EV Grieve

Monday, October 22, 2012

Gem Spa in 2001 and 2012: Your Face on a Sticker vs Zoltar

Via our friends James and Karla Murray...

And sadly, Voltar stopped working some time in the last 24 hours... so fragile! Second time now in the past week ...

EV Grieve Eatery Etc.: Angelina Cafe reopens tonight; Turkish fast food bows out of East Ninth

Back in May, we reported that Angelina Cafe was moving across Avenue A to No. 37 . .. RyanAvenueA says that they will start food service tonight ...

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Cigkoftem, a Turkish vegetarian fast-food chain founded in 1993, opened its first U.S. location on East Ninth Street back in January ... as we first noted here. In any event, it closed some time in the past two weeks... and the space is for rent...

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We happened to be on University Place this past weekend ... and noticed that University Restaurant at East 12th Street was still fairly intact ...

... the diner shuttered after 60 years of continuous service on Sept. 19. The "for rent" sign puts the rent at $39,000 per month...

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Starting today, Brooklyn Flea is hooking up with Whole Foods Bowery for a new, rotating restaurant, as Fork in the Road pointed out on Oct. 10.

Per the signage out front, the Mexican sandwiches and tacos from Cemita's are up first...

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And Table Verta opened Thursday on East Seventh Street (at the former Taureau) ... Per the sign on the door, it's BYOB for now... Plus, cash only until they have Internet access.

Sunday, October 21, 2012

Everyone enjoys takeout near Tompkins Square Park

Photo by Bobby Williams. Previously.

Rejected headlines:
For the birds

So long, Freaks

A worker painted over the former Vampire Freaks sign today on Avenue A near East 12th Street... where people involved with I Coppi will be opening a new venture, as first noted last Monday...

Headline and photo via EVG contributor Shawn Chittle ...

Week in Grieview

Gimme Gimme Records closes today (Tuesday)

One way to charge a smartphone (Thursday)

I Coppi team will open new restaurant on Avenue A (Monday)

Arrest made in robbery at Tompkins Square Bagels (Friday)

Live in the former Cafe Gigi on East Ninth Street (Monday)

From the EVG photo files (Wednesday)

A band still lives in the East Village (Thursday)

First reported smashed pumpkin of season (Wednesday)

What prompted David McWater to say: "I wouldn't vote for this alteration if Baby Jesus came down here." (Tuesday)

This week's Out and About in the East Village (Wednesday)

Wylie Dufresne opening pub concept in former Plum Pizzeria on Second Avenue (Thursday)

And how was your morning?

Then there's this. Thanks to @DicksCottons for sending along these photos from Bleecker near the Bowery this morning ...

Not sure who came first to the spot: the front-end loader or BMW. Some people will do anything for a parking space.

[Updated] Fire in the manhole on Third Avenue

Well, @Alexander_Stein sent along this photo... from about 20 minutes ago on Third Avenue at Astor Place/St. Mark's Place... you can see the FDNY arriving in the background...

11:19 — four trucks on the scene...

Via @MotoColor at 11:19 ...

Via @jarroddickenson

Via Grace Elizabeth Mangum on Facebook around 1 p.m. ...

The intersection remains closed off... and FDNY, NYPD and ConEd are on the scene...

Via Bonnie DeWitt on Facebook around 2:15 ... showing the scene now...

And later... the site filled our hearts with song... via @Troyquan ...

Croissanteria now open on Avenue A

Croissanteria, which we first mentioned back in July, had its grand opening this weekend here on Avenue A near East Fifth Street... EVG contributor Stacie Joy stopped by for a few photos...

Hours are 7 a.m. to midnight. Anyone try the cafe-bakery yet...? Let us know in the comments...

Saturday, October 20, 2012

And now, a lot of photos of dogs in costumes...

EVG contributor Stacie Joy was at the Halloween Dog Parade in Tompkins Square Park today...

...oops. Cat!

And our friend editrrix has more photos from yesterday right here ... and via NY Through the Lens here ...

As we reported Tuesday, this gem of a record store on East Fifth Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue got hit with an enormous rent hike ... and is closing up after tomorrow...

Open 1-10 today ... and 1-7 tomorrow... stop by and say goodbye... and buy some vinyl.