Monday, March 28, 2016

East Village Tobacco & Variety Shop is closing after 6 months on East 9th Street


[Photo Friday by Steven]

After less than 6 months in business, the East Village Tobacco & Variety Shop is closing this week here at 350 E. Ninth St. between First Avenue and Second Avenue. As the sign shows, there is a going-out-of-business sale.

The store sells some standard deli fare (sodas, water, cigarettes, etc.) and a few seemingly random items such as children's clothing and perfume.

The space was previously home to A.K. Shoe Repair, which closed last August. The proprietor said that he was no longer able to sustain the business after his landlord raised the rent from $2k to $4.5k a month.

H/T William Klayer
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7 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 28, 2016 at 8:18 AM

    Another juice bar? Acai in a hoof?

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  2. AnonymousMarch 28, 2016 at 8:53 AM

    Will storefront ever be rented by non-alcohol serving businesses again in the EV? No small business can survive which provides services and products which we actually use and need due to insane rents.

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  3. AnonymousMarch 28, 2016 at 9:47 AM

    Was this a pop-up purveyor of random goods? I don't understand what their business model was, or how they expected to pay any rent. God speed.

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  4. AnonymousMarch 28, 2016 at 11:31 AM

    Vape nation, y'all!

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  5. AnonymousMarch 28, 2016 at 4:19 PM

    They had a lease that lasted less than 6 months? That doesn't make sense.

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  6. AnonymousMarch 29, 2016 at 10:35 AM

    Aw crap, where will I get my tobacco and variety goods now?

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  7. AnonymousMarch 29, 2016 at 11:47 AM

    Lady Kim is coming will be a nail bar

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