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The 2nd Ave. Smoke Shop & News has closed… EVG contributor Derek Berg spotted workers clearing out the deli/
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Word is the smoke shop rent doubled to $10,000. A for rent sign has been hanging on the space for months now.
Updated: 2:13 p.m.
Ah! Matt Rosen in the comments tells us that the shop is moving down Second Avenue … to the east side past East Fourth Street where Gelato Ti Amo recently closed … we even had photo evidence of this from last night via Slum Goddess…
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