Thursday, June 25, 2015

[Updated] Belgian fries coming to St. Mark's Place



EVG correspondent Steven notes that the sign's up for the new food place at 36 St. Mark's Place ... and as you can see, Belgian fries will be the speciality of the house here between Second Avenue and Third Avenue.

Perhaps this will make up for the loss of Pommes Frites, whose home of 18 years was destroyed in the deadly Second Avenue gas explosion this past March 26. (The Pommes Frites owners will reopen near Washington Square Park after finding a bigger space with lower rents on MacDougal Street.)

The previous tenant here, Fasta ("Pasta Your Way"), lasted less than six weeks in business.

The previous tenant, the $1.50 branch of 2 Bros. Pizza, closed in February. As we understand it, the owners of 2 Bros. still hold the lease on this space.

And h/t EVG reader Russell!

Updated 2 p.m.

Word is they will open in the next day or two... and a reader shared the Friterie website.

Here are the sauces...



Updated 6:03 p.m.

A reader tells us that they are opening tonight. Right now!



Previously on EV Grieve:
With space too expensive in the East Village, Pommes Frites will reopen on MacDougal Street

Pasta in the works for St. Mark's Place

28 comments:

  1. Awesome bro, those fra-eyes are sic, specially when you'r wasted.

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  2. Well, frites are good drunk food; if they have a quality product, they should last a while in this neighborhood. Maybe they''ll branch out into fried Oreos and shit like that.

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  3. with all due respect, it's "Saint Marks Street" (h/t http://www.friterienyc.com/)

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  4. Oh god. Their website is live (http://www.friterienyc.com/) and the menu is pretty much exactly the same as pommmes frites...

    There's also a Craiglist post. Looking to hire cashiers and says they want to open this week?

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  5. No Mexican ketchup :'(

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  6. This is great news, but it makes me wonder why Pommes Frites didn't want to stick around. If these people can pay the rent with the same menu, why can;t Pommes Ffrites?

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  7. Any info. on the "war" on rats in Tompkins? Any progress on the pilot study in the EV area? Just wondering what new innovation is expected for TS after the infilling with wood chips which was cosmetic and done little good as the burrows have reappeared.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/25/nyregion/new-york-city-escalates-the-war-on-rats-once-again.html?&moduleDetail=section-news-1&action=click&contentCollection=N.Y.%20%2F%20Region&region=Footer&module=MoreInSection&version=WhatsNext&contentID=WhatsNext&configSection=article&isLoggedIn=false&pgtype=article&gwh=C0859490C601FFD5B16E3793FD879402&gwt=pay&assetType=nyt_now

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  8. OK, I'll bite. What is Animal Sauce? Enquiring minds want to know.

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  9. Pretty sure Animal Sauce is an In n Out Burger rip off.

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  10. Regarding rats, I always thought it would be a good idea to put hoses into their holes and turn on the water. Then when the rats run out, have people with bats to whack them.

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  11. Saint Marks Street, is that in East Central Village?
    (they've changed it to Saint Marks Place in their website, but still without the apostrophe bet. k and s)

    See, if this is a friterie, then the frymakers are fritologists not frieologists.

    Previously http://evgrieve.com/2015/06/with-space-too-expensive-in-east.html?showComment=1433348380457#c3519250942410970900

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  12. No acai sauce?! ...

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  13. If animal sauce is an allusion to In-N-Out Burger, then it's probably 1,000 island dressing.

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  14. Ken from Ken's KitchenJune 25, 2015 at 5:34 PM

    As we understand it, the owners of 2 Bros. still hold the lease on this space.

    About to do to fries what they did to pizza.

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  15. Hope they change their oil more frequently than Pomme Frites. Last time we went there, both my son and were puking our guts up an hour later. Thought they smelled a little funny, and I should've trusted my nose...

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  16. No Parmesan Peppercorn™???

    And it's actually on St Martin's Place, which runs from Death Star Avenue into St. Mark's Street all the way down to Adventure Boulevard ending at Thompson Square Park.

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  17. So it's a 2 Bros production huh. I wonder if they were, as I read in the comments here, also behind the Cheep's Falafel, and the cut-rate fro-yo. The 2 bros need a TV show or something. They have got to be real pieces of work. Their stuff is not for me, but they have quite the empire in the works. There is no limit to what they could sell in their inimitable cut-rate style.

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  18. Can someone tell me the difference between Belgian fries and French fries? They both taste exactly the same to me.

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  19. These are the 2 bro rip off group who owe their employees 10 million dollars in over time. They are rightfully getting their pants sued off. The chutzpah to open a new business when their employees need to be paid. May the true fate come to those who don't pay,

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  20. Ken from Ken's KitchenJune 26, 2015 at 8:02 AM

    Sure BK.

    French fries are from France and Belgian fries are from Belgium.

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  21. Do they come with fries?!

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  22. There is no such place as Belgium. A Dutch person once assured me of this, and very gravely, too.

    Also, too, Belgians are bad drivers.

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  23. But their waffles are spectacular.

    Thanks to those who answered my query re Animal Sauce. Not a meat-eater, so I would never have known it was cadged from In-n-Out!

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  24. DT...it is St. Marks Place, not St. Marks Street. You would probably be correct in saying E.8th Street as well, but nobody would know what you are talking about.

    As for Pommes Frites that got destroyed in the fire...well it was tragic. The loss of lives was shocking. The loss of viable businesses was bad. The loss of residential units was devastating.

    But the loss of the garbage that Pomme Frites created on the block is no loss at all. They never their sidewalk cleaned. Customers would drop paper plates, fries holder wrappers, cups, plastic utensils, countless drops of various sauces, and anything else they were holding all over the sidewalks. It was a disgusting mess and they never cared. They relied upon the corner garbage cans to hold the garbage instead of having their own large container by the curb or storefront. At night they wrapped their garbage up poorly and placed it at the curbside for pick up creating a rat infested feeding grounds. Good riddance to great fries.

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  25. Are the fries served in a hoof?!

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  26. @10:56 Thank god that the sidewalks of the East Village are pristine now that Pomme Frites is gone.

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  27. Is this where Pommes Frites insurance money went? Seems like a duplicate business. The money must have went somewhere as they're now raising 64k to open their W. Village location. Seems fishy to me.

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  28. These Two Brother shysters are too much, they will do anything to try to make a buck,
    including not paying their employees a fair wage and ripping off the concept of a
    restaurant which was hit by a travesty. It’s unfortunate for the Ease Village, but
    this shop has little chance of succeeding because they don’t have their hearts in it.
    Pommes Frites was in the neighborhood for something like 17 or 18 years, they made an
    excellent product and their employees stayed with them for years.

    Best we can hope for is that the real Pommes Frites is wildly successful in their new
    location over on Macdougal Street, and they consider setting up shop again in the East
    Village. Until then, Pommes Frites will be missed, trash and all.

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