Openings: Broken Coconut, Ladybird, the Lost Lady, the Hairy Lemon

[Healthy Coconut photo from Sept. 8]

Broken Coconut, the health-conscious restaurant from Butter/1Oak founder Scott Sartiano, opens today at 15 E. Fourth St. between Lafayette and Broadway, according to the Post.

The Post notes the menu will include a probiotic, protein-rich yogurt with a coconut base.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Checking in on the former Other Music space, soon to be a health-focused restaurant

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Ravi DeRossi's vegan bar-restaurant opened at 111 Seventh St. between Avenue A and First Avenue on Sept. 5. Eater has more about the space, which counts musician/animal-rights activist Moby as an investor.

Find the Ladybird website here.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Ravi DeRossi moving Ladybird to the East Village; taking residence at former Bourgeois Pig space

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The Lost Lady, from Robert Ceraso and Jason Mendenhall, the co-owners of The Wayland and Good Night Sonny, opened last Wednesday at 171 Avenue C between 10th Street and 11th Street. This marks their third attempt at opening another bar along Avenue C. Plans for both the former Duke's space and current Royale fell through.

The space was originally going to go by The Drift Inn.

"Somebody opened a bar called the Drift Inn in Brooklyn a couple of months after we started working on that space," Ceraso told me earlier this summer. "It actually makes more sense for the space now. Once we got in there and started getting a feel for the bones of the space, our design went a lot more old nautical feeling. The Lost Lady feels to us like it could be the name of an old ship or a story that a fisherman would tell you."

Grub Street has a preview of the Lost Lady here.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Evelyn Drinkery has closed on Avenue C

Wayland team opening Drift Inn at former Evelyn Drinkery space on Avenue C

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[Image via Facebook]

The Hairy Lemon opened last Wednesday in the former Croxley Ales space, 28 Avenue B between Second Street and Third Street. The place serves traditional Irish pub fare and sports 20 TVs.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Croxley Ales-replacing bar on Avenue B is called the Hairy Lemon

Ladybird about a month away from opening on 7th Street

The exterior is shaping up over at 111 E. Seventh St. between Avenue A and First Avenue, where Ravi DeRossi has relocated his vegan tapas bar Ladybird ... the signage arrived this week...



Despite the progress from the outside, DeRossi said in an email that they're still a month out from opening.

For a quick recap: This space was home to DeRossi's Bourgeois Pig, which relocated to the West Village after 10 years due to an increase in rent. He changed the name to Ladybird last summer as his restaurants started going meat free. (Ladybird sends part of its profits to DeRossi's BEAST Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to ending animal cruelty.) And now Ladybird has migrated to the east, as we first reported in April.

The previous No. 111 tenant, the wine bar Virgola, closed last October after 10 months in business.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Ravi DeRossi moving Ladybird to the East Village; taking residence at former Bourgeois Pig space

Week in Grieview

[Photo of 2nd Avenue Friday evening by Regina Shvartsman]

Stories posted on EVG this past week included...

Permits filed for 6-story building in long-empty lot at 89 First Ave. (Monday)

Ravi DeRossi moving Ladybird to the East Village; taking residence at former Bourgeois Pig space (Thursday)

Alphabet Scoop open for the season on 11th Street (Saturday)

Preliminary vote on increases for rent-stabilized apartments (Tuesday)

Out and About in the East Village, 2017 recap (Wednesday)

Reader report: A car drives in the First Avenue bike lane (Thursday, 40 comments)

Katrina del Mar's "Feral Women/Filmed Portraits" exhibit is up through May 18 (Thursday)

Another sign of spring: the annual Dance Parade is May 20 (Friday)

The Black Rose has closed on Avenue A; welcome Tompkins Square Park Art Bar (temporarily) (Thursday ... Friday)

Silverstone Property Group gets to work on buildings (previously) owned by Raphael Toledano (Monday)

Townhouse rich in art history for sale on 11th Street; air rights included (Wednesday)

More about Artichoke's move across 14th Street (Wednesday)

Pop-up bubble tea exhibit brings crowds to the Bowery (Monday)

Own Olympic snowboarding champ Shaun White's A Building condo (Friday)

Sandwicherie opens on Fourth Avenue (Tuesday)

A retail vacancy at 51 Astor Place (Monday)

Yuan Noodle in the works for the former Biang! space on Second Avenue (Tuesday)

Whole Foods Market® Bowery replacing beer with coffee in prime corner spot (Tuesday)

Something for future generations to discover on Second Avenue (Tuesday)

Ben Shaoul's East Houston Street condoplex makes first street-level appearance (Monday)

...and practicing for the upcoming Shirts vs. Skins ping-pong tourney...


[Photo by Derek Berg]

... and like 10 days later, no one picked up the table as they promised to do tomorrow...



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Ravi DeRossi moving Ladybird to the East Village; taking residence at former Bourgeois Pig space

[Photo of 111 E. 7th St. from last October]

Last summer, restaurateur Ravi DeRossi turned his Bourgeois Pig into vegan tapas bar Ladybird over on MacDougal Street in the West Village. (DeRossi started going meat free on the menus at his establishments in early 2016. Ladybird sends part of its profits to DeRossi's BEAST Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to ending animal cruelty.)

Now, DeRossi plans to relocate Ladybird to 111 E. Seventh St. between Avenue A and First Avenue — the original home of The Bourgeois Pig before its move to the West Village in late January 2015. (Eater reported back in November 2014 that a rent increase was behind DeRossi's decision to pack up the 10-year-old bar.)

"The landlord has offered me a very fair deal, so I have decided to move Ladybird from MacDougal to Seventh Street, where it should have been in the first place," DeRossi, whose home and office is in the East Village, told us via email.

Next month, he will appear before CB3's SLA committee for a new beer-wine license for No. 111.

The previous No. 111 tenant, the wine bar Virgola, closed last October after 10 months in business.

Virgola is no more on 7th Street

The landlord has taken legal possession of the space that housed Virgola at 111 E. Seventh St. between Avenue A and First Avenue...



This was pretty quick (compared to how long the situation has dragged on over at 198 Avenue A with Empire Biscuit). The wine-oyster bar just opened last December.

As previously noted, there was ample oyster competition here, as the well-established Desnuda is across the street. And the wine bar Ruffian, with a broader menu, opened at 125 E. Seventh St., around the same time as Virgola.

Meanwhile, the proposed location for a Virgola outpost on Avenue B isn't happening.


[221 Avenue B]

The original Virgola opened three years ago on Greenwich Avenue. And Virgola has expanded nationwide with locations in Florida, Oklahoma and Wisconsin, according to the Virgola USA website.

So far Virgola has not responded to our query about the closure.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Oysters coming to the former Bourgeois Pig space on East 7th Street

Report: Ravi DeRossi is turning his empire meat-free, starting with Mother of Pearl on Avenue A

Ravi DeRossi has plans to make as many of his 15 bar-restaurants animal-free as possible, Eater reports.

Per Eater:

DeRossi feels strongly about the environmental impact of meat and restaurants, as well as the impact to animals, he says. Taking animal products out of his businesses is his way of helping. "If we're going to do something to help this planet, it needs to start," DeRossi tells Eater. "It needs to be me not just preaching, but me just doing it. I'm in the position to do it."

He'll start with Mother of Pearl, his tiki-Hawaiian-themed establishment on Avenue A and East Sixth Street. Starting on Sunday, MoP will unveil a new vegan menu featuring "Polynesian-inspired dishes, like coconut rolls with coconut miso butter and black lava salt; and green mango with tomato, jicama, crispy rice, and macadamia." The drink menu will also be revamped, eliminating any spirits that use animal products.

In other related news, DeRossi is expanding his vegan restaurant Avant Garden on East Seventh Street near Avenue A to Williamsburg. In addition, The Bourgeois Pig, which moved from East Seventh Street to the West Village early last year, will be converted into "a vegan wine and tapas bar called LadyBird," according to Eater.

Mother of Pearl image via

Virgola is opening a 2nd East Village location this spring on Avenue B

[221 Avenue B]

Virgola opened at 111 E. 7th St. between Avenue A and First Avenue last month.

Now owner Joseph Marazzo is planning to open another outpost of his oyster bar and Italian wine cafe... this time at 221 Avenue B between East 13th Street and East 14th Street.... there's a CB3 notice on the gate announcing that Virgola will be on the February SLA docket for a beer-wine full-liquor license...



The address was last home to Camp David, an upscale lounge-tapas bar that quietly closed some time last summer.

According to its website, the Avenue B Virgola will open this spring. Aside from the original location on Greenwich Avenue, there's an outpost in the works for Ormond Beach, Fla., as well.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Oysters coming to the former Bourgeois Pig space on East 7th Street

Openings: Edwin and Neal's Fish Bar, Virgola

Edwin and Neal's Fish Bar is now in service at 345 E. Sixth St. just west of First Avenue. As we first reported, the restaurant is a larger extension of Shane Covey's Upstate, which is still in business around the corner at 95 First Ave. He described Edwin and Neal's as a neighborhood fish place.

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On East Seventh Street, an outpost of the Greenwich Avenue-based Virgola, an oyster and wine bar, has opened at 111 E. Seventh St. between Avenue A and First Avenue ...

Previously on EV Grieve:
More about Edwin and Neal's Fish Bar, coming soon to East 6th Street

Oysters coming to the former Bourgeois Pig space on East 7th Street

Incoming sign of Virgola on East 7th Street

The signage has arrived at 111 E. Seventh St. for Virgola, the Greenwich Village-based oyster-and-wine cafe that's opening an outpost here between Avenue A and First Avenue...



Owner Joseph Marazzo told DNAinfo in August that the East Village location will have the same vibe as the original — "with a dimly lit, black interior similar to the Greenwich Avenue bar and a new steel bar."

The previous tenant here, The Bourgeois Pig, closed after 10 years in late January, moving to a new location on MacDougal Street.

Photos by EVG contributor Steven…

Previously on EV Grieve:
Oysters coming to the former Bourgeois Pig space on East 7th Street

Oysters coming to the former Bourgeois Pig space on East 7th Street

We'll continue to look at some of the applicants on CB3's SLA committee meeting for September.

There's a new applicant looking to take over the former Bourgeois Pig space at 111 E. Seventh St. between Avenue A and First Avenue. According to paperwork (here's the PDF) at the CB3 website, Joseph Marazzo, who owns Virgola over on Greenwich Avenue, is opening a second location of his oyster-and-Italian-wine bar here. He is seeking a beer and wine license.

The questionnaire on file at CB3 shows daily hours of 11 a.m. to midnight ... with room for eight tables (seating 29) and a bar for 17 patrons. The paperwork includes a sample menu for Virgola...





Marazzo told DNAinfo that the East Village location will have the same vibe as the original — "with a dimly lit, black interior similar to the Greenwich Avenue bar and a new steel bar."

"It’s dark and sexy, more of an aphrodisiac style of an oyster bar," he said.

Virgola will have some oyster competition here, as Desnuda is across the street ... not to mention Good Night Sonny, which recently opened on First Avenue and St. Mark's Place.

The Bourgeois Pig closed for good in late January, moving to a new location on MacDougal Street. As Eater reported back in November, a rent increase was behind the 10-year-old bar's East Village departure.

The SLA meeting is at the CB3 office, 59 E. Fourth St. between Second Avenue and the Bowery.

Week in Grieview

[Photo by Derek Berg]

Is Tompkins Square Park becoming a "homeless haven"? (Friday, 95 comments)

Come along on a tour of the under-renovation 122 Community Center on First Avenue (Tuesday)

Video: Cyclist snatches woman's iPhone on Avenue A; Citi Biker follows in pursuit (Thursday)

Messing with the hydrangeas prompts sharply worded Urban Etiquette Sign on East Seventh Street (Monday)

Empire Biscuit is hosting its first-ever comedy festival this August (Tuesday)

Out and ABout with Jeremy X. Halpern (Wednesday)

Lit Lounge makes closure official (Thursday)

Alleged purse snatcher caught by security store employee (and a lot of other people) on Avenue B (Friday)

Blowing the doors off of the Horseshoe Bar in the name of television (Wednesday)

Listen in to the vinyl sounds of Abraço and A1 Records from wherever you are (Thursday)

Via Della Pace Pizza officially opens on St. Mark's Place (Wednesday)

Blockheads opening soon on Third Avenue (Friday)

Moonstruck Eatery opens on A (Wednesday)

Partial reveal of the new residential complex coming to 185 Avenue B (Monday)

Shakespeare in the Parking Lot returns (Thursday)

Former Mary Help of Christians property getting the plywood treatment (Wednesday)

Yoo's Convenience Store — former home of New York's "best coffee" — becoming a tape shop (Monday)

Rent reduction at the former Bourgeois Pig space on East Seventh Street (Tuesday)

Incoming restaurant on Avenue A asking residents to rally for their liquor license and back patio (Thursday, 39 comments)

Films in Tompkins return this month (Wednesday)

Relive the July 4 fireworks with this East Village drone footage (Sunday)

Here's your T-swirl Crêpe shop signage (Monday)

A look inside the last East Village gas station (Wednesday)

Dewatering 98-100 Avenue A (Monday)

Crush story: About the home winemaker in the East Village (Tuesday)

Casual French-American cafe in the works for 110 St. Mark's Place (Friday)

Mother of Pearl comes out of its shell on Avenue A and East 6th Street (Monday)

Full reveal at 331 E. Houston St. (Thursday)

Resurfacing underway at the new YouTube-backed basketball courts in Tompkins Square Park (Tuesday)

… and speaking of Tompkins Square Park… apparently it's time to bid farewell to the iconic ANAL box seen around these parts this past week or so…


[Photo by Grant Shaffer]

Sources revealed that a few Park staffers disposed of it this weekend… We're not sure why the box was here in the first place (A movie prop? A quinzhee tribute?) Meanwhile, we now have a discarded fridge to distract us…

Rent reduction at the former Bourgeois Pig space on East 7th Street

As previously noted, the former Bourgeois Pig space at 111 E. Seventh St. has been on the rental market. According to a listing, the storefront between Avenue A and First Avenue had been asking $10,500.

Perhaps a prospective tenant found the price too high? This message appeared on the door the other day...



Interestingly enough, the rent was recently reduced ... down to $7,750 monthly...



The Bourgeois Pig closed for good in late January, moving to a new location on MacDougal Street. As Eater reported back in November, a rent hike was behind the 10-year-old bar's East Village closure.

On the May CB3/SLA docket: Takers for the former Back Forty space; new Ravi DeRossi venture

[The former Back Forty space on Avenue B]

CB3 released its slate of meetings for May yesterday … including for the SLA licensing committee.

For starters, the meeting is May 18 at the CB3 office (BYOB), 59 E. Fourth St. between Second Avenue and the Bowery.

Here's a look at some of the East Village-related items. (We don't have any info on the applicants just yet.)

Applications within Saturated Areas

• JMR Dining LLC, 190-192 Ave B (op)

An applicant for the former Back Forty space. The seemingly popular restaurant rather abruptly shut down after service on Dec. 21.

• Benemon (Drak Inc), 171 Ave A (op)

And an applicant for the former BAD Burger space between East 10th Street and East 11th Street. BAD closed in March after three-plus years.

Sidewalk Cafe Application

• Root & Bone (Root & Bone LLC), 200 E 3rd St (unenclosed)

Alterations

• Hearth (Hearth Restaurant Investors LLC), 403 E 12th St (op/alt/extend license to sidewalk cafe)

We discussed the possible sidewalk cafe last July.

New Liquor License Applications

• The Northern Spy Food Company (The Northern Spy Food Co LLC), 511 E 12th St (upgrade/op)

• Koufuku LLC, 342 E 6th St (op)

• Hou Yi Spicy Inc, 97 2nd Ave (bw)

As we first reported back in March, Hou Yi Hot Pot is converting the former laundromat into a restaurant here between East Fifth Street and East Sixth Street.

Items not heard at Committee (no vote, no public input)

• Verdura (Derossi Veg LLC), 130 E 7th St (bw)

Gingersnap's left this space just west of Avenue A back in January. The address for the LLC listed for the applicant matches up with the address for Ravi DeRossi's (Death & Co., Amor y Amargo, etc.) HQ. Looks like he's coming back to East Seventh Street after the Bourgeois Pig left the neighborhood. Stay tuned for more details on his latest project.

• Boxcar Lounge (Oops of New York Inc), 168 Ave B (op/corporate change)

• Dan and John's Wings (Dan and John's LLC), 135 1st Ave (bw)

Some beer for your wings.

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b=beer only | wb=wine & beer only | op=liquor, wine, & beer | alt=alterations

Week in Grieview

[Photo on Avenue A by Derek Berg]

Here's what Peter Brant wants to do with his new exhibition space on East Sixth Street (Tuesday)

Workers remove 10 trees from long-empty First Avenue lot (Tuesday)

That's it for Mitali East on Sixth Street (Wednesday)

Out and About with Regina Bartkoff and Charles Schick (Wednesday)

Lois now serving draft wine on Avenue C (Tuesday)

Ginger has closed on First Avenue (Monday)

Happy Spring! (Friday)

Ess-A-Bagel is closing at its current First Avenue location (Monday)

The sad, strange saga of Tony Franzese continues (Monday)

What you can rent the former Benny's Burritos location for on Avenue A (Wednesday)

Kabin Bar & Lounge closes on Second Avenue (Friday)

Life at 20 Avenue A (Tuesday)

Un-dorming 101 E. 10th St. to make way for luxury rentals (Thursday)

Adventures in trespassing at 190 Bowery (Tuesday)

Mercadito has officially closed on Avenue B (Monday)

Former Bourgeois Pig space for rent on East Seventh Street (Thursday)

More about Taberna, the Portuguese restaurant opening in the former Yaffa Cafe space (Wednesday)

NYU has a new president (Thursday)

13 months after opening, the USPS retail outlet on East 14th Street gets signage (Monday)

Brow Bar! (Thursday)


[Outside the F stop on Second Avenue and East Houston — "Dedicated to Syrian Refugees"]

Former Bourgeois Pig space for rent on East 7th Street

[EVG photo from late January]

The Bourgeois Pig closed for good in late January at 111 E. Seventh St. As Eater reported back in November, a rent hike was behind the 10-year-old bar's East Village closure.

There's now a listing via Sinvin (the PDF is here) for the storefront between Avenue A and First Avenue ... "perfect for any use, food or retail"...



The asking rent is $10,500.

As for The Bourgeois Pig, the wine-cheese bar opened a new location at 127 MacDougal St.

Previously.

Week in Grieview

[Photo on East 5th Street via Derek Berg]

Rumors: Duane Reade expansion will take over adjacent storefronts, including East Village Cheese (Wednesday, 73 comments)

How to help The Bowery Mission this winter (Friday)

Beer Pong, Blizzard Edition (Tuesday)

Bonnie Slotnick Cookbooks moves to East Second Street (Thursday)

Open Pantry closes after 45 years on Second Avenue (Friday)

The buildings at 128-130 First Avenue are for sale (Monday)

The latest in the Wind Chimes Saga (Monday)

Happy No. 82 Ray! (Wednesday)

FroYo fizzles out on St. Mark's Place (Thursday)

Before it snowed, Whole Foods Market® Bowery ran out of shopping carts (Monday)

Wannabe Penistrator sticks it to the Man during the snow (Monday)

Ahead of possibly historic blizzard, Key Food shoppers pretty much making a mess (Sunday)

Villacemita, serving authentic Puebla Mexican cuisine, announces itself on Avenue A (Monday)

An Imperial AT-AT Walker in Tompkins Square Park (Thursday)

C & B Cafe now open on East Seventh Street (Wednesday)

Japanese dining taking over the Sembrado’s Tacos al Pastor space on East 13th Street (Monday)

The Bourgeois Pig closes on East Seventh Street with move to the West Village (Thursday)

The new-look men's room at d.b.a. (Wednesday)

A look at the recently revealed 536 E. 13th St. (Thursday)

The Bourgeois Pig closes on East 7th Street with move to the West Village

That's it for The Bourgeois Pig on East Seventh Street. The wine-cheese bar closed after service on Saturday.

We spotted workers yesterday taking apart the Pig's exterior here between Avenue A and First Avenue.

As Eater previously reported, a rent hike was behind the 10-year-old bar's East Village closure.

However, there is a new Bourgeois Pig location now open at 127 MacDougal St.

This is the second business on this block to decamp to the West Village this month. Gingersnap's Organic closed its 3-year-old home at 130 E. Seventh St. for a move to West 10th Street.

Previously.

Week in Grieview

[Tompkins Square Park via Bobby Williams]

Benny's Burritos closes restaurant; to go and delivery still available (Tuesday, 50 comments)

How you can help the Bowery Mission this holiday season (Wednesday)

Ferguson protests in the East Village and Lower East Side (Wednesday)

Exploring two like-minded small shops on East Sixth Street (Friday)

DeRobertis makes closure official (Monday)

Parishioners fight to save the Church of the Nativity on Second Avenue (Wednesday)

Police hunting for two suspects in daytime robbery on East 10th Street (Wednesday)

The Alamo leaves Astor Place for now (Tuesday)

Suspect in three sexual assaults pleads not guilty (Tuesday)

Jum Mum becoming another Spot for dessert on St. Mark's Place (Monday)

More dumplings for Second Avenue (Monday)

Gym taking over part of the former Mondo Kim's space on St. Mark's Place (Wednesday)

Rent hike forcing the Bourgeois Pig out of its East Village home (Tuesday)

Indian cuisine returning to the corner of First Avenue and East Sixth Street (Monday)

Brooklyn Piggies has closed on Avenue A (Wednesday, 28 comments)

"Kushner is mold" (Tuesday)

Little Joe's Pizza now serving up slices on First Avenue (Monday)

Lucy's will be back on Dec. 10 (Wednesday)

Oaxaca Taqueria is "closed for renovations" on East Seventh Street (Monday)

City gives Native Bean a moving gift on Avenue A (Tuesday)

Condos at 45 Great Jones wooing art collectors and people who dislike foggy bathroom mirrors (Monday)

Golden Crêpes coming to Second Avenue (Monday)

A call for a SantaCon Free Zone on the LES (Tuesday)

Boarding up Sutra to make way for a new sports bar (Monday)

… and TakeMeHome Rotisserie Chicken opened this past week at 151 Avenue A (in the former San Loco space) … any early reviews?

Report: Rent hike forcing the Bourgeois Pig out of its East Village home

[Photo from November 2011]

A rent hike has KO'd the Bourgeois Pig from its 10-year-old home at 117 E. Seventh St., Eater reports.

The fondue-wine place between Avenue A and First Avenue will close after its lease expires in February. However, the Bourgeois Pig faithful can take some solace in that a new location opens next week in the West Village.

The Bourgeois Pig enjoyed worldwide acclaim in 2010 after the front the building (complete with a temporary sidewalk cafe) served as a backdrop during filming for multiple Academy-Award winner "The Smurfs Movie."

Details emerge about what's next for former the 7A, Odessa Cafe & Bar spaces

[The former 7A on Tuesday via Bobby Williams]

The paperwork on file ahead of next month's CB3/SLA meeting provides some information about what's to come to 7A, which closed after Sunday, and the Odessa Cafe & Bar.

7A
The applicant's name (PDF!) for the space is New 7A Cafe LLC. The name of the managing partner on the application is Paul Salmon. He is a co-founder of Joe's Pub (along with Kevin Abbott, Serge Becker and Josh Pickard) and Miss Lily's, the Jamaican bar and restaurant on West Houston.

The rumor out there was that Becker and Pickard were opening some kind of Southern-themed restaurant here.

The Odessa Cafe & Bar
The applicant's name for the space at 117 Avenue A is simply Avenue A Project LLC. However, an email address associated with the applicant (PDF!) is for DeRossi Global, the company behind Death and Co., Amor Y Amargo, Mayahuel, the Bourgeois Pig, Gin Palace and Proletariat.

There's no other information on the application about what's to come. Based on the other DeRossi establishments, you could go with "high-end cocktails" and likely be close to being right.

The Odessa Cafe & Bar closed last Aug. 31. The Odessa dates here to 1965.