An organic grocery for the Bowery

A coming soon sign for an organic grocery is now on the window here at 352 Bowery between Fourth Street and Great Jones. 

The sign promises an assortment of "produce, beer, breakfast, lunch, convenience, fresh juice, milkshakes, smoothies." And it might give the 7-Eleven directly across the Bowery some convenience competition. 

Signage for a COVID-19 rapid-test site arrived here in December, though that never materialized. 

The Sage Kitchen restaurant space closed here last year. Their catering business is still in operation from another location.

The restaurant portion of Sage Kitchen has closed

The Sage Kitchen restaurant space has been dark since late in the summer... and now a for rent sign hangs in the window here at 356 Bowery between Fourth Street and Great Jones. 

While the restaurant is closed, Sage is still operating its commissary business from a different location for catering and delivery. The owners discussed the situation in an Instagram post from this past Thursday:

It breaks our heart to tell you that our restaurant on Bowery is closed and will not be reopening. The restaurant was the dream of four friends for a long time and when it came to life last spring so many of you became a part of it.

Unfortunately, COVID-19 and the incompetence of our politicians has made operating a restaurant in New York City completely impossible so we’re going start searching for a new location for our restaurant for when the time is right to reopen. 

With that said, we are very fortunate to have our incredible team working hard in our commissary kitchen and Sage Kitchen will continue to be available for delivery and catering — just like we have done since our inception.

The 6-year-old catering company opened the restaurant space in April 2019.

[Updated] Sage Kitchen announces itself on the Bowery

The signage is up now for the opening-soon [UPDATED: Now open!] Sage Kitchen at 356 Bowery between Great Jones and Fourth Street.

This is the first restaurant/marketplace (first announced back in February) for the five-year-old catering company. Per their website: "Our favorite seasonal menu features sandwiches, grain bowls, market salads and sweets — all made to order. Our Chef Jazzie describes our menu as, 'fresh, vibrant, simple.'"

You can find a (catering) menu here.

And you can hit up their Instagram for nice food pics...

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The Bowery Bond, an artist collective, was previously in this retail space.

Updated 4/4

EVG regular Lola Sáenz notes that Sage is now open...