V-Bar St Mark's now open at former Tribe space

On Friday night, V-Bar St. Mark's opened on St. Mark's and First Avenue... Looked pretty full to me when I snapped this photo...




Last March, The Villager's Patrick Hedlund reported that Danny Rivera, owner of the Crooked Tree around the corner on St. Mark's, was opening a tapas bar in this space.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Peeking inside the former Tribe space

Renovation watch at the former Tribe space

Every time we walk by the former Tribe space on First Avenue and St. Mark's Place, something is just a little bit different...over the course of a few days, we saw...





...and now, EV Grieve reader dmbream noted yesterday:

Hanging copperplate this morning at Tribe. Plywood taken down. Also jack-hammering out what were covered up window openings on the St. Mark's side of the place.

Here's a shot yesterday via les pensées insouciantes:



Anyway, as far as we know, the Crooked Tree folks are opening a tapas bar in this space.

Previously hereabouts.

Peeking inside the former Tribe space

Just the other day we were talking about what's going on with the former Tribe space on First Avenue at St. Mark's.

Back in March, The Villager's Patrick Hedlund reported that Danny Rivera, owner of the Crooked Tree around the corner on St. Mark's, will open a tapas bar in this space.

The old Tribe has seemingly been quiet...but apparently not. We caught a glimpse inside last night:



Previously on EV Grieve:
From Tribe to tapas at First Avenue and St. Mark's Place

Waiting on a friend

I noticed a little artwork on the wall of the former Tribe along St. Mark's Place at First Avenue....

Sunday:




Didn't last too long.

Tuesday:




Perhaps the landlord felt as if the art "was not going to enhance the aesthetic of the building."

And as far as I know, the tapas place is still expected in this location.

From Tribe to tapas at First Avenue and St. Mark's Place

A tapas joint will open at the former space of Tribe on First Avenue at St. Mark's, Patrick Hedlund reports in his Mixed Use column in this week's issue of The Villager. According to Hedlund, Danny Rivera, owner of the Crooked Tree around the corner on St. Mark's, will launch the tapas bar in June.

"I'm a guy from the neighborhood; I've lived here for over 10 years," Rivera told Mixed Use. "My plan is to make the place for the community."

As you may recall, Dr. Tara Allmen owns the five-story building that housed Tribe, which closed in late January. As the Real Deal reported in early February:

Allmen, a physician, inherited the building from her mother, Renée Allmen, along with several other East Village properties, and recently completed renovating the four residential spaces in the building. She called Tribe "an eyesore."

"I want a classier place," she said, adding that Tribe "was not going to enhance the aesthetic of the building."

Here's what Allmen told Mixed Use:

"I'm replacing a dive bar with an elegant wine bar and tapas place. Do I think it's a plus to have a higher-class place in the East Village? I would say it's a bonus to have wonderful, quality places in the East Village."

Said Rivera, "It's a neighborhood guy that's going to open up in the neighborhood. It's in the hands of people in the neighborhood. It's not going to be a sushi spot or a bank."