Unfortunately, I couldn't make the latest noisy bar community meeting on 13th Street last night...
I went to the one last summer in which the Superdive manager attended. I still recall the longtime resident who said that "
this isn't a neighborhood that 'sits on its ass' and looked at the Destination and Superdive reps and said that they are officially 'put on notice.'"
If anyone attended last night and wants to pass along details... I'd appreciate it...
Anyway, there's plenty of reason for concern. Take a look at this month's
CB3/SLA slate on Monday ... all sorts of activity on the northern stretch of Avenue A:
Alterations/Transfers/Upgrades-- El Camion (El Camion III Inc), 194 Ave A (trans/op) (The Raven)
-- Percy's (Steelbar 180 Inc), 210-212 Ave A (trans/op) (Al Diwan)
-- MBM Lounge Inc, 212 Ave A (trans/op) (Forbidden City)
-- Corp to be Formed, 503-505 E 12th St (trans/op) (I'll have more on this one - the former Mundial and Totem)
Plus, for good measure, the popular Westville at 11th Street is applying for a sidewalk cafe license...
Meanwhile,
as I posted on Saturday, there was an "open house" this past Friday at 5 p.m. (!) for the new bar/restaurant going in the old Raven space at 12th Street and Avenue A...
I've asked several neighborhood power brokers about the open house... and no one knew a thing about it. Jill at
Blah Blog Blah, who has chronicled many of the noise-related issues in this part of the neighborhood, said that she walked by Friday at 5:30 p.m. "I ... didn't notice any event."
And she echoed my thoughts. "Come to think of it, what an inconvenient time to have an open house, right when most of us working stiffs are still commuting. Maybe [the owner] thought he'd get his support from the students who live in the building."
Previously on EV Grieve:
New bar slated for 12th Street and Avenue AObservations from last night's noisy bars meeting