As discussed earlier, Planet Rose is expanding on Avenue A near 14th Street... and they have a new awning on the storefront to the left...
Last summer here!
This photo by an EV Grieve reader shows the continued progress at Motek, a coming-soon French creperie and cafe on St. Mark's Place near Avenue A...
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Oh, and this on Fourth Avenue near 13th Street... I like the tag on the rolldown gate...
A note for smokers at Diablo Royale Este on Avenue A...
And the Brindle Room on East 10th Street serves Genesee...which I haven't had in about 25 years...around the time I thought they had stopped making it...