Monday, January 13, 2014

Maria's Cafe is leaving the corner of 3rd and C



Maria's Cafe, which serves up inexpensive food and strong coffee, is leaving its longtime home on East Third Street and Avenue C. We hear that today is the last day here in this sliver of a space.


[Last summer]

Word is Maria will be sub-leasing space at a restaurant on Broadway near East 10th Street… not sure exactly which restaurant at the moment. Will pass along that information when we get it. (The stand wasn't open when we stopped by.)

While we're happy that she has found new space… it means, of course, that she's won't be here any longer… Worse, as we hear from a neighborhood tipster, several of the small buildings here at the southeast corner of East Third Street and Avenue C will be demolished in the months ahead to make way for a new residential complex. (There's nothing on file with the Department of Buildings to indicate any impending demolition.)

Meanwhile, there's still a "Full Vacate Order" from the city for 32 Avenue C dating to August 2012. (In March 2012, the sidewalk bridge arrived along with a scary DOB message: "THE FACADE OF THE BUILDING IS CAVING IN; COMMERCIAL BUILDING; BUILDING NEEDS TO BE VACATED.")




Previously on EV Grieve:
Concern for 32 Avenue C
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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 13, 2014 at 7:31 AM

    NNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 13, 2014 at 8:34 AM

    As much as I hate to see things close or go away....that building is in serious condition. It has been in bad shape for quite some time.

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 13, 2014 at 9:27 AM

    The building is in bad shape and has been vacated for a while now, but it's a damn shame about Maria's. I've been eating there for years. They take care of the people in the neighborhood. I've seen them just give food to hungry people who asked for it. They give work to the crazy people on the corner. This is the kind of business that makes a neighborhood great.

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 13, 2014 at 11:14 AM

    As a resident of this block I'm sad to see Maria's go. Sad they could not find somewhere closer by to continue to serve the area. However this building has been vacant for quite a while now and is clearly unstable. Glad to see something finally happening.

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 13, 2014 at 11:37 AM

    I'm afraid of what a new building there will be.

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  6. The Philosophical ZombieJanuary 13, 2014 at 6:25 PM

    I agree with 7:31am. NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

    That's one street away and I've been dreading the gentrification of that block. The construction noise, the horror, the buttholes moving in.....

    (The culture of lower Ave C)

    Will miss Maria's

    I used to hate Fine Fair but I'm changing my mind. Keep it ghetto, Fine Fair!

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