Sunday, January 11, 2026

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a photo last night outside Sophie's, 507 E. Fifth St.)
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• An update on Evelyn, the East Village restaurant worker arrested by ICE agents on Christmas Eve (Jan. 5)

• Vigil planned for Renee Nicole Good at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery (Jan. 9) 

• Punjabi Grocery and Deli is back, serving on 1st Street (Jan. 8) … Punjabi Grocery and Deli hasn't been open in weeks, and people are starting to worry (Jan. 5) 

• Bowery Electric space to reopen as the Bowery Palace; Jesse Malin up first in new theater (Jan. 8) 

• Veselka looks to add full liquor license at longtime East Village home (Jan. 6) 

• The classic Japanese restaurant Beron Beron has closed on 1st Avenue (Jan. 5) 

• Sole focus: At the opening night of 'Feet Pics' at Ruby/Dakota on 2nd Street (Jan. 10) 

• Activity at a historic 2nd Avenue address (Jan. 7) 

• Ahead of its opening, Lazy Bulldog brings Turkish coffee to this 6th Street stoop (Jan. 7) 

• '50 Years of PUNK' this January (Jan. 6)

• CBGB audio doc gets another spin on WBAI (Jan. 4) 

• Reading the signs: An art show opens at Psychic Readings on 5th Street (Jan. 4) 

• The Parks Department will be mulch obliged if you bring your Christmas tree to Tompkins this weekend (Jan. 9) ... At Mulchapalooza 2026 (Jan. 10) 

• What will be the 12th establishment in 12 years for 334 Bowery? (Jan 6) 

• First signs of retail (Sephora) life at 1 St. Mark's Place (Jan. 6) 

• After raids, fines and silence, is Green Line finally done on Avenue B? (Jan. 8) 

• The retail space at 95 2nd Ave. is for rent (Jan. 5) 

 .... and the liquor store on the NE corner of Avenue A and Fourth Street went under new ownership earlier last year... the temp signage for Avenue A Liquor & Wine arrived on Friday (thanks, William Klayer, for the photo). It's no Fine Wines & Champagne's!
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