Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Signage alert: Skinny Louie on 2nd Avenue

Signage arrived yesterday for a Skinny Louie outpost at 141 Second Ave. between St. Mark's Place and Ninth Street. (Thanks, Feryal!)

This will be the fifth NYC location for the Miami-based smash burger chain. (There are also Skinny Louies in the West Village, Nomad and UES ... with one coming to Penn Station and Park Slope later this year.) 

And this will be the second burger joint in very close proximity. Burgerhead debuted in December, a short distance away on Second Avenue and Ninth Street.

No. 141 has seen many quick-serve concepts, most recently Krave It ... and Planet Taco. Other recent past lives include Otto's Tacos for seven years. Before that, there was Good Guys, a Subway (sandwich shop), part of a Max Brenner outpost, and Burritoville.

H/T Steven!
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10 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 13, 2026 at 8:04 AM

    I'm so over that smash thing! Give me a thick bloody burger please (Burgerhead is good).

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    1. AnonymousMay 13, 2026 at 11:02 AM

      Yeah let’s get over tasty burgers with delicious crusty edges.

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  2. ShadowwhispersMay 13, 2026 at 8:19 AM

    Hope they make it at this location.

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  3. AnonymousMay 13, 2026 at 12:35 PM

    More smash burgers, in the east village? Groundbreaking.

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  4. cmarrtyyMay 13, 2026 at 1:46 PM

    Burgers are the new pizza in the EV.

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  5. AnonymousMay 13, 2026 at 7:35 PM

    If burgers and pizza are popular with the boozers looking to soak up all that alcohol before heading home from the East Village, maybe a late night pancake place would be successful? Rolled pancakes with maple filling? I would buy that at 2am after a gig!

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    1. AnonymousMay 14, 2026 at 8:29 PM

      Maybe artisanal biscuits? Remember Empire Biscuit on Avenue A? "Biscuit-gate"?? In fairness, it was 10 years ago.

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  6. BrianMay 13, 2026 at 7:45 PM

    There are now officially more smash burger places than cell phone stores.

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  7. AnonymousMay 14, 2026 at 12:06 PM

    Never heard of this business until now. Has anyone tried their products and enjoyed it?

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  8. AnonymousMay 17, 2026 at 12:04 AM

    Burgerhead is fanstastic, even the grilled chicken sandwich is great, and the best onion rings.

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