EV Eatery Etc.: Hi Collar, Iris Cafe now open

After a week or so of soft openingness ... Hi Collar opened yesterday in the old Rai Rai Ken space on East 10th Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue... it's the latest from Bon Yagi, who owns the whole block. Or so.



Sprudge.com had an extensive preview of the space:

Currently they are open 11-4 for lunch and coffee, and then at 6pm they switch over to a bar menu, offering an expansive array of Japanese beers and sakes alongside a selection of small plates. I talked to to Sakura Yagi, Mr. Yagi’s daughter, and she said that they are planning on incorporating a morning service of coffee and breakfast fare, including the classic kissaten “Morningu Setto” of an egg, small salad, and thick slices of Japanese style “pan” toast.

They are now serving coffee roasted by Porto Rico Importing Co.

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... On St. Mark's Place, the Iris Cafe has opened in the former Rockit Scientist space (RIP)... This Iris Cafe is not related to the one in Brooklyn... a reader stopped by and noted that this Iris Cafe is a Taiwanese-style bakery selling little cakes and bubble tea, among other items ... (there's a location in Flushing too...)


[Photo from early June]

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Angelika's Kitchen on East 12th Street is currently running this polenta special... a portion of the proceedings from the dish will go to The Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space (MoRUS) on Avenue C...



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Meant to note this earlier... workers have cleaned out Bowery Veselka... the Veselka spinoff closed April 29 ...



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... and several readers have noted that Good Guys, the burger-fries-salad-wraps-waffles-smoothie eatery that replaced a Subway on Second Avenue, has closed ...


[William Klayer]

We noted this on Friday (RIP Anus Beef)... no word on what is taking over the space.