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A year later, a new tenant plans to open soon...
To to be honest, at first glance, I thought the sign read "D-list Pita," which seemed to be a rather defeatist name for a restaurant. D-list? (And it appears to be a clone of Cheep's on Second Avenue at St. Mark's Place.)
Anyway, when workers removed the Habib's signage last November ... we all got a peek at the former tenant — France's Beauty Salon.
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In a post this past August, Jeremiah shared a photo of the salon from sometime in the mid-1990s...
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Nothing again falafel places... but, once again, a new business arrives that caters to a more late-night crowd... we've talked about this plenty, but I [continue to] wish there was a way to encourage other types of non-food and nightlife-related businesses to open here...
Previously on EV Grieve:
Of the 147 storefronts on Avenue A, 70 of them are bars, restaurants or vacant