That's it
Not sure exactly when they closed … there is a few day's worth of mail now waiting…
Anyway, likely not a surprise. Aside from the fact that we rarely, if ever, saw anyone inside… we spotted a listing for the space last month. Asking rent on this corner: $21,321.
Red Mango, Pinkberry and Funkiberry have all closed in recent months. It's all on 16 Handles now.
Funkiberry opened here last June.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Stuff that you can't make up: More FroYo for the East Village
Ghost signage uncovered on Third Avenue and East 12th Street
DOUBLE ghost signage discovered at 88 3rd Ave.
Hey, the Funkiberry sign is up on 3rd Avenue
Hey, Funkiberry is now open on 3rd Avenue
Hey, the Funkiberry space is for lease on 3rd Avenue
The Red Mango on Allen and Rivington is still open.
ReplyDeleteAnd I think the Red Mango in Stuy Town is still open too (????)
ReplyDeleteRay's will outlast them all! Destroyed by his hand-sifted rainbow sprinkles atop a hand-crafted children's sized half pricer. The best deal in town for any size kid.
ReplyDelete16 Handles is the best, of the frozen yogurt places. Ray's is good too, for ice cream.
ReplyDeleteI spit on your grave.
ReplyDeleteSomebody just lost their shirt on this venture. More money than business sense apparently. As for the landlord I really hope they have the worst time renting this overpriced storefront again.
ReplyDeleteI mean this without any malice: How many people eat frozen Yogurt in February / March? I really wanna belong to the new East Village, please help an old geezer out. Much obliged
ReplyDeleteIt would be interesting to know why the sudden flame out of the business ? Could it be that kids got tired of paying $8 bucks for a froyo with a bunch of gummi bears on it ? Or do the insane rents preclude sustaining a seasonal business like ice cream (duh) ?
ReplyDeleteStop it...don't you see that snarky comments are killing the fro yo stores? I blame you all.
ReplyDelete...and don't let the door hit yr ass on the way out.
ReplyDeleteThank God. I winced every time I walked by this electric kool-aid acid eyesore. It was like a Teletubby in store form.
ReplyDeleteFunkiberry is Premium Frozen Yogurt, but I only consume Artisanal Luxury Frozen Yogurt, so I am not sad at its demise.
ReplyDeleteLooks like the arrows have been littering. Bad, bad arrows!
ReplyDeletei don't believe that another popup trendaurant has bit the dust!
ReplyDeleteit says something about the short attention span of consumers.
I-)
That's the problem with trends. They come with an expiration date. Couple that with catering to a demographic whose tastes change overnight and say goodbye to fro-yo, dumplings, and bubble tea.
ReplyDeleteAs another old geezer I often wonder the same, who eats frozen treats outside of warm summer months? I can only imagine the fro-yo thing is passing this product as a "healthy" alternative to higher fat (flavor) alternatives like ice cream. When in reality this is a highly processed product loaded with sweeteners and who know what else. It's a lie put upon those that want to believe they are doing their bodies a good thing.
ReplyDeleteOh boy, room for another tacoriea!
ReplyDeleteHad they only served FunkiTacos this would have been a huge success.
ReplyDelete$21,321 per month? that's a lotta hooves
ReplyDeletegood. now bring back pizza.
ReplyDeletehope the sign comes down soon
ReplyDeletetoo much hot pink
perhaps that melted the froyo
I enjoy Ray's frozen year round. Just not sure if it's ice cream or yogurt. His signs don't help.
ReplyDeleteBest news of the week. What a dump.
ReplyDeleteMaybe if they got a huge cash infusion they could close down for 6 months and then reopen. Oil-rich Saudi sheik I'm looking at you...
ReplyDeleteComing soon: D.F. Funkiberry
ReplyDeleteAnxiously awaiting the memoirs of those guys and girls who ruled the scene at Funkiberry. Maybe someday there will be a movie too, like CBGB.
ReplyDeleteOk, no one's going to miss Funkiberry, but I do feel bad for the hapless folks who plowed a gargantuan amount of money into a project that had 0% chance of success.
ReplyDeleteI've commented on this before, but It seems like there's an entire industry that lures in clueless wannabe small business owners with low-barriers-to-entry stores and franchises.
And, treading carefully here, It seems like immigrant communities are particularly prone to try this. With tight-knit families and communities, money can be pooled and borrowed for these ventures. Also I think that in certain communities being a business owner, no matter how small, confers a certain prestige that other jobs do not.
Its all such a waste.
Who knows what kind of BS the realtors are telling these businesses owners.
ReplyDelete"You'll be in the heart of NYU South with a turn-key student population who like quick, tasty food on a budget."
Fingers crossed for FunkiDumpling!
ReplyDeleteBubble Dumpling rager!
ReplyDeleteA fool business person and their money are soon or at least 9 months after signing a stupid lease, are soon parted.
ReplyDelete12:22, the "hapless folks" who might have pooled their money into such a weak venture took the risk and lost. They knew that going in so I have no pity for them.
ReplyDeleteSuch an eye sore for the community. Thank the lord it is gone. Bye-bye.
ReplyDeleteIt seems like a lot of the businesses on Third Avenue between 14th and down to Saint Mark's or so are struggling. So many of them cater to the NYU students. Maybe that's the problem. It's a transient population, and they probably aren't so loyal.
ReplyDeleteThat whole area is kind of spiritually lost ever since the Yummy House left. It was its anchor, a pillar of sanity in a topsy turvy world.
ReplyDeleteMaybe someone should open a bar with dollar beer and call it The Dugout.
ReplyDelete" Anonymous said...
ReplyDelete12:22, the "hapless folks" who might have pooled their money into such a weak venture took the risk and lost. They knew that going in so I have no pity for them.
March 5, 2015 at 3:40 PM
Have a heart, okay I that place was never going to me inside of it but it's not like they committing a crime.
Since Yummy House left ? How about Hudsons ?
ReplyDeleteFarm to table hoove broth!!!!
ReplyDeleteWho cares? Except it is hard to be unpleasant about part-time workers losing jobs.
ReplyDeletefUNkiBeRry!!!!
ReplyDeleteSo FuNKin STUPID.
Hey 7:22AM: !6 Handles BLOWS
Ken FKK: HILARIOUS!!!!!
They closed about four weeks ago. Bad Orchidia Karma. Sent from the ruins of St. Ann's.
ReplyDeletePizza in a hoof up next.
Giovanni, The Dugout - fantastic idea.
ReplyDeleteGolden Grahams!
ReplyDeleteWhatever happened to the locations in Moscow, Rome, Kiev, Paris and Fuzhou that Funkiberry was supposed to open. Now their website isn't even active.
ReplyDeleteFroYo. Get the fuck serious...