Wednesday, December 14, 2022

Before Dallas BBQ, part 2 (and yes — there will be a part 3)

Top photo by Stacie Joy 

The interest in the pre-Dallas BBQ status of the NE corner of St. Mark's Place and Second Avenue shows no sign of abating! 

Yesterday, we posted the photo via Godlis showing the early 1980s corner and its occupant, Estroff Pharmacy. 

Steve Butcher shares this shot of the corner, including Estroff's next-door neighbor — East Village Stationery circa 1982.

Oh, and never mind that random dumpster fire!
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7 comments:

  1. AnonymousDecember 14, 2022 at 4:22 PM

    Well heck, you can just keep going and going if you dig deep enough.
    A door or two up from that was some place called Veselka (never heard of it?)
    https://www.villagepreservation.org/ia_image/veselka-4/
    ;-}

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  2. XTCDecember 14, 2022 at 5:02 PM

    Wow. If you go to Steve's Butcher's website, NY photos, 1980s it captures the LES exactly as it was. Gritty, grimy, rough-hewn, burnt out but not inhospitable. Dave's Luncheonette, Bathtub in kitchen, graffiti, garbage, beer can Xmas tree. Very striking contrast between Then and Now.

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  3. AnonymousDecember 14, 2022 at 5:37 PM

    After Estroff Pharmacy new building owner Mike Hrynenko (yes, the creator of KIEV and Second Av Ukrainian Restaurant which still operates ) opened another Ukrainian restaurant in mid eighties which didn't last long. Another Ukrainian restaurant was opened (by owners of Leshko's Coffee Shop and currently closed bar-restaurant in EV ) which didn't last long as well. The Dallas BBQ opened around 1990. So sad that all East Village establishments become just it's history.

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  4. AnonymousDecember 14, 2022 at 5:42 PM

    Haha, I love the dumpster fire!

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  5. ExterminatorDecember 14, 2022 at 6:43 PM

    At the corner of 2nd avenue & east 9th street used to be
    a restaurant called Orchidia. It was Ukrainian / Italian.
    It was one of best places in the hood. Unfortunately
    they closed in the early 80’s cause the rent was
    too damn high!

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  6. NeighborDecember 14, 2022 at 7:12 PM

    Steve Butcher's website has some awesome photos of the east village over the decades. Everyone should definitely click and explore!

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  7. AnonymousDecember 14, 2022 at 11:14 PM

    The dumpster fire is so 80’s. I tell the young people of today the old tv show The Equalizer all the back ground shots of NYC was not staged it was how NYC was. Same with the movie Fort Apache The Bronx. You could make a disaster movie in NYC for free back 70’s and 80’s.

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