Montauk's Memory Motel is popping up on 3rd Avenue and 13th Street

Memory Motel, described as "Montauk's high energy dive bar & motel," is popping up for a three-month-plus stint at 106 Third Ave. at 13th Street. (And presumably just the dive bar part.) 

Workers were spotted prepping the space yesterday... ahead of tomorrow's debut...

We're not exactly sure what all this will entail at the space... there's a website where you can sign up for more info... there's also an open casting call for the "Montauk Memory Motel TV Show." 

Montauk's Memory Motel has evolved through the years and now caters to a new generation of east-end weekend warriors. 

Like Montauk itself, the motel's bar used to be on the more sleepy side... until the Rolling Stones ruined it! 

As widely documented, the Stones "hid from the rest of the world for five weeks as they rehearsed for the coming summer's massive 1975 Tour of The Americas" at Andy Warhol's Montauk compound. 

Per legend, Mick and Keith spent time at the Memory Motel bar ... anyway, the ballad "Memory Motel" appears on the 1976 album Black and Blue... this is a live version from 1998...

   

The pop up takes over for the short-lived French concept Blue Bird... no word if that will return or what will be next for the corner space after the Memory Motel checks out.

The Lazy Llama Coffee Bar is in soft open mode on East 1st Street

The new cafe, serving Stumptown Coffee, is now open at 72 E. First St. between First Avenue and Second Avenue.

EVG regular @seancarlson, who shared this news, notes that the owner of coffee shop The Jolly Goat on West 47th Street is also running The Lazy Llama. (Which might explain the animal theme.)

The space here was home to Bluebird Coffee Shop until early last week.

Previously on EV Grieve:
The Lazy Llama Coffee Bar is the name of the Bluebird replacement on East 1st Street

The Lazy Llama Coffee Bar is the name of the Bluebird replacement on East 1st Street

We first noted back on Tuesday that the Bluebird Coffee Shop has closed on East First Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue.

A sign on the door thanked customers and noted that new owners were taking over the space.

There's now a second sign on the door...

Dear customers,

We are working very hard to open shop after Christmas. We will be serving Stumptown Coffee... see you soon

And the name of the new venture is The Lazy Llama Coffee Bar...

Bluebird Coffee Shop has closed on East 1st Street

[Photo by Marjorie Ingall]

Multiple EVG readers noted that Bluebird Coffee Shop has closed on East First Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue.

The note on the door says that the shop will reopen with new ownership and a new identity.

If the space remains a coffee shop... then it will be the third coffee spot here in the past six years. The Bluebird Coffee Shop opened in November 2009 ... and in late 2011 the folks behind Ditmas Park-based Cafe Madeline took over the space.

It's a competitive little area for coffee... you have Juicy Lucy on one side... and Juice Press on the other (JP sells cold-brewed coffee and a few lattes)... and Mudspot Café/Mud Park right across the street.

H/t @seancarlson

Cafe Madeline taking over the Bluebird Coffee Shop

Earlier today, we noted that someone new is taking over the Bluebird Coffee Shop on East First Street. Well, earlier in the month, our friends at Ditmas Park Blog reported that Ditmas Park-based Cafe Madeline bought Bluebird. Here's their menu.

Anyone been to Cafe Madeline?

The Bluebird Coffee Shop has been sold

The Bluebird Coffee Shop opened in November 2009 on East First Street just west of First Avenue. It became a favorite spot of several EV Grieve readers, who have passed along word that the owners have sold the shop (new job in another city). The incoming owners take over the space on Monday. Word is they're keeping it as a coffee shop/cafe, though with a new staff.

Meanwhile, @sandwichboarder notes in the photo below that the Bluebird is now closing early these days...