Friday, April 11, 2014

6 St. Mark's Place is for lease; NY Tofu House officially closes


[Image via Massey Knakal]

There's a new retail listing for 6 St. Mark's Place. Which means that NY Tofu House, which papered up their front windows/doors after service on Sunday, isn't actually closed for renovations.

Here are listing details from Massey Knakal:

The offering could include the Second Floor as well for a total of 7,200 SF.

New build out with vented kitchen.

Existing full liquor license

Selling lower level, with kitchen and seating

Thanks to the local student, tourist, and resident populations, thousands of people walk by the space every day.

Neighboring Tenants: 51 Astor Place, Chipotle, Pinkberry, Yoga to the People, Cooper Union, NYU

There's no mention of the rent. Tofu House opened in November 2011. In late 2010, Cafe Hanover flamed out after just five months. The asking monthly rent for the two floors then was [dun dun dun] $50,000.

Previously, before the quick succession of restaurants, No. 6 was home to Mondo Kim's ... and going back ... No. 6 was first, starting in 1913, home to the Saint Marks Russian and Turkish Baths ... which, in 1979, became the New Saint Marks Baths, the gay bathhouse (purportedly the largest one in the world) that the city eventually closed in 1985 during the AIDS epidemic.

Also, in 1914, The Modern School — "an anarchist school with Emma Goldman on the board," according to NY Songlines — had space in the building.
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7 comments:

  1. AnonymousApril 11, 2014 at 8:03 AM

    Steeple should stand their ground, do not leave for evil reptoid takeover,

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  2. nygrumpApril 11, 2014 at 9:14 AM

    the takeover is already in place, you were distracted by the flash of someone's govt surveillance device I mean smartphone

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  3. AnonymousApril 11, 2014 at 9:21 AM

    I'm waiting for that time when landlords will not be able to ask rents of $50,000 and upwards after a revolving door of tenants find it impossible to even maintain a business with such a big over head. There will be a tipping point, and it cannot come soon enough.

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  4. AnonymousApril 11, 2014 at 9:58 AM

    Emma Goldman was a socialist trying to pass herself off as an anarchist. I am an anarchist.

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  5. DrGeckoApril 11, 2014 at 10:16 AM

    @anon 8:03 - Kindly cease your calumnious, and inaccurate, defamation of reptiles. They are, I assure you, quite innocent in this matter.

    (mutters to self: "idiot monkeyboy")

    (maintains a smile for public display)

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  6. pinheadApril 11, 2014 at 10:43 AM

    In case I've never said it before, I love this blog.

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  7. AnonymousApril 11, 2014 at 11:09 AM

    "thousands of people walk by the space every day."
    ...and they keep right on walking by. Nothing to see here folks.

    ReplyDelete

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