A great storefront

The Chupa Barbara Insurance office on Sixth Street near Second Avenue Avenue is one of my favorite storefronts in the neighborhood...



...a reminder of a different era in the East Village.



And so I always get a little nervous when I see notes posted in the window.



Thankfully, this sign just told of reduced hours this week for a holiday.

Meanwhile... another favorite, of course, just steps away on the corner.

Fallen tree on Sixth Street, day two

Just looking at what's left of the tree that nearly took out Banjara Sunday night on Sixth Street near First Avenue.

Tree nearly wipes out Banjara

Thanks to reader Annie for the shots below. More storm damage from last evening. Here, we're on Sixth Street and First Avenue. The tree just missed Banjara. (And check out the photos Slum Goddess took of the tree....)




Previously on EV Grieve:
Storm damage on Avenue B

Bounce Deuce to return?

Hold on. Bounce Deuce at Second Avenue and Sixth Street is closed.... but perhaps not dead. And there's a new work permit on the door. Something about expanding a fire exit.




And there's new paper on the windows....



...and all the furniture is still inside. It just doesn't look (yet?) like a joint that's closing. Except the part about not being open. And those 71 violation points.



When the place shuttered, the signs did just say "Have a great summer!" Back in time for football season?

P.S.
However, no signs of the beer tubes.

Au revoir, Bounce Deuce

As Eater reported last week, Bounce Deuce looked suspiciously closed.



And over the weekend, rather vague confirmation signs went up....



Just closed for the summer...?

Previously on EV Grieve:
RIP for Bounce Deuce, known for "eye candy staff" and plastic tubes of beer?

Posts that I never got around to posting: Two photos taken on Sixth Street

RIP for Bounce Deuce, known for "eye candy staff" and plastic tubes of beer?

Eater reports that Bounce Deuce, the bar with a name too easy to mock, may be closed. Eater notes that there have been no signs of life here at the corner of Second Avenue and Sixth Street, home to the Table Tapper -- a 3-foot plastic tube that holds 116-ounces of beer. (Bounce, its big brother on the UES, remains open.)

I walked by myself last night. All shut down. Fortunately, the BD Web site lives on...(and they're still advertising the Margarito fight from Jan. 24!)



Never been to the Deuce? Take a look via BD's photostream...

Gentlemen, this is a headline

Haven't seen an ad here since "King of the Hill" graced our presence last December. And now....an ad returns to the northwest corner of Sixth Street and Avenue A. And it's a douchey doozy.




Please expect "Gentlemen, this is..." jokes the entire summer. I've already incorporated the saying in random conversations, like the other day at Mamoun's: "Gentlemen, this is Baba Ghannouj."

Meanwhile, there's that mysterious hole in the empty space at Sixth Street and Avenue C next to the church

The hole has been there for a few months now... long enough for weeds to start growing in the dirt.

Noted

In a storefront on Sixth Street near Cooper Square.