Foxface, the tiny shop for adventurous sandwich seekers at 80 St. Mark's Place in Theatre 80, is opening a new venture on Avenue A near 12th Street.
East Village residents Ori Kushnir and Sivan Lahat made the announcement on Instagram this morning... offering details on what they have planned for the former Harry & Ida's Meat and Supply Co., where owners Julie and Will Horowitz closed on Nov. 25 after four-and-a-half years of business.
So look for Foxface Provisions — a smokehouse, tasting room and preservation commissary — later in the spring of 2020. They will keep the small current space at 80 St. Mark's Place just west of First Avenue, which they opened late last year. Pete Wells is among the fans of Foxface.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Longtime East Village residents open Foxface, now serving sandwiches at Theater 80
Acclaimed pastrami purveyors Harry & Ida's will close this month on Avenue A
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Updated the original post from today...
From time to time we'll take a look at some recently available retail space... such as 189 Avenue A between 11th Street and 12th Street.
The 950-square-foot (plus basement) storefront, which previously housed Harry & Ida's, has a monthly ask of $9,500, per the listing... which notes this is a "Heavily Trafficked East Village Location" with a "Close Proximity to Tompkins Square Park."
The Harry & Ida's Meat and Supply Co. closed on Nov. 25 after four-and-a-half years of business.
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I've heard that Foxface, the sandwich shop, has signed a lease there....
"Heavily trafficked"?! In what alternate universe would that be?
I hope this means they will retire the "walk up and receive a ticket to put in your order later". I've tried to snag one of their sandwiches but never have enough time to stop and wait.
Oh boy the second coming is coming and its a sandwich shop.
As sad as I am to lose Harry & Ida's, this is great news.
yay---PROGRESS :)
Honestly Harry & Idas should’ve held out a little longer. The 1st & A L-train stop will change the traffic here.
Heavily trafficked they say ?
Well, somewhat trafficked - maybe
more trafficked when TJ opens.
Foxface is a nice place,
hope this works out.
Bring Feltmans back to St. Marks!!
This is really great news -- I'm sad to see Harry and Ida's go, but FoxFace is such a great operation. The only drawback is the weird (but charmingly quirky?) space they're in now. This won't just solve that problem, it's also going to give the FoxFace team a cooking facility that would be incredibly costly to build (just try getting a smoker set up in a NYC restaurant).
Sometimes clouds do have a silver lining
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