Sunday, October 15, 2023

Whatever happened to the Champagne's of East Village storefront signs?

Photo from June by Stacie Joy

Back in the summer, the new owners of Nizga Liquors, now LES Fine Wines & Spirits, removed the classic signage — Fine Wine & Champagne's — that anchored the NE corner of Avenue A and Fourth Street for years.

Understanding how much people liked the signs (especially unnecessary apostrophe fans!), management there announced the two signs were for sale.

As we noted, Irena Lasenby, a former East Village resident who now lives in Bushwick, bought the smaller of the two signs.

She recently shared a photo of its new home in a garden space outside her apartment... currently paired with an old wheelchair she found discarded on the street...
Long live Fine Wine & Champagne's!

Back in the East Village, the new (as of last fall) landlord has created universal storefronts — sans any signage — for the businesses along 58-72 Avenue A between Fourth Street and Fifth Street. 
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 15, 2023 at 10:17 PM

    Love it!

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  2. TrixieOctober 16, 2023 at 7:46 AM

    I’ll drink to that!

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  3. AnonymousOctober 16, 2023 at 8:02 PM

    Love it! Especially loved seeing the poor grammar .. went to new place and same people work there which is nice ..

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