Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Bread alert: Sullivan St. Bakery pop opens a 9th Street outpost
Someone stole the cash resister from Cafe Himalaya
On Sunday morning, the owners of Cafe Himalaya, the Tibetan/Nepalese restaurant at 78 E. First St. between Avenue A and First Avenue, arrived at the space to find that someone had broken the front lock ... and walked away with the cash register.
The owners posted about it on Instagram... and thanked patrons for offering support:
While this burglary adds to the already difficult year for a small business like ours, we’re just glad that nothing else was taken or damaged.
Thank you so much for your generous offer to donate through Venmo/gofundme — your generosity is truly appreciated.
However, the most sustainable and impactful way to support us would be to dine here, order delivery, or takeout. And tell your friends/family too! It’s truly the best way to show your love. (But if you happen to have an extra cash register lying around then we’ll gladly take it.)
The family-owned restaurant is open Tuesday-Sunday from 1-10 p.m. Find their website here. Or call: 212.358.0160.
EVG photo from May. And H/T Steph!
ICYMI: Fresco is closed for now on 2nd Avenue
LT Baron's Dry Cleaners & Laundry shuts down on 11th Street
Monday, October 5, 2020
Monday's parting shot
A blessed day for dogs at Trinity Lower East Side
A campaign to co-name part of St. Mark's Place after Jimmy Webb
There's a fledgling campaign underway to co-name part of St. Mark's Place after Jimmy Webb. (Thanks Cheryl for pointing this out!)
The online petition is here. The process of co-naming a street within the confines of Community Board 3 is explained on this PDF.
Webb, a familiar figure in the East Village during his long tenure as the manager and buyer at Trash & Vaudeville, died on April 14 of cancer. He was 62.
He started working at his dream destination, Trash & Vaudeville, in 1999, and remained there until the shop relocated from St. Mark's Place to Seventh Street in 2016. He opened I Need More in October 2017.
UPDATED 10/6
Apparently there are multiple campaigns underway. This one has nearly 1,500 signatures.
Photo from 2013 by James Maher
Taco time: Amigo debuts on 2nd Avenue
Tech hub tops out on 14th Street
Workers have officially reached the top at Zero Irving (and formerly the Union Square Tech Training Center and 14 @ Irving ... and tech hub) at 124 E. 14th St. at Irving Place... the American flag is now flying above...
The 21-23-story building, developed jointly by the city’s Economic Development Corp. and RAL Development Services, will feature 14 floors of market-rate office space as well as "a technology training center and incubator, co-working spaces and state-of-the-art event space ... on the seven floors beneath," per the Zero Irving announcement issued last October.
Food-hall specialists UrbanSpace officially signed the lease for 10,000 square feet on the ground level last month.The new building — long contested by local preservationists and community groups (see links below) — sits on the former site of a P.C. Richard & Son on city-owned property.
Previously on EV Grieve:
• Behold Civic Hall, the high-tech future of Union Square — and NYC