Friday, October 2, 2020

Fresco closing this week with hopes of reopening early next year

 
Siblings Ilias, Vanessa and Anna Iliopoulos have decided to temporarily close Fresco, their 8-year-old gelateria-cafe at 138 Second Ave. and return to their native Greece. 

They plan to reopen Fresco early next year here between St. Mark's Place and Ninth Street, and possibly pivot to a full-service cafe model. 

"It's not a landlord issue. It's purely about the decrease in revenue due to COVID-19," Ilia told EVG correspondent Steven about the temporary closing.

He says that they plan to stay open until the end of the weekend depending on when they run out of supplies.

Photo of Ilias and Vanessa by Steven.

11 comments:

  1. Wow! The hits keep coming.

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  2. Cannot blame this on "greedy" landlord.

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  3. wah, i loved this beautiful, friendly little place! looking forward to the next iteration!

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  4. That's a bummer. They were always so nice.

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  5. 😫 soooooooooooo bummed.
    You will be *very* missed by so many, my friends!
    (Yes to cool landlords, though!)
    Epharisto for the many years of delicious gelato (and more) and may all good things come your way!!!
    We’ll be waiting for you whenever you can come back!

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  6. Good luck! Will miss you in the meantime...

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  7. Come back soon. Miss you already.

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  8. you will be missed, best coffee spot in the area :(((((

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  9. Delicious Gelato! We will miss you all! Safe Travels
    EV will be waiting

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  10. Great place, will be missed, hope they make it back.

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