frattuccinos.

    I'll stick with La Colombe.

    - East Villager

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  7. Ken from Ken's KitchenSeptember 5, 2012 at 6:54 AM

    Full of what?

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  8. We're desperate for casual space, bars don't fulfill that roll. the parks suck.

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  9. Give a huge THUMBS DOWN every time you walk by and say, "BOOOOOOO!!!! No Chains in the village!"

    Patrons will "enjoy" their a little less.

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  10. Whatevs. I like Starbucks. More for meeee!

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  11. That is their business model- put one every few blocks so you're never more than a 5 minute walk away from them- it's like a security blanket for tourists so they don't have to go into those scary bodegas

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  12. now i have somewhere to go to the bathroom. or get free milk.

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  13. Williamsburg is starting to look appealing.

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