Wednesday, April 14, 2021

Pizzeria primed for 128 2nd Ave. space

For the Coming Soon Department... a pizzeria is in the works for 128 Second Ave. between St. Mark's Place and Seventh Street. The @TradedNY account reported that the new leaseholder is Antonio's Pizza.

Not sure at the moment if they are related to Antonio's Pizza on Flatbush Avenue.
 
The space is already fitted for a pizzeria: Nolita Pizza left last June after a year for a newer outpost down on Kenmare Street.

Before that: Kati Roll Company bowed out here in April 2019 after just under three years in business.

The longtime previous tenant at the address, The Stage, the 35-year-old lunch counter, closed in March 2016. Stage owner Roman Diakun had been involved in an ongoing legal/eviction battle with Icon Realty, who had taken over as the landlord.

H/T Upper West Sider!

6 comments:

Mykola Mick Dementiuk said...

That little shop was a pizza place in the early 1960s. It was a hangout of bad boys of 2nd Ave of the time. They'd sit there in their suits and ties, trying to look like the Goodfella's. Some of then did succeed and went off to long time jail. Oh well, that was the 60s...

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Anonymous said...

Cool - I hear the landlord is a douche - that is why Tony @ Nolita left

EVQP said...

I so miss the Stage...

Gojira said...

Roman needs to look into taking over the now-shuttered coffee shop on 14th and A. Or any of the other empty storefronts that abound. But he needs to come back!

Anonymous said...

A return of the Stage in another location would be a dream!

Anonymous said...

The Stage was second only to the roomier Kiev, and first when it came to stuffed cabbage! What a shame that it was
Lost to greed, and
Replaced with nothing remarkable.