Nai Tapas Bar closes on 1st Avenue ahead of move to 2nd Avenue

As we first reported back on June 18, Nai Tapas Bar was moving this summer from its spot of eight years at 174 First Ave. between 10th Street and 11th Street to 85 Second Ave.

Nai closed after service on July 29 (H/T B+B). Signage for the previous occupant, Xunta, which decamped to Williamsburg in 2009, was revealed in the move out.

A letter to patrons on the Nai website points to a September reopening on Second Avenue...



The space on the southwest corner of Second Avenue and Fifth Street was previously home to Bareburger, which left for lower rents on Orchard Street in the spring.



Previously on EV Grieve:
Nai Tapas Bar moving from 1st Avenue to 2nd Avenue

Bareburger is leaving 2nd Avenue; new outpost slated for Orchard Street

Moving day for Bareburger

Bareburger making its Orchard Street debut

Bareburger will be in soft-open mode today ahead of its grand opening tomorrow at its new LES home — 173 Orchard St. just north of Stanton Street.

Matt Kouskalis, who owns and operates a handful of the city's Bareburger outposts, said that they'd be starting delivery service tomorrow as well.

The regional all–organic burger chain left its six-year-old home at 85 Second Ave. at the end of April.

Kouskalis told me back in February that escalating rents at the East Village location prompted the move to the Lower East Side.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Bareburger is leaving 2nd Avenue; new outpost slated for Orchard Street

Moving day for Bareburger

Moving day for Bareburger

Bareburger is moving out of its corner space on Second Avenue and Fifth Street today ... for the short relocation down to Orchard and Stanton...



Matt Kouskalis, who owns and operates a handful of the city's Bareburger outposts, told me in February that escalating rents at this location were behind the reason for the move.

"So we are moving to a slightly smaller and cozier spot on the Lower East Side," he said in February. "We are sad to leave the East Village but our new location is only a few blocks away and our delivery area will remain the same!"

Bareburger opened here in January 2012.

The asking rent for the two-level space (plus basement) is $25,000, per the listing.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Bareburger is leaving 2nd Avenue; new outpost slated for Orchard Street

Bareburger is leaving 2nd Avenue; new outpost slated for Orchard Street

Bareburger is on this month's CB3-SLA docket for a new beer-wine license for 173 Orchard St. between East Houston and Stanton. (Their questionnaire is online here.)

While Bareburger, which sells a variety of organic and all-natural burgers, is expanding with multiple locations in NYC and overseas, the East Village site on Second Avenue at Fifth Street will be closing in the weeks ahead.

Matt Kouskalis, who owns and operates a handful of the city's Bareburger outposts, confirmed the East Village closure. He said escalating rents at the location were behind the reason for the move.

"So we are moving to a slightly smaller and cozier spot on the Lower East Side," he said via email. "We are sad to leave the East Village but our new location is only a few blocks away and our delivery area will remain the same!"

He said he hoped to be open in late April on Orchard Street.

Bareburger debuted on Second Avenue in January 2012. The previous tenant in the two-level space was neighborhood scourge Sin Sin.

Previously on EV Grieve:
'The neighborhood will not rest until you are gone and Sin Sin’s license is revoked'

NYPD hosting meeting between Sin Sin and neighbors tonight

East Village noise wars new battlefront: Sin Sin/Leopard Lounge

Why the president of the East Fifth Street Block Association carries a baseball bat

BareBurger is now open at former Sin Sin space

Back on Aug. 19, we first reported that an outpost of the organic hamburglar BareBurger is opening on Second Avenue at the site of the former Sin Sin space.

This past weekend, several readers told us that the place had opened... and EV Grieve Pedro ventured inside the two-floor restaurant at East Fifth Street ...

...and the final product, the BareBurger Supreme...

BareBurger is on tonight's CB3/SLA committee agenda for a beer/wine license.

Check out their menu here (PDF)

BareBurger not looking so bare inside

As you know, an outpost of organic hamburglar BareBurger is opening on Second Avenue at the site of the former Sin Sin space...

...and some of the blackout paper along the front windows fell back... and EV Grieve reader Pedro took a look...

Find the BareBurger menu here (PDF)

[Repost] BareBurger coming to former Sin Sin space on Second Avenue

We first posted his Friday around 5 ... so in case you missed it...

Another outpost of the organic hamburglar BareBurger is opening on Second Avenue at the site of the former Sin Sin space. This after the bakery-cafe-bar concept died.

Check out their menu here (PDF)

New: On Friday evening, EV Grieve reader Stephen Popkin happened by the BareBurger location in Murray Hill ... and sent along these photos ...

BareBurger coming to former Sin Sin space on Second Avenue

Another outpost of the organic hamburglar BareBurger is opening on Second Avenue at the site of the former Sin Sin space. This after the bakery-cafe-bar concept died.

Check out their menu here (PDF)