Week in Grieview

Posts from the past week included (with a photo outside Restoration Antiques on 12th Street by Derek Berg) ... 

• RIP Arthur Farrier (Wednesday) 

• A visit to Leopold Masterson’s 'Diamonds, Razors & Champagne' (Thursday) 

• The artist who captured the sounds of East Village community gardens during the pandemic (Tuesday)

• Ukrainian East Village restaurant is back (Friday)

• Ditto for Little Poland! (Friday) 

• Gallery Watch visits the new group show at the Hole (Wednesday) 

• That first awk apartment get-tother post vaccines in this week's NY See (Thursday) 

• Remembering Joey Ramone (Thursday) ... and Jimmy Webb (Wednesday) 

• La Cabra opening a Scandinavian coffee roastery and sourdough bakery on 2nd Avenue (Monday) 

• Reader report: It's 'rats galore' at this long-empty 1st Avenue lot (Monday) 

• On the CB3-SLA docket: Tiger Lily, Lamia's Fish Market, Little Rebel (Wednesday) 

• Openings: Burrata Pizza on Avenue A, Sal's Pizza II on 14th Street (Monday) 

• Cooper Union's Urban Umbrella (Tuesday)

• A new home for this Citi Bike docking station (Friday)

• A campaign to help 'Clean Up' CB3 (Friday) 

• Pizzeria primed for 128 2nd Ave. space (Wednesday) 

• Gong Cha debuts on St. Mark's Place (Monday) ... while Two Hands debuts on Avenue A (Tuesday) 

 ... speaking of Two Hands — the Seoul-style corn dogs are proving to be popular so far... a reader shared this photo of the line from Friday at noon here on Avenue A at Ninth Street ...

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The return of Shakespeare in the Parking Lot; happy No. 457 William!

In case you're making plans for next weekend... via the EVG inbox...

Will Shakespeare turns 457 on Friday, April 23. 

So on April 23 and 24, from 7 to 8 p.m. members of The Drilling Company's Shakespeare in the Parking Lot Company will mount "Happy Birthday Shakespeare-457" in the parking lot of The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center, 107 Suffolk St. at Rivington. 

Hamilton Clancy, artistic director of The Drilling Company, home of Shakespeare in the Parking Lot, writes, "It's essential to get our theater professionals back to work and to bring live theater safely back to the City. Who better to lead the way than William Shakespeare?"

The tickets are free but limited to 50 participants for each show. For them at this link. 

Per the organizers: Masks and temperature checks required; social distancing observed.

Sunday's opening shot

The cherry blossoms are blooming on Third Avenue at Ninth Street...

Saturday's parting shot

A moment from the Street Riders NYC's Justice Ride XXII on First Avenue ... the ride started at the Barclays Center. Photo by Derek Berg

Open days for the New York Marble Cemetery on 2nd Avenue

The circa-1830 New York Marble Cemetery, 41 1/2 Second Ave. between Second Street and Third Street, will be open to the public tomorrow (Sunday) from noon to 4 p.m. ...

Thanks to Pinch for the tip and pics from the first open day a few weeks back.

Here's the schedule through September...

Sunday, April 18: noon – 4 pm

Saturday, May 1: noon – 4 pm

Sunday, May 2 – Annual Reception & Owners Meeting: noon – 4 pm

Sunday, May 30: noon – 4 pm

Sunday, June 27: noon – 4 pm

Sunday, July 25: noon – 4 pm

Sunday, Aug. 29: noon – 4 pm

Sunday, Sept. 26: noon – 4 pm

The New York City Marble Cemetery on Second Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue does not have any open days scheduled yet.

A way to support local bands at All the King's Horses Cafe on 12th Street

Some local bands will get a chance to sell their wares tomorrow (Sunday) during a pop-up event at All the King's Horses, the newish cafe that opened last fall at 521 E. 12th St. between Avenue A and Avenue B. 

Per the flyer, reps for the bands will be selling merch — clothing! records! zines! — from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Recommended: Hennessey.)

ICYMI: Pete Davidson to play Joey Ramone in Netflix biopic

Pete Davidson will produce and star in I SLEPT WITH JOEY RAMONE, a new biopic chronicling the life of the king of punk — whom we lost 20 years ago today.

The film, directed by Jason Orley from a treatment by Davidson and Orley, is based on Mickey Leigh's memoir of the same name. pic.twitter.com/4r49gZfsmo

— NetflixFilm (@NetflixFilm) April 15, 2021

The first reaction I heard was that Pete Davidson was too short for the role. He's 6-3. Joey Ramone was 6-6. 🙄 

More details at Deadline.

Saturday's opening shot

Tagged again on Bleecker at the Bowery. The Blondie mural had been restored back in December. 

It might get 'Lout'

 

The Horrors recently released a new EP — the band's first new music in four years. 

And as you'll hear in this audio clip for "Lout," they've taken a turn into the industrial metal aisle. 

A YouTube commenter tracked the band's progression: Garage Punk --> Art Rock/Shoegaze --> Dream Pop/Synth Pop ---> Cyberpunk/Industrial.

Ukrainian East Village restaurant is back

Dang. Busy late afternoon for reopenings. The National Ukrainian Home restaurant (aka Ukrainian East Village restaurant) reopens at 5 p.m. today at 140 Second Ave. between St. Mark's Place and Ninth Street, per Steven...

First time back for the 51-year-old mainstay since March 2020.

Breaking diner news: Little Poland reopens TOMORROW (Saturday)

After a 13-month closure, Little Poland will reopen tomorrow here at 200 Second Ave. between 12th Street and 13th Street... Steven caught the opening news...

The diner, which opened in 1985, said they'd return once indoor capacity reached 50 percent. 

Not sure what time they will start serving. They open at 7 a.m.! 

And the phone, for some reason: (212) 777-9728

Sly Fox is back open on 2nd Avenue

Updated: For whatever reasons, the bar wasn't open this evening... more TK. The bar reopened as of May 1.

An EVG reader shares the news (and the photo!) that Sly Fox is reopening today (6 p.m.?) at 140 Second Ave. between St. Mark's Place and Ninth Street ... first time serving since March 2020. 

Per the reader: "Andrej from Sly Fox on 2nd Ave texted us to let us know the Fox is back!! Please let everyone know!" 

This confirms Twitter rumors of the bar's return...

unconfirmed thirdhand reports: the world’s only true dive bar Sly Fox reopens on this day.

bcc: @evgrieve pic.twitter.com/H88KnsEC79

— Jacob Ford (@unitof) April 16, 2021