Shampooin' in the rain

EV Grieve reader John Iz passes along this photo from last Thursday's rainstorm... where he spotted this fellow on Avenue C between Ninth Street and 10th Street shampooing his hair with the rain water ... while chugging a beer.

At the Loisaida Festival on Avenue C yesterday

Thanks to Krikor for the photos. (Find more here on Flickr.)

At the Loisaida Festival

Avenue C near Fifth Street right now via EV Grieve reader RobbieTheK.

Reminders: The Loisaida Festival is today

And we're hopeful that you didn't leave your cab parked here. It's getting towed.

Bike stolen from 'broke student'

Spotted on Avenue C and East Second Street...

The rental that encourages you to party and find solace

Here we are at 60 Avenue C between Fifth Street and Sixth Street, where this three-bedroom apartment just hit that market for $3,700...

Check out the listing:

Sunday night roof deck get togethers and great parties await you. The apartment, which has exposed brick, is uncommonly spacious in a city known for shoebox apartments. The living room alone is like a cavern, while the adjoining outdoor space is enough for you and your friends to chill in the after-hours. The nightly quiet provides for an excellent atmosphere for concentration and solace.

Ranked #1 in New York City for Nightlife (by Nabewise), the East Village is one of the most sought-after places to live. atmosphere for concentration and solace. The kitchen comes equipped with standard appliances + dishwasher and plenty of counterspace. The rooftop comes with plank flooring and a picnic table! It's a nice walk to NYU!

According to the listing: "Guarantors Accepted."

Please explain

Any ideas why this photo of this couple is hanging on a pole on Avenue C at Ninth Street? There was nothing else attached to the thing to provide any clues (viral ad campaign! bridal party pub crawl! a jilted ex boy/girlfriend!).

About Caffe Cotto's upgrade

Last Wednesday, EV Grieve reader AC noted that Caffe Cotto on Avenue C at Eighth Street is closed while management upgrades the kitchen and dining room...

When I hear "upgrade," I think, I dunno, new curtains, fresh coat of paint... new appliances?

EV Grieve contributor Bobby Williams caught a look inside...

...looks a little more extensive than that...looks like a gut renovation...

Caffe Cotto is on the CB3/SLA docket tonight for a sidewalk license.

Previously.

Caffe Cotto closed for an 'upgrade' on Avenue C

EV Grieve reader AC notes that Caffe Cotto on Avenue C at Eighth Street is closed while management upgrades the kitchen and dining room...

Caffe Cotto is on the CB3/SLA docket Monday night for a sidewalk license.

Previously.

Singas Pizza closes for renovation and new management on Avenue C

Singas Pizza relocated to Avenue C and Sixth Street from Second Avenue and 11th Street back in December 2009.

And last week, Singas closed up shop...

...sign says the place will reopen under new management.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Singas Pizza opening on Avenue C

Today in April Fools Day gags on Avenue C

Outside the Sunburnt Cow near Ninth Street...

This weather is all becoming terribly confusing

Outside Duke's on Avenue C.

Yesterday on Avenue C

Art of scales

From the EV Grieve inbox ...

Starting tonight, the Michael Mut Gallery will be hauling out the industrial scales, hoisting them up and blowing open the doors to his paintings, artifacts and signature oil textured works. His art market will price works by pound – first weigh it then pay for it.

Michael Mut Gallery
97 Avenue C between Sixth Street and Seventh Street.
Through April 23.

Signs of spring on Avenue C

Wholesome Foods now open on Seventh Street and Avenue C

Thanks to our friend East Village Eats for passing along the word...

Previously on EV Grieve:
On Avenue C, market known for Cobra Malt Liquor giving way to Wholesome Foods

On Avenue C, two new delis, and two bright new signs

The Yankee Two Deli opened this week on Avenue C near Eighth Street... Yankee 1 is up a few blocks at 11th Street... (More here.)

And workers just put up the new Wholesome Foods sign on the southwest corner of Avenue C and Seventh Street... (More here...)

The deli at the Associated at Eighth Street had better step it up or they'll lose the officers and staff from Police Service Area 4 across the street...

Thunder Blizzard damage: Downed awning at Kafana

EV Grieve reader AC notes that the awning at Serbian eatery Kafana (try the Gibanica!) on Avenue C came down during last night's storm...

Maximum security

Avenue C near 14th Street. At back of the old R&S Strauss store.

On Avenue C, market known for Cobra Malt Liquor giving way to Wholesome Foods

The market on the corner of Seventh Street and Avenue C has been going under some transformations in recent months... a new name and awning appeared in the fall...


[Photo by Bob Arihood]

And now, the market — dubbed the "Cobra" store for having the best prices on King Cobra Malt Liquor — has closed...

It will soon be home to a Wholesome Foods, a gourmet deli ...

There's another Wholesome Foods on Stanton and Essex. Back in the early summer of 2008, The Villager profiled the Wholesome owners:

When Orlando Rodriguez, 34, was growing up on Suffolk St. on the Lower East Side, the neighborhood was a stark contrast to today’s scene of luxury high-rise apartment buildings and upscale hotels that are fast filling the landscape. Drugs and crime proliferated on the streets.

“All my school friends ended up in jail or dead,” said Rodriguez, whose older brother was murdered in 1987.

While Rodriguez is saddened about the effect of increasing prices and rents driving out many of the people and businesses he grew up with, he feels that the changes on the Lower East Side are a positive thing.