Photos by Stacie Joy
• Bobblehead NYC LLC, 103-105 Ave B (op) (restaurant)
The former Pardon My French space at 103-105 Avenue B between Sixth Street and Seventh Street may become an all-day vinyl cafe and restaurant called Bobblehead.
Applicants Kahiem Rivera (GM experience includes Le Dive and Jean's) and Natalie Manion (who worked with Rivera at The Turk's Inn and the Sultan Room in Brooklyn) will appear before Community Board 3's SLA committee to apply for a new liquor license.
According to the questionnaire on file with CB3, Bobblehead would serve coffee and lunch during the day, then transition to a New American restaurant at night. Plans also call for curated vinyl playlists on a custom sound system and retail sales of records, clothing and ceramics.
The cafe hours are listed as 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, with the restaurant open until 2 a.m. The rear garden would close at 10 p.m.
The sample menu includes baked goods, a Basque breakfast, salads, skewers and natural wines.
Pardon My French closed in May after more than a decade in business. The Parisian-style bistro opened in March 2015, taking over Casimir's longtime home.
• Laozao Hotpot 8ST LLC, 37 St Marks Pl (op) (restaurant)
An authentic Chinese hot pot restaurant is in the works for 37 St. Mark's Place just west of Second Avenue.
The questionnaire on file with CB3 shows that the restaurant will feature 26 tables with 110 seats.
Proposed hours are 11:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. daily, with the kitchen closing at 10. The plans do not include music or outdoor dining.
Principal Ming Lin has 11 years of restaurant management experience with Szechuan Mountain House. The application also lists connections to the nearby Mountain House and Blue Dimsum restaurants on St. Mark's Place.
Chef Tan closed here in February after nearly four years in business. A sign initially cited exhaust-duct maintenance, though a demand-for-rent notice later appeared on the front door. The restaurant opened in 2022 as the first NYC location of the Jersey City-based establishment serving Szechuan and Hunan cuisine.
• Red Onion (Red Onion Foods Inc), 277 E 10th St (upgrade to op/corp change/alt: license space next door)
Red Onion is looking to expand into the adjacent storefront (the one on the east side) here on 10th Street between Avenue A and First Avenue.
Reps for the Indian restaurant are also seeking an upgrade from beer and wine to a full liquor license, a corporate change and approval to license the additional space.
According to the questionnaire on file with CB3, the expanded restaurant would have 22 tables with 53 seats and a bar with eight seats ... with proposed hours of 11 a.m. to midnight daily.
Red Onion has been operating at the address since 2024. Incoming president Vishnu Singh, who will hold a 69% ownership stake, previously worked in restaurant operations at Darbar Grill and Darbar Fine Indian Cuisine.
• The Hairy Lemon (Galmac LLC), 28-30 Ave B (op/method of operation: removal of security on quiet evenings, addition of a DJ, allow cover charges) (bar/tavern)
The Hairy Lemon is seeking several changes to its current method of operation at 28-30 Avenue B between Second Street and Third Street.
The sports bar requests approval for a DJ once a week, cover charges for approximately 12 sporting events per year, and the addition of a pool table.
Ownership also seeks to remove the requirement for security personnel on quieter evenings.
Under the proposed change, security would be used as needed Thursday through Saturday.
No changes are proposed to the hours: noon to 4 a.m. Monday through Friday and 11 a.m. to 4 a.m. on weekends.
The Hairy Lemon opened in September 2017 in the former Croxley Ales space.
The York is looking to expand into the adjacent storefront at 186 Avenue B between 11th Street and 12th Street.
According to the questionnaire on file with CB3, the expanded space would include six tables with 22 seats and a bar with nine seats. The York would continue serving its American comfort-food menu, including smash burgers, chicken sandwiches, fries and tater tots.
The York opened in March 2023 and currently occupies the north storefront at the address.
The adjacent south storefront was home to Jose Luis Restaurant (seen below in better days), which recently closed...
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CB3's SLA meeting is tonight at 6:30. The Zoom link is here. This is a hybrid meeting, and limited public seating is available. The first 15 people who show up at the Community Board 3 Office, 59 E. Fourth St., between Second Avenue and the Bowery, will be accommodated.
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