Wednesday, September 10, 2014

New shop for 2nd Avenue isn't an optical illusion



After 26 years in the East Village, Black Hound New York closed its retail location at 170 Second Ave. last March.

And as you can see from the above photo, awning signage is up for the new tenant — Eyes on Second. The new store will be selling artisanal eyeballs, carefully foraged from farm to table. We're not sure just yet what services the new optical shop will offer. Soon, though!

H/T EVG reader Steven

Rejected headlines:
'Eye' can't believe it's not a FroYo shop!
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7 comments:

  1. Scuba DivaSeptember 10, 2014 at 9:08 AM

    When Vegetarian's Paradise restaurant down on Mott Street closed probably ten years ago, it became an optician shop. Clearly, opticians join the ranks of fitness centers, nail salons, bars, and banks as a business that can pay the rapidly-escalating rents in this neighborhood.

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  2. UnknownSeptember 10, 2014 at 9:59 AM

    I've been looking for a good artisanal eyeball shop for awhile!

    Can't trust these Black Market eyeballs!

    You don't know where they come from

    - EYEBALL MAN from VICKERS GRINGO's movie "SON OF EYEBALL MAN!

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  3. PinchSeptember 10, 2014 at 10:16 AM

    I wonder if this is at all related to Eyes On 14...the spot between 1st & 2nd...

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 10, 2014 at 2:11 PM

    I don't want to sound like a tin hat nutjob, but it seems like everyone is wearing glasses by thirty years old these days. I myself was just diagnosed with 20/30 vision and I know my computer screen-heavy job is to blame for it.

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  5. MakeoutSeptember 10, 2014 at 2:13 PM

    I wonder if they'll stock the Gary Gilmores?

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  6. AnonymousSeptember 10, 2014 at 5:46 PM

    Eyenbelievable. Eye am in awe it is not an eyertisanal cockteyel bar. Eye have hope for the Eyest Village. Eye suck at this.

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  7. AnonymousSeptember 10, 2014 at 10:25 PM

    Call me worried, but Black Hound's website doesn't seem to exist any more, nor have they tweeted in many months. Have they gone completely out of business? I hope not, but fear to find out.

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