The Wayland is closed for renovations this week

Back in July, we reported that the Wayland, the cocktail bar and music venue on Avenue C and East Ninth Street, planned to expand into the empty space next door that Bite Me Best vacated.

The Wayland is now closed until next Monday to build a new kitchen, a longer bar and more room for bands, according to their Facebook page.

Rob Ceraso, one of the owners, told us in July that "the main catalyst for the expansion was to gain a full kitchen ... Our food has become more popular than we had originally anticipated. We've grown out of the tiny kitchen we designed behind the bar."