[
Photo yesterday by Vinny & O]
As mentioned last week, the bar-cafe August Laura is expected to open
today (Oct. 9) soon on Avenue A at Sixth Street in
the former Sidewalk space. [Update: they opened on Oct. 10]
Meanwhile, three other bar-restaurants are in various states of opening preparations on this north side of the block between Avenue A and Avenue B...
• 503 E. Sixth St.
A venture called Down and Out is in the works for this space. The applicants, Knitting Factory alum who are behind
The Well out in Bushwick, will appear before CB3's SLA committee tomorrow (Thursday) night.
The
questionnaire on file at the CB3 website shows a configuration with 10 tables for 39 diners (the menu is said to serve the "freshest seafood") and a 12-stool bar. The proposed hours are 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. Sunday through Wednesday, with a 4 a.m. close Thursday through Sunday.
No. 503 was previously Cholo Noir, the Chicano-inspired bar-restaurant
that closed in August 2018 after 13 months.
• 507 E. Sixth St.
Coming soon: Nowon, the first restaurant from chef Jae Lee, who has been running
the well-regarded kitchen at Black Emperor on Second Avenue. He was previously the executive chef of Rice & Gold at Hotel 50 Bowery.
Lee recently shared the Nowon logo on Instagram...
No. 507 was last Carma East, the dim sum bar that
closed in early 2019.
• 509 E. Sixth St.
As previously noted, the Pineapple Club will be bringing American Polynesian cuisine to the former Out East space here between Avenue A and Avenue B.
There's
a teaser site up now for the two-level bar-restaurant.
Out East went dark in December 2017 after eight months serving a seafood-centric menu from the proprietors behind places like Beauty & Essex and Stanton Social.
Meanwhile, back along the Sixth Street of August Laura, there are two new murals... one titled "Dreamy" via
@EarlyRiser...
... and another by
@art_by_eyebrows...
This space is now going as A6 Art Wall — "dedicated to showcasing established and emerging public artists." Work here will change on a quarterly basis. You can find the A6 Instagram account
here.