Through the magic of filmmaking, the market on the SW corner of Avenue A and Sixth Street has been dressed to look like a former tenant — Benny's Burritos.
As EVG regular Creature notes, the details include the door sticker address...
As we've noted, the Darren Aronofsky-helmed crime thriller "Caught Stealing," starring Austin Butler, has been giving parts of Avenue A a 1990s look during the shoot, which is expected to last through Friday.
Benny's shut down here on Nov. 29, 2014, after 27 years in business. The Benny's to-go spot next door closed in February 2015. (The Benny's signage stayed on the vacant space for years after the closure.)
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Across Sixth Street, the set dressers have added some Shepard Fairey Obey Giant art to the wall.
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We also have a Nenos Pizza on the Sixth Street side at A (Amor Y Amargo)... not quite our Nino's from Avenue A and St. Mark's Place...
12 comments:
Aronofsky: I need a gross, gritty, drug-infested, hell scape of a neighborhood that resembles the shambles of 90s nyc while also depicting a dark, dangerous post-apocalyptic disaster zone that has been abandoned by city officials and local cops.
NYC: How about the East Village?
Film crew stopped me so I wouldn't walk through a shot. I almost said "I worked on this block in the 90s. I'm a period piece!"
Wow Benny's Burritos I miss that place so much as it was my regular and the best Mexican restaurant in the LES/EV. I used to always order a Chicken Burrito with a cold Sol Mexican beer. I wish they would reopen for real.
Nothing against the bodega, but I wish this was real!
What was the guy’s name who would panhandle from customers sitting outside at Benny’s? I mean the guy who always had a bandana headband holding an enormous tree branch to his head.
7:29 Sol Cerveza! wow now that is a name I haven't remembered for years.
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Don't know about that guy, but I remember Gus on 7 and A. Old guy in a trench coat with a giant helmet made from molded paper grocery bags.
And the Bay burrito was best when it was from Harry's (pre-Benny's) over at the place that is now 7th St Burger. Yum!
I walked over to the carpenters to tell them they were killing it and then got very emotional. We spent every Friday at Benny’s, whether it was for a quick bite or to entertain visiting friends. We were even there on their last day and cried with the coworkers when they learned they were closing 🥺
Tree Man. Ah, the memories.
Steve Buscemi could play Al
I still miss Benny’s! I still miss Boca Chica!!
I just new him as Tree Man. He came into the St. Mark's Bar, too. He was resplendent at cherry blossom time.
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