Monday, August 26, 2024

'24 comeback for Elvis on Great Jones

Elvis is set to return to 54 Great Jones St. this fall. 

A stenciled Elvis sign is now above the doorway here between the Bowery and Lafayette...
The new project, a cafĂ© and wine bar, pairs the teams of Paradise Projects (Boulton & Watt, Wiggle Room, Mr. Paradise) ... and Golden Age Hospitality (Le Dive, the new Lucy's). 

We don't know too much else about this Elvis. During the longtime run of the Great Jones Cafe here, a bust of the King of Rock and Roll was in the window. (The exterior has also been painted a similar orange as that of the Great Jones Cafe.)
There's a placeholder website and Instagram account, which shows a fall opening...

 

Elvis was also on hand for the previous two ventures at the address via Gabe Stulman — Jolene and The Jones

No. 54 was home to the creole-flavored Great Jones Cafe from 1983 to 2018. The popular yet low-key spot never reopened after Jim Moffett, the longtime owner, died in July 2018 at age 59.

4 comments:

  1. Mojo Nixon is everywhere

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  2. The Great Jones Cafe launched in June 1983 by Phil Hartman and Richard Kresberg. Phil along with his [then] wife Doris Kornish, opened the first Two Boots in June 1987, on Avenue A in what had been The Red Lantern, a southern style joint. Rick Kresbeg would then open The Miracle Grill on First Avenue with partner Lynn Loflin and chef Bobby Flay. Hartman and Kresberg also teamed again to open the New Orleans-styled The Levee at First and First. Phil Hartman and Richard Kresberg sold the Great Jones to Jim Moffett in 1989.

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  3. Thanks! Was the Levee at first and first related to the bar of the same name that is over in Williamsburg by the Radegast beer hall?

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  4. Sorry, but two very douchey restaurant nightlife groups. Le Dive has made the best area of LES more annoying (especially with their free rein of tables in public space) and yeah we want our sidewalk back, Bolton watt. Wiggle Room is 20 year old non-nyc people waiting in line down Avenue A every weekend. Obnoxious.

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