Showing posts with label Snack Dragon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Snack Dragon. Show all posts

Friday, November 14, 2014

$4,495 a month — for this



Snack Dragon, the tiny taco shack on East Third Street near Avenue B, ended its East Village tenure on Halloween night. Cause of death: Cromanation (aka, a big high rent hike courtesy of landlord Steve Croman).

We knew that the asking rent is $4,495 for this small space — roughly 100 square feet. However, that size vs. asking rent didn't really sink in until we saw the space emptied out this past week...



Previously on EV Grieve:
Cromanated: The East Village Snack Dragon Taco Shack is closing

Snack Dragon has officially closed

Monday, November 3, 2014

Snack Dragon has officially closed



Last July, the East Village Snack Dragon Taco Shack announced that it would be closing after a huge rent hike courtesy of landlord Steve Croman.

The sliver of a taco stand and hangout at 199 E. Third St. just west of Avenue B managed to stay open through Halloween night. Snack Dragon is now officially closed.

This past weekend, the contents of the shop were brought outside for sale … and giveaway.

The space remains on the market. The asking rent is $4,495, which is particularly insane given its size.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Cromanated: The East Village Snack Dragon Taco Shack is closing

Thursday, July 17, 2014

Actually, the new rent for the Snack Dragon space is $4,495


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Late last week Snack Dragon proprietor Josephine Jansen told us that her tiny taco stand at 199 E. Third St. will have to close for good on July 31. The reason: Landlord Steve Croman wants to triple the rent to $3,900.

Turns out the rent for the next tenant will somehow even be higher. In a follow-up article on Monday, DNAinfo's Lisha Arino noted that the rent on the 9300 Realty website for No. 199 is $4,495.

Small, vented restaurant available for 1 August move in on East 3rd St, steps from Ave B. Good dining corridor - Fonda, Root & Bone, Ethiopia Meskel, Café Cortadito, Poco NYC and others.

The COO of 9300 Realty told DANinfo that Jansen was the one who wouldn't negotiate a new lease and only offered to pay $200 more a month for the "way under market rate" space.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Watch a lot of people speak out against Steve Croman and 9300 Realty

Cromanated: The East Village Snack Dragon Taco Shack is closing

Friday, July 11, 2014

Cromanated: The East Village Snack Dragon Taco Shack is closing


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Snack Dragon proprietor Josephine Jansen broke the news to us yesterday. Her eclectic sliver of a taco stand and hangout at 199 E. Third St. just west of Avenue B will close for good on July 31.

A familiar reason and a familiar figure are behind the impending closure.

"[Landlord Steve] Croman wants to triple the rent to $3,900 for 100 square feet of public space and a tiny basement," she said. "They will not negotiate the lease."

For now, the Williamsburg Snack Dragon will remain open.

Snack Dragon opened nearly 10 years ago around the corner on Avenue B, in a vacant smoothie stand outside Ben's Deli. Jansen inexplicably ran afoul of the East Village Nightlife Task Force and had to close. She moved into her current space in August 2006.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Watch a lot of people speak out against Steve Croman and 9300 Realty

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Snack Dragon was closed all weekend on East Third Street

Last Tuesday, a reader told us that Snack Dragon on East Third Street near Avenue B got DOH'd... folks behind the tiny six-year-old takeout tacqueria were hoping to be back open for the weekend... Unfortunately, that never happened... and they were closed for the holiday weekend... Here are the signs posted on the Snack Dragon gate ...


...as you can see the Orchard Street outpost was open for business...


They received 45 violation points on Tuesday... and 33 on the follow-up visit two days later... the usual evidence of various live things...