Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Vella Market is now open in former Kate's Joint space

On Saturday morning, we spotted workers removing the plywood around the new market opening on East Fourth Street and Avenue B...





Anyway, meant to note that Vella Market is now open... we first got word of the new market last July.



Our friends at MoRUS also sent along a few photos from last evening...







The previous tenant, Kate's Joint, the 16-year-old vegetarian eatery, closed about this time last year.

Anyone try Vella yet? A former manager of Gracefully on Avenue A is running the place, a neighbor noted...

Previously on EV Grieve:
Reader report: Organic market taking over former Kate's Joint space

For rent signs going up at Kate's Joint; and here come the Starbucks rumors

Marshal seizes Kate's Joint
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11 comments:

  1. AnonymousApril 16, 2013 at 8:09 AM

    If a former manager of Gracefully is running it, I can expect mediocre sandwiches and a bizarrely overextended selection of bad balsamic vinegars and stale cheeses.

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  2. AnonymousApril 16, 2013 at 9:28 AM

    I was just thinking it was funny all the sandwiches had the same names as the ones at Gracefully! This is great news for me as I live on 5th and B and love Gracefully sandwiches. I walked by on Sunday (they opened Saturday night) and it looked like they still needed to fill a little space/label some things with prices, but the things that were labeled seemed reasonable and they employees were all nice. I'll be back!

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  3. Hey19April 16, 2013 at 10:07 AM

    This corner is insane now, there is a gourmet bodega on 3 or the 4 corners.

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  4. bowery boyApril 16, 2013 at 10:28 AM

    "Michael Nesmith" - from the Monkeys? His mom invented White-out. Boz Scaggs? Just how old is that photo? But I do love me some Lido Shuffle oo-oo - oooo - ooo.

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  5. Big BrotherApril 16, 2013 at 11:12 AM

    And Romy and Michelle invented post-its!

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  6. AnonymousApril 16, 2013 at 12:23 PM

    In 1951, Bette Nesmith Graham invented the first correction fluid in her kitchen. Working as a typist, she used to make many mistakes and always strived for a way to correct them. ...Graham's son Mike Nesmith, guitarist/singer in the popular 1960s pop band The Monkees, was the primary heir to her fortune upon her death in 1980.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_Paper

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  7. EV GrieveApril 16, 2013 at 12:26 PM

    @ Bowery Boy

    Ha! I was thinking the same... I actually took that photo Saturday morning.

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  8. AnonymousApril 16, 2013 at 12:36 PM

    They don't need White-out to correct the spelling of "vegeterian"

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  9. glammaApril 16, 2013 at 1:55 PM

    RIP KATES

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  10. AnonymousApril 16, 2013 at 2:52 PM

    Glad to read that this joint aint gonna be a Starfucks. ....Keep Ave. B Weird. or at least local.

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  11. vzabuserApril 17, 2013 at 4:03 AM

    Yeah but Charle Musselwhite!
    Haven't heard him since Vanguard 'So Many Roads' LP with John Hammond jr. Band also featured Robbie Roberson, GUITAR Levon Helm DRUMS Mike Bloomfield PIANO (really) and Garth Hudson ORGAN.
    Go see Musselwhite while one still can! a treasure

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