Chopt opened here in February 2016.
Sweegreen on Astor Place shuttered last summer. No one wants salad around here anymore?
Meanwhile, the adjacent storefront that housed Bluestone Lane Coffee (RIP Feb. 2025) remains vacant...
Monday, August 24, 2026
Last call for Chopt on Astor Place
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I have to wonder why anyone in their right mind would bother opening a retail establishment in these places. Retail, as we knew it 20 years ago, is essentially dead. The rents are stratospheric, the business concepts are redundant, and the economic demographics just don't support them.
The vacancy rate in NYC has got to be 25% at a minimum. The East Village is literally choking on empty retail spaces - both newly developed and older existing spaces. Go figure....
Any recommendations for good take-out salad places in EV?
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