Thursday, March 19, 2020

A heartbreaking look at temporarily closed East Village businesses


[Photo by Paul Gale]

On Monday, Mayor de Blasio announced that restaurants, bars and cafes will only be allowed to serve only takeout and delivery. A good number of East Villages restaurants are continuing to operate (find our list here) ... while some bars have gotten creative.

Other bars and restaurants decided to close up for the duration. Here's a look several East Village businesses now on hiatus during the coronavirus outbreak...


[Photo by Vinny & O]


[Photo by Steven]




[Photo by Pinch]





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10 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 19, 2020 at 8:53 AM

    Why board up / cover the windows? Concerned about break ins?

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    1. AnonymousMarch 20, 2020 at 1:26 AM

      Noticed the boarding up in midtown as well.

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  2. AnonymousMarch 19, 2020 at 9:03 AM

    This current situation gives us proof that our neighborhood can be more than just a bunch of restaurants, bars and clubs. Landlords will feel the pain more than ever as several of these places will never re-open. That means more empty storefronts. Those fronts already empty for years will continue to be empty much longer now. Perhaps landlords will finally come to understand that it is their greed for enormously high commercial rents are nothing but pipe dreams that cause them to lose money year after year after year.

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    1. AnonymousMarch 20, 2020 at 1:25 AM

      Many commercial landlords are big companies and corporations which are better off by using empty stores as a tax write off.

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  3. AnonymousMarch 19, 2020 at 9:09 AM

    lord papaya dog too?

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  4. AnonymousMarch 19, 2020 at 10:22 AM

    I think that and the bar owners want to make it plain they are CLOSED. This is a disaster.

    it would take 30 seconds to smash the windows, grab some booze and be gone. Unless they clear out the street people now we're going to start seeing some bad shit.

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  5. AnonymousMarch 19, 2020 at 11:09 AM

    i agree. Many of these places will never open up again. The paper on the doors is a sign of no more and goodbye. Fuck. This is all too sad to bear right now. :(

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  6. AnonymousMarch 19, 2020 at 1:00 PM

    Maybe covering the windows is a suggestion from their insurers? Certainly business insurance companies are sending out information on prepping under these conditions..

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  7. Al CabalMarch 19, 2020 at 1:09 PM

    The good news is that we are past peak rents. The market is now going to force rents down to earth.

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  8. lasirenanycMarch 20, 2020 at 2:59 AM

    Sad to see, havent been able to walk around and experience the visual devastation. Grateful for the blooming buds in Tompkins square park.

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