Possibly! DNAinfo reports today.After a huge rent hike, the nearly 45-year-old shop is closing. And Forever Yogurt is taking over the space.
Per Andrea Swalec's article:
The self-serve dessert seller Forever Yogurt is in talks with Bleecker Bob's management for the fro-yo and music combo, Forever Yogurt franchise CEO Mandy Calara said Thursday.
"We're talking with them about a counter with their inventory," he said. "And we're decorating the place so it carries on the design of Bleecker Bob's."
Maybe Forever Yogurt can name flavors after classic bands... The Vanilla Fudge ... the Grand Funk Railroad Twist... Vanilla Cream... so many possibilities...
Previously on EV Grieve:
[UPDATED] Let's help Bleecker Bob's find space in the East Village
Bleecker Bob's is for rent
Not the worst solution to the rent hike forcing Bob's to close. This could work out if handled with care,
ReplyDeleteLet's not forget Strawberry Alarm Clock.
ReplyDeleteVanilla Ice, Ice, Baby -- you'll be under pressure not to have it
ReplyDeleteSmashing Pumpkin -- topped with butter in the shape of a bullet with butterlfy wing. To those who are feeling melancholy with infinite sadness, today is the greatest when having this froyo.
Blue Oyster-flavored froyo -- surely will be a cult favorite
Push It -- with salt n pepper toppings
Cranberries -- for the froyo zombies
Nookie -- cookie froyo with limp biscuit toppings, just don't stick it up your yeah.
Fiona Apple -- toppings are dripped slow like honey. It's criminal not to have it.
Purple Rain -- eggplant/blueberries/purple cabbage froyo with cream topping. Let's go crazy on this one.
Mrs. Robinson -- look around you, see the one with sympathetic eyes and copy whatever flavor she is having but top it with a lemonheads
Yellow Ledbutter -- banana with butter froyo topped with pearl and jam. Just breathe before and after having it.
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ReplyDeleteHa! Very Nice!®
Just delaying the inevitable on this one.
ReplyDeletewell then that would be the first fro-yo place i would visit.
ReplyDeleteif these fro-yo owners have ANY CLUE what competitive advantage and additional foot traffic means, they will fully embrace and publicize the sh*t out of this.
So another faux-authentic "homage" to something real that once was?
ReplyDeleteI prefer aggressive corporate takeover to all this apologetic "Sorry we're making your city shit but we still want to be your friend" attitude.
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ReplyDeleteWhat a dreadful idea. Fetishizing some blurry shadow of a thing that's been lost to preserve the illusion of history while completely losing whatever it once meant. If we sell tacky CBGB t-shirts for the tourists the fact there's no such place is an irrelevance. What matters is the brand!
ReplyDeleteBleecker Bob's was a big part of my high school years. For many years now, seeing it has been like visiting an old friend in a vegetative state only kept breathing by artificial respiration. Keeping that heart beating isn't an act of love or affection, it's just neurotic denial. It's because the place meant something to me that it pains me to see it lingering. Let her go, let her go, god bless her.
here's my question: FroYo REALLY makes that kind of money to be able to pay that rent? that's nutso.
ReplyDeleteThat guy was always such a prick. I dont give a shit how 'authentic' or whatever that is...he was a prick. Go to Kim's or Generation. Just as good. Other Music. Bleecker Street Records (tho I never seem to find anything -- better at Generation)....all better than Bob's. Just cos somethings old skool doesnt make it not run by a douche.
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