On Avenue A Bin 141 is open, though Angelina Cafe is not

Bin 141, the new cafe from Imen and Rafik Bouzgarrou, opened this past Easter Sunday (April 21) on the northwest corner of Avenue A and Third Street.

The menu has a variety of staples — salads, sandwiches, burgers, pastas, entrees (grilled salmon and roast chicken, among other items) and vegan desserts. There's also a weekend brunch.



Meanwhile, the Bouzgarrou's other restaurant on Avenue A one block to the south, Angelina Cafe, is currently closed....



The space sits empty...



The Angelina website is sending potential diners to Bin 141. Here's the message:

We have temporarily moved to a new location
– Just a couple of doors from our original location –
Due to gas disruptions since February 2019 (unrelated to our business activity), we have decided to temporarily move our services just a few seconds away.

Angelina first opened in 2002 across Avenue A before relocating to this space between Second Street and Third Street in 2012.

Previously on EV Grieve:
First signs of Bin 141, a new cafe on Avenue A and 3rd Street

First signs of Bin 141, a new cafe on Avenue A and 3rd Street

Updated: The restaurant opened on April 21.

The first signs of the new cafe coming to the northwest corner of Avenue A and Third Street arrived on Monday (the address is 141 E. Third St. aka 43 Avenue A).



The lettering for Bin 141 includes the words, Breakfast, Brunch, Lunch, Dinner, Cocktails, Coffee and Vegan Treats.

Imen and Rafik Bouzgarrou, the husband-and-wife team at Angelina Cafe one block to the south on Avenue A, are behind this venture that will serve Mediterranean fare. (No word at the moment if they'll continue running both Bin 141 and Angelina, which first opened in 2002 before relocating across Avenue A to its current spot in 2012.)

CB3 OK'd a liquor license for this space last July. The Bin 141 application (PDF here) listed 15 tables accommodating 54 diners along with an eight-stool lunch counter. Their proposed hours were 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday though Thursday; until midnight on Friday and Saturday.

During the CB3 meeting, a rep of the building's co-op board as well a building resident "spoke in support of this applicant as a longstanding, responsible business owner on this block who has operated a quiet, comfortable well-run restaurant," per the minutes of the meeting.

The previous tenant in this corner space, Landmark Bicycles, closed in the fall of 2017.

Angelina Cafe has closed ... for now

Back in May, we first reported that Angelina Cafe on Avenue A near East Third Street will be moving across the street later in the summer to 37 Avenue A... the long-empty space that was previously home to the Two Boots Restaurant.

Meanwhile, workers have cleared out the Cafe space at No. 36 ... it was empty when we went by last night...

...which all may have to do with the Eviction Notice that appeared on the Cafe's front door last week...stating that the neighborhood eatery had to be out today...

We understand there are some move-related issues involving a testy landlord...

Meanwhile, the space across the Avenue is shaping up nicely...

We hope to have an opening date for you soon...

Angelina Cafe expanding, moving across Avenue A

[Circa 2009]

Well, finally some positive news about a neighborhood restaurant expanding and not closing... RyanAvenueA passes along word that Angelina Cafe on Avenue A near East Third Street will be moving across the street later in the summer to 37 Avenue A... the long-empty space that was previously home to the Two Boots Restaurant.

In recent weeks, workers put paper up on the front windows at 37. Work is expected to take another two months.

Angelina Cafe at its new address is on the June CB3/SLA docket.

Signs from the recession: At Angelina Cafe

Avenue A near Third Street.