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Workers have removed the plywood from outside 97 St. Mark's Place between Avenue A and First Avenue...

The owners of St. Dymphna's down the block are opening a Portuguese restaurant called Taberna 97 in this space.
The restaurant has an Instagram account, which notes they will be a "Leed Certified ... Sustainable Kitchen." No word on an opening date. (DNAinfo reported in March 2015 that the owners were hoping for a July 2015 opening.)
The space was previously home to Yaffa Cafe, which closed for good after 31 years in September 2014, as we first reported.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Yaffa Cafe is officially gone; back garden dismantled
More about Yaffa Cafe closing
St. Dymphna's owners look to take over the former Yaffa Cafe space on St. Mark's Place
The façade is sporting the white and blue flag of, of, of... oh, what country is that?
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