Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Storefront renovation for 117 Second Ave.; last call for Song 7.2?


We've noted the renovations going on at 117 Second Ave. at East Seventh Street. (Right here, if you'd like). But we've never noted the status of the ground-floor tenant, Song 7.2, the Korean joint. (And why did we never mention Song 7.2? Well, in part ... to be honest, we've never met another living soul who has been inside this place.)

Anyway! As you can see, they closed just after the New Year, with a return date of Jan. 19...

As of yesterday, Song 7.2 was still closed...


...and the interior looked mostly demolished...


So. No idea when or if Song 7.2 will return. (The phone number is still temporarily disconnected.) Song 7.2 opened in the spring of 2008, just five days after the unintentionally hilarious American Grill/Go-Go Curry closed... all in the space that once housed Kiev.

As for the rest of 117, the address is on next Thursday's CB3 Landmarks Subcommittee. (117 Second Ave. is part of the new East Village/Lower East Side Historic District.) Per that docket:

• Cert of Appropriateness: 117 2nd Ave, new storefront
• Cert of Appropriateness: 117 2nd Ave, 2nd floor façade renovation (Here's a PDF of all the plans.)


Workers are replacing the floor-to-ceiling aluminum/windows combo so that the second floor looks like the top-two floors...

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8 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 5, 2013 at 9:10 AM

    Bring the Kiev back and everything will be normal again...

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  2. Dr GeckoFebruary 5, 2013 at 9:37 AM

    Song 7.2 was my favorite Korean place in the area but, yeah, there were never many other people there. Sad to see it go.

    The final few years of Kiev weren't pretty. The last time I went there the (Iranian, I think) counterperson said he couldn't make a hot fudge sundae because they were out of pineapple. It took me a couple of minutes to figure out that I should feel relieved - had just escaped disaster.

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 5, 2013 at 9:48 AM

    What was this place about anyway? How did it last as long as it did with an average of 0 customers?

    - East Villager

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 5, 2013 at 9:49 AM

    Bring back Kiev, but the Kiev when it was actually good, not the late incarnation versions of it.

    - East Villager

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  5. AnonymousFebruary 5, 2013 at 10:31 AM

    this place sucks.

    if you had a clue about korean food, this is not where you'd hit up.

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  6. AnonymousFebruary 5, 2013 at 11:00 AM

    I feel bad, this place had some spunk and they stuck it out for a few years. Not an entirely bad concept, kind of a korean izakaya. There is a niche for this kind of joint, somewhere, but that corner seems kind of a dead spot.

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  7. Ken from Ken's KitchenFebruary 5, 2013 at 11:29 AM

    Maybe Song 7.3 after the upgrade?

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  8. FipperFebruary 6, 2013 at 12:54 AM

    The Kiev... The good ole days...

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