Saturday, October 6, 2012

Zoltar is the greatest thing to happen to St. Mark's Place since ______________?

[Submitted by an EVG reader, Zoltar fan]

Zoltar, the all wise and knowing fortune teller, arrived at Gem Spa on St. Mark's Place and Second Avenue on Sept. 23. Since then, it's all everyone a few people can talk about.

Have you been by?

Don't get too close.



That's the one thing. Get too close to Zoltar and he starts hitting you up. By the time I got to Gem Spa on this day, five people along here had already asked me for change, cigarettes or directions to Little Italy.

A few things to make your Zoltar Experience more pleasant.

1) Zoltar only accepts $1 bills. So no quarters or $2 bills in the well-marked $1 slot.


2) Despite the sign, the ATM is not inside Zoltar's box.


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17 comments:

  1. Ken from Ken's KitchenOctober 6, 2012 at 8:59 AM

    ...piercings for pre-teens...opium and cheese sandwiches...

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  2. Marty WombacherOctober 6, 2012 at 9:51 AM

    I need to stop by and get my fortune told by Zoltar. he sounds a little like Triumph, the insult comic dog. I wonder if they're related?

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  3. AnonymousOctober 6, 2012 at 10:54 AM

    Is that Lady Gaga?

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  4. BabyDaveOctober 6, 2012 at 1:48 PM

    This comes to mind;
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnac_the_Magnificent

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  5. AnonymousOctober 6, 2012 at 1:51 PM

    this is terrific and important coverage. congrats!

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  6. GojiraOctober 6, 2012 at 2:38 PM

    The greatest thing to happen to St. Mark's since the t-shirt one head shop sold in the 1980s (and to this day I am kicking myself for not buying a dozen, especially given the current invasion), which was black, and depicted a skeleton pointing a gun at the viewer, with the tag line, "Welcome to New York, Motherfucker. Now Go Home."

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  7. Urno TalbotOctober 6, 2012 at 2:57 PM

    it is pretty great, regardless of the shilling.

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  8. AnonymousOctober 6, 2012 at 3:09 PM

    Zoltar should be the ATM.

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  9. AnonymousOctober 6, 2012 at 3:21 PM

    Best tom hanks movie... Ever....

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  10. Laura Goggin PhotographyOctober 6, 2012 at 4:12 PM

    Agreed, Zoltar would be the best ATM ever.

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  11. BTOctober 6, 2012 at 5:38 PM

    1) Stood out there last night, enjoyed Zoltar

    2) ATM's with themes (Zoltar, etc.) would be a great business opporunity...

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  12. AnonymousOctober 6, 2012 at 7:06 PM

    It's a reverse ATM.

    - East Villager

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  13. AnonymousOctober 6, 2012 at 7:36 PM

    solar should totally be the atm! brilliant.

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  14. PamieOctober 7, 2012 at 1:30 PM

    Gojira, you can revive those t's yourself at Zazzle.com...

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  15. VH McKenzieOctober 7, 2012 at 2:51 PM

    I hope Zoltar drains the cash from all the woo folk, thus preventing them from venturing further in to the EV to entertain themselves.

    Go Zoltar!

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  16. ShawnOctober 7, 2012 at 10:46 PM

    +1 on what Marty said, he sounds like he's trying to imitate Robert Smigel or something (and badly doing it).

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  17. glammaOctober 8, 2012 at 2:15 PM

    i think it should be mandatory for all NYU students to pay Zoltar before venturing any further east!

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