2 more sidewalk cafe choices for 2nd Avenue

Two Second Avenue restaurants added sidewalk cafes last week... starting with Lions Beer Store on Second Avenue and Sixth Street, which features lamps — and lamp shades! ...



... and San Marzano at Seventh Street...



... which includes a few tables positioned on the Seventh Street side...



These two join Brick Lane Curry House, which debuted its sidewalk cafe on Second Avenue between Fifth Street and Sixth Street on June 15.

Photos by EVG contributor Steven

San Marzano reopened tonight

The restaurant specializing in handmade pasta is back open tonight after being closed the past week.

Last Friday, the DOB issued a Full Stop Work Order at 117 Second Ave. at East Seventh Street. Per paperwork on file with the city, there was "work without a permit — testing and taking part gas lines" in the basement.

This in a building owned by Maria Hrynenko, who is also the landlord at 121 Second Ave., the site of the deadly gas explosion on March 26. Authorities have said that an illegally tapped gas line at 121 Second Ave. may have caused the deadly blast. The investigation continues.

As a result of the Stop Work Order, San Marzano, the restaurant in the retail space, had to close.

Full Stop Work Order issued for 117 2nd Ave. for 'testing and taking apart gas lines' without permits

The DOB yesterday served a full Stop Work Order at 117 Second Ave. ... right across Seventh Street from the site of the deadly gas explosion on March 26.

The building is owned by Maria Hrynenko, who is also the landlord at 121 Second Ave., the site of the blast.

According to DOB records:

WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT - TESTING & TAKING APART GAS LINES

Here's more detail from documents on file with the DOB:

FULL STOP WORK ORDER - WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT; INSPECTION TIME 11:07AM
AT TIME OF INSPECTION I OBSERVED GAS PIPING IN THE RESTAURANT IN GROUND FLOOR AND CELLAR DISCONNECTED, CAPED AND BEING PRESSURE TESTED BY THE PLUMBERS NO PERMITS WITH DOB

As a result, San Marzano, the restaurant here, had to close yesterday after reopening on April 10...



San Marzano's owners left a note for patrons saying they will be closed until further notice…


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San Marzano was closed from March 26 through April 9. No. 117 was under a full vacate order from the DOB.

Reader report: San Marzano reopens tomorrow

San Marzano, the restaurant that serves handmade pasta at 117 Second Ave., has been closed since the deadly explosion took down three buildings across East Seventh Street on March 26.

Yesterday, city crews removed the barricades that surrounded No. 117 on the southwest corner ... EVG regular Vinny & O stopped by San Marzano today, where staff there said that they would be back open tomorrow ... so there's another restaurant to add to the list of Saturday's Small Biz Crawl on Second Avenue.

Updated: They will be open at 5 p.m. Friday

San Marzano finds new home on 2nd Avenue

Back in January, a flood KO'd San Marzano, the 5-year-old pizzeria at 71 Clinton St.

It appears that the owners have ditched their pizza (they auctioned off all the equipment on Clinton Street) … for pasta at a new restaurant that they quietly opened at 117 Second Ave. at East Seventh Street. EVG reader Veronica Avanic noted that they were open as of Monday.


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The menu appears to be affordable — the pastas are all $9, the most expensive food item on the menu … and there are three varieties of canned beer each for $3. You can find all the menus here.

This space was previously home to Picnic, which flamed out after just three months. And seemingly in another lifetime it was the Kiev.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Storefront renovation for 117 Second Ave.; last call for Song 7.2?

A Picnic for Second Avenue

Picnic has apparently closed on Second Avenue