Openings: Skinny Louie on 2nd Avenue

Skinny Louie opened Friday at 141 Second Ave. between St. Mark's Place and Ninth Street. 

The EV outpost marked the debut by giving away free burgers to the first 100 people in line starting at 6 p.m. (Based on what several EVG readers told us, the line stretched well beyond the 100-person mark.)

Founded in Wynwood, Fla., in 2023, Skinny Louie serves a compact menu centered on Black Angus smash burgers, fries and shakes. (They also offer an Impossible burger and gluten-free buns.) 

The East Village outpost is the brand's fourth in New York City, following locations in NoMad, the West Village and the Upper East Side. Penn Station and Park Slope locations are expected to open later this summer. 

And they have late (early?) hours here, too: Sunday to Thursday: 11 a.m. to 3 a.m.; Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 a.m.

Signage alert: Skinny Louie on 2nd Avenue

Signage arrived yesterday for a Skinny Louie outpost at 141 Second Ave. between St. Mark's Place and Ninth Street. (Thanks, Feryal!)

This will be the fifth NYC location for the Miami-based smash burger chain. (There are also Skinny Louies in the West Village, Nomad and UES ... with one coming to Penn Station and Park Slope later this year.) 

And this will be the second burger joint in very close proximity. Burgerhead debuted in December, a short distance away on Second Avenue and Ninth Street.

No. 141 has seen many quick-serve concepts, most recently Krave It ... and Planet Taco. Other recent past lives include Otto's Tacos for seven years. Before that, there was Good Guys, a Subway (sandwich shop), part of a Max Brenner outpost, and Burritoville.

H/T Steven!