CB3 to hear more about plans for the new restaurant coming to the New Museum

The New Museum — with its 60,000 square-foot expansion — reopens this fall on the Bowery. Among the new amenities is an all-day café and restaurant. 

Community Board 3's SLA committee will hear more about the plans tonight. 

Per the questionnaire on the CB3 website: 

The New Museum Restaurant — an extension of the New Museum's renewed visitor experience — will function as an all-day café and restaurant. The cuisine will focus on seasonal and sustainable ingredients. 

Art and artmaking have always flourished through in-person collaboration and connection, especially when convening over food and beverage. Our restaurant will be a space where artists, museumgoers, and community members converge, as part of the many new experiences offered by the OMA-designed expansion of the New Museum. 

Built with conversation and intimacy at its center, our restaurant will be an active contributor to the New Museum’s community and a celebration of the surrounding neighborhood’s rich artistic history.

It's not immediately clear if they settled on The New Museum Restaurant as the name. The CB3 questionnaire also states that the trade name is TBD, and press materials sent to local news outlets last week didn't mention a name. 

Anyway, the New Museum announced its partnership with the Oberon Group (Rucola, June, Rhodora Wine Bar, and Anaïs) on the project this past week. Julia Sherman, chef, artist, and author of "Salad for President: A Cookbook Inspired by Artists," will oversee the kitchen. 

Here's more via the EVG inbox...

Incorporating sustainable materials and practices in both its menu and design, the 100-seat space will be a zero-waste, all-day cafe and restaurant spotlighting vegetables and local seafood, drawing inspiration from local purveyors and growers and focusing on ingredients from the Hudson Valley. 

Dish presentation by Chef Julia Sherman will be artful and visually striking, and diners can expect bright colors and playful eating. The cocktail program will be designed by Arley Marks, featuring classic martinis, spritzes, and botanical non-alcoholic selections. The wine list will feature natural selections of back vintages, predominantly from regenerative wine growers. 

OMA's design for the space draws inspiration from downtown New York neighborhood restaurants and the community gardens of the Lower East Side, creating a warm and intimate gathering space for artists, museum visitors, and patrons from around the world. 

Tonight's meeting is at 6:30. The Zoom link is here. This is a hybrid meeting, and limited seating is available for the public — the first 15 people who show up at the Community Board 3 Office, 59 E. Fourth St., between Second Avenue and the Bowery.

A quick look at the March CB3 SLA agenda

Photo of 215 E. 4th St. by Stacie Joy 

Here's a look at a few of the East Village addresses on tonight's CB3 SLA committee meeting agenda: 

New Liquor License Applications 

• 20 Blocks (Empty Lunchbox LLC), 215 E 4th St (wb) 

A sandwich shop called 20 Blocks is planned for the former home of ZAKAYA NYC between Avenue A and Avenue B. 

The online questionnaire for the beer-wine license describes the place as "a sandwich shop serving up original classics: the food & drink you know and love, but with a twist. The best sandwiches by a mile." (Traveling 20 blocks north-south in downtown Manhattan is roughly 20 blocks.) 

The sample menu includes various sandwiches with eggs, fried fish, lamb shoulder, and broccoli rabe, as well as sides such as long beans, sweet potato chips, and potato salad. 

The proprietors, Willy Corman and Jack August, previously held pop-ups in community gardens "with a new chef and a new menu" every week. According to the application materials, proceeds went to the garden. 

Proposed hours: Sunday to Wednesday from 9 a.m. to midnight with a 2 a.m. close on other nights. 

• Wilka's NYC LLC, 241 Bowery (op) 

Wilka's Sports Bar, 241 Bowery between Stanton and Rivington, will be dedicated to broadcasting women's sports. We wrote about it here. Find the Wilka's CB3 questionnaire here. 

• Baja and Humans LLC, 195 Ave A (aka 441 E 12th St) (wb) 

This is for the new owner of the dog cafe Boris & Horton. We wrote about the new owner here. The CB3 questionnaire is available at this link. 

Items not heard at Committee 

• Metrograph LLC, 7 Ludlow St (op/method of operation: change to allow patrons to take alcohol into movie screening area)

Metrograph moviegoers will now be permitted to take an alcoholic drink into the theater's two auditoriums... a standard practice now at most theaters with a liquor license. (RIP Sunshine.)

The theater, between Hester and Canal on the Lower East Side, has a lobby bar-cafe and the commissary on the second floor. 

Dining Out NYC — Not heard at Committee 

Under the city's new Dining Out NYC program, enclosed, year-round roadway dining structures are no longer permitted. The revised regulations stipulate that roadway cafes must now be open-air, easily portable, and simple to assemble and dismantle. 

Additionally, these establishments are restricted to operating only from April through November. Sidewalk cafes are permitted year-round. (ICYMI: C&B Cafe on Seventh Street participated in a pop-up event on Friday afternoon to help advocate for year-round outdoor dining.)

Restaurants had to apply for the license with the DOT, which apparently required a local community board sign-off. 

These establishments within the confines of Community Board 3 are on the March agenda... 

• Gnoccheria by Luzzo's (Italian Essenza Corp), 234 E 4th St (Roadway Cafe) 

• Victoria! (Moneygoround Inc), 235 Eldridge St (Roadway Cafe) 

• Phebe's (East Pub Inc), 359 Bowery (Roadway Cafe) 

• Dream Baby (162-4 Ave B Bar, Inc) 162 Ave B (Roadway Cafe) 

• Non LA (NonLA LLC), 128 E 4th St (Roadway Cafe) 

• 7th Street Burger (TPK Holdings LLC), 91 E 7th St (Roadway Cafe) 

• Westville (Westville Restaurant, Inc), 173 Ave A (Roadway Cafe) 

• Westville (Westville Restaurant, Inc), 173 Ave A (Sidewalk Cafe) 

Tonight's meeting is at 6:30. The Zoom link is here. This is a hybrid meeting, and limited seating is available for the public — the first 15 people who show up at the Community Board 3 Office, 59 E. Fourth St., between Second Avenue and the Bowery.

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a photo Thursday on Astor Place by Francine Lange) 

• Report of a fatal shooting at Tom & Jerry's on Elizabeth Street (Saturday) 

• More discussion on the future of the city-owned parking lot at 324 E. 5th St. (Tuesday) 

• Concern grows for Christo, Tompkins Square Park’s iconic red-tailed hawk, missing for 2 weeks (Friday) 

• Report: Judge orders temporary stay on Beth Israel's March 26 closure (Saturday) 

• RIP David Johansen (Saturday) 

• The New Museum, with a 60,000-square-foot expansion, will reopen this fall on the Bowery (Thursday) 

• A dog in distress (Sunday) 

• Flamingos Vintage Pound returns to the East Village with new St. Mark’s Place outpost (Monday) 

• A Taste of change for Joe's Wine Co. (Monday) 

• The Cinnabon/Carvel combo shop is now OPEN on 14th Street (Wednesday)

• This longtime convenience store has closed at 124 2nd Ave. (Thursday) ... Holy farewell: Saint Pizza is leaving Avenue B (Monday) 

• Another local Duane Reade by Walgreens closes (Wednesday) 

• Signage alert: Mr. Fish on 3rd Avenue (Monday) 

And this past week, workers removed the covered sidewalk extension outside Ray's Pizza & Bagel Cafe on Cooper Square and St. Mark's Place (thanks to Jacob Ford for the photos) ...

This sidewalk extension drew the ire of some EVG readers, who questioned its legality.

A quick look at the February CB3 SLA agenda

Here's a look at a few of the East Village addresses on tonight's CB3 SLA committee meeting agenda:

 

New Liquor License Applications 

• Andy's Burros LLC, 5 St Marks Pl, as seen above, (op) 

The owners of Taqueria St. Marks Place (and several other similar restaurants) between First Avenue and Second Avenue are behind Andy's Burros one block to the west. 

The application describes a Mexican restaurant selling burritos, burrito bowls, beer, and margaritas, with 11 tables for 34 guests, a few steps down from the sidewalk at 5 St. Mark's Place. 

You can find a PDF of their questionnaire, which includes a sample menu, here. 

• At Cave (At Cave LLC), 103 E 2nd St (op) 

This is a holdover from last month... an Asian-fusion restaurant, At Cave, is looking to take over a vacant retail space at 103 E. Second St., between Avenue A and First Avenue. 

A questionnaire can be found at this link. 

• 5's (Dunne Hospitality LLC), 179 Ave B (op) 

5's is the name of the proposed new restaurant for the long-empty retail space on the east side of Avenue B between 11th Street and 12th Street.

According to the questionnaire on the CB3 website, 5's will offer "a seasonal and produce-driven menu will be inspired by the flavors of Asia." Apparently, they will only serve five food items, five specialty cocktails, five draft beers, five canned beers, and five wines.

The layout will feature five communal bar tables seating up to 40 guests. 

Guac was the last tenant at No. 179, closing in the fall of 2019. 

Items not heard at Committee

• Conway Diner Inc, 80 2nd Ave (wb) 

Conway Diner, which received conditional approval for a beer-wine license, is now in soft-open mode between Fourth Street and Fifth Street. 

New owners have taken over the short-lived Sunday Dreamin, billing the business as an Asian American diner. Menu items include fish and chips, New York strip steak, fried calamari and spicy mussels. 

Per an Instagram post, they are offering 15% off all menu items through Feb. 15.

• Twilight Lounge Corp, 110 1st Ave (wb) 

Twilight Lounge will offer Asian cuisine, per its application for a beer-wine license for the former Sushi Dojo space between Sixth Street and Seventh Street.

Dining Out NYC - Not heard at Committee 

Under the city's new Dining Out NYC program, enclosed, year-round roadway dining structures are no longer permitted. The revised regulations stipulate that roadway cafes must now be open-air, easily portable, and simple to assemble and dismantle. 

Additionally, these establishments are restricted to operating only from April through November. (Sidewalk cafes are permitted year-round.) Restaurants had to apply for the license with the DOT, which apparently required a local community board sign-off. 

These establishments within the confines of Community Board 3 are on the February agenda... 

• Lil Frankie's Pizza (Just an Oven Corp), 19 1st Ave (Roadway Cafe) 

• Lil Frankie's Pizza (Just an Oven Corp), 19 1st Ave (Sidewalk Cafe) 

• A'more Caffe (Sumone Cafe Inc), 150 E 2nd St. (Roadway Cafe)

• Supper (Raguboy Corporation), 156 E 2nd St (Roadway Cafe) 

• The Immigrant NYC (The Immigrant Wine Bar LLC), 341 E 9th St (Roadway Cafe) 

• Penny Farthing Restaurant (East County Louth Inc), 103 3rd Ave (Roadway Cafe)

• Miss Lily's 7A (Seven A Cafe Inc), 109 Ave A (Roadway Cafe) 

• Miss Lily's 7A (Seven A Cafe Inc), 109 Ave A (Sidewalk Cafe)

• Horus Cafe (Elsayed III Corp), 293 E 10th St (Roadway Cafe)

• Horus Cafe (Elsayed III Corp), 293 E 10th St (Sidewalk Cafe) 

Tonight's meeting is at 6:30. The Zoom link is here. This is a hybrid meeting, and limited seating is available for the public — the first 15 people who show up at the Community Board 3 Office, 59 E. Fourth St., between Second Avenue and the Bowery.

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a photo from Tompkins Square Park by Derek Berg)... 

• Why this East Village restaurant is refusing to remove its curbside dining structure (Thursday) 

• When is the annual tree lighting in Tompkins Square Park? (Monday)

• Ben's Deli has GRANDLY reopened (Wednesday) 

• Comings and goings on 9th Street: Love Only and Salvage Cloth (Wednesday) 

• An illegal smoke shop bust on 10th Street (Monday)

• Check out 'ABC No Rio in Photos' at Umbrella House on Avenue C (Saturday)

• Read an oral history of the great East Village zine shop See Hear (Sunday) 

• Openings: Dark Matter Coffee's ¡Adios Amigos! on the Bowery (Friday) 

• At Night 1 of TV on the Radio's residency at Webster Hall (Sunday) 

• That's a wrap for now at Boris & Horton (Wednesday) 

• Hester Street Fair pops up this holiday season at the Essex Market (Friday) 

• Checking out the newish new home of Upright Citizens Brigade on 14th Street (Friday) 

• December trees (Tuesday) 

• Tompkins Square Park loses an elm tree (Thursday) 

• ICYMI: Trader Joe's sues the recently opened Joe's Wine Co. for infringing on its intellectual property rights (Thursday) 

• Signage alert: Krave It on 2nd Avenue (Wednesday) ... Burgerhead on 2nd Avenue (Wednesday)

• The Tide theft is still high (Wednesday) 

... and down in Essex Crossing... EVG reader Roger Bultot shared this photo of the recently opened VITAL Climbing Gym. If you want to climb something legally...

On tonight's CB3 docket: New homes for B Cup Café and B-Side

Here are a few items on tonight's CB3-SLA committee meeting (there are more applicants for places below Houston). 

New Liquor License Applications 

• Corp to be formed by Drew Popkin, 29 2nd Ave (op)

For starters, this makes the Bad Hombre closure official (photo above). 

The owners of Cask on East 33rd Street and Bar Bonobo on Eighth Avenue are looking to open an Italian restaurant bar called Bambino between Second Street and Third Street. 

Find the Bambino application (PDF!) here, which includes a sample menu showing their brunch and dinner offerings. 

• B Side (Flam Able LLC), 131 Ave C (op/removal from 204 Ave B) 

After a fire at 204 Avenue B in June 2023, B-Side and the building's landlord parted ways later that fall. 

B-Side's owners want to open a new bar at 131 Avenue C between Eighth Street and Ninth Street.

No. 131 has been vacant for some time. As far as we can recall, Babel Lounge & Hookah Bar was the last tenant, closing in 2017. (Babel had the storefronts at 129 and 131.) 

You can find the B-Side questionnaire at this link. B-Side debuted on B in 2003 ... with the new owners taking over in January 2021.

Items not heard at Committee

• Alison St Marks (Disfruting Two LLC), 110 St Marks Pl (wb) 

Alison St. Marks is the name of a full-service restaurant that will serve lunch, dinner, and brunch at this spot between Avenue A and First Avenue. This link has the questionnaire. 

Ownership also runs Alison on Lexington Avenue in East Harlem. 

At No. 110, David's Cafe closed without any notice to patrons over the summer after nearly nine years in service. 

Photo of No. 110 by Stacie Joy 

• G&I Food Hospitality LLC, 204 Ave B (wb) 

As previously reported, B Cup Café is moving to a renovated 204 Avenue B, located just several storefronts south of its longtime home on the SW corner of 13th Street. 

B Cup owner Guy Weizmann told us they will be expanding the café's menu and have later hours with the addition of a beer-wine license here at the former home of B-Side. 

Tonight's meeting is at 6:30. Find the Zoom link here. This is a hybrid meeting, and there is limited seating available for the public — the first 15 people who show up at the Community Board 3 Office, 59 E. Fourth St. between Second Avenue and the Bowery.

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a message on Second Avenue) ... 

• After over 50 years, Ludlow Garage on the Lower East Side to close its doors (Thursday) 

• Lower East Side indie mainstay Rockwood Music Hall abruptly closes, musicians say (Monday) 

• When is the 2024 Cookie Walk? (Wednesday) 

• On Monday, the Ukrainian Museum will open with free entry to mark 1,000 days of resilience (Saturday)

 

• The Avenue A 7-Eleven is now closed. The reason why may not surprise you. (Tuesday) ... And then there 0 — the last of the 4 East Village 7-Elevens is closing this week (Wednesday) ... The 7-Eleven on the Bowery has closed (Saturday) 

• Boris & Horton seeks new owner to save East Village cafe despite crowdfunding success (Monday) ... Boris & Horton preparing to close East Village cafe at the end of the month (Tuesday) 

• Knock Out Café bringing coffee, art and yoga to 13th Street (Wednesday) 

• Budget Mart is OPEN on Avenue A (Friday)

• Ben's Deli is really truly ready to reopen SOON (Thursday) 

• Awning alert on the Bowery as Dark Matter Coffee's new cafe comes into view (Monday) 

• Openings: Mary O's Irish Soda Bread Shop (Saturday) 

• A Veteran's Day tribute in StuyTown (Monday) 

• Tipsy Shanghai eyes former Monsieur Vo space on 2nd Avenue (Thursday) 

• Coming attractions: Fomo Momo on 1st Ave. (Monday) 

• Licensed cannabis shop The Flowery blooms on 3rd Avenue (Tuesday) 

• On 13th and A, corner markets come and go (Monday) 

• The Union Square Holiday Market returns (gulp) tomorrow (Wednesday) 

 • Opening alert: Joe's Wine Co. on 3rd Avenue (Tuesday) 

... and if you're a Bluesky person, we set up on that platform this past week...

Café at Atelier Jolie on Great Jones Street seeks beer-wine license

Eat Offbeat, the café in the back of Atelier Jolie on Great Jones Street, is seeking a beer-wine license for its business between the Bowery and Lafayette.

Reps for Atelier Jolie/Eat Offbeat will appear before Community Board 2 this evening. Here's a PDF of the questionnaire. 

The café, open Monday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., serves coffee, pastries, and lighter fare. The organization, which hires refugees from around the globe, also has a Chelsea Market outpost. 

Eat Offbeat debuted in early December, right when we took these photos (they've added a table that seats 5-6 since these pics)...

We had a choice cup of Turkish coffee and a piece of baklava. The space is nice, though it's not designed for people to sit around for hours. We returned around the December holidays for another cup of Turkish coffee, and the café was full as word spread about its existence. 

The back of the ground-floor space was previously home to Bohemian, an invite-only Japanese restaurant that provided some snobby intrigue for food writers 10-plus years ago. 

Angelina Jolie opened Atelier Jolie here last December. The creative collective offers a platform for customers to collaborate with tailors, artisans, and designers. The two-level building has an atelier on the second floor and a retail outlet on the ground floor. 

The building is an art-world landmark that attracts new wheat pastes and stickers daily. Jean-Michel Basquiat lived and worked in the upper level of the carriage house from 1983 to the time of his death in 1988. Andy Warhol was a previous owner. 

Previously on EV Grieve:

• Angelina Jolie is creating a collaborative space for designers and artisans in Basquiat's former studio on Great Jones Street

'24 comeback for Elvis on Great Jones

Elvis is set to return to 54 Great Jones St. this fall. 

A stenciled Elvis sign is now above the doorway here between the Bowery and Lafayette...

The new project, a café and wine bar, pairs the teams of Paradise Projects (Boulton & Watt, Wiggle Room, Mr. Paradise) ... and Golden Age Hospitality (Le Dive, the new Lucy's). 

We don't know too much else about this Elvis. During the longtime run of the Great Jones Cafe here, a bust of the King of Rock and Roll was in the window. (The exterior has also been painted a similar orange as that of the Great Jones Cafe.)

There's a placeholder website and Instagram account, which shows a fall opening...

 

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Elvis was also on hand for the previous two ventures at the address via Gabe Stulman — Jolene and The Jones. 

No. 54 was home to the creole-flavored Great Jones Cafe from 1983 to 2018. The popular yet low-key spot never reopened after Jim Moffett, the longtime owner, died in July 2018 at age 59.

Garage Sale Vintage bringing its nostalgic vibes to the Bowery

Photo from November 2022

The East Village is getting another vintage clothing option — and one with beer and wine.

The owners of the chainlet Garage Sale Vintage have plans for a new outpost at 302 Bowery between Bleecker and Houston.

Per its website:

Garage Sale Vintage was founded on a passion for nostalgia. You'll discover curated items from vintage vendors across the US — from the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and Y2K era. You can shop from an unbelievable selection of vintage records and vinyl.

There are also locations in Denver, Boulder and Nashville. (The above photo is from the store in East Nashville.)

While the other shops offer a full bar (margaritas being a specialty), the Bowery space seeks a beer-wine license. They'll appear before Community Board 2 tomorrow.

According to the application (PDF here), the store's cafe area will have four tables seating eight people and a 10-seat bar.

No. 302 previously housed Olde Good Things. This outpost of the architectural artifact dealer specializing in reclaimed building materials and antiques arrived here in 2013 and left in early January 2023. Lines New York, a "tattoo atelier," currently leases the space. 

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a photo on Union Square by Derek Berg)... 

• In Memoriam: Charlie Carroll (Tuesday) ... Vinie Burrows (Wednesday) 

• Documenting the demolition of Middle Collegiate Church (Monday) 

• From the EVG archives: Asylum seekers at the former St. Brigid School (Sunday) 

• East Houston Street Wine & Liquor is headed to a new larger space across East Houston (Wednesday) 

• Wonder bringing its 'fast fine' delivery and food-hall concept to Stuyvesant Street (Thursday) 

• Classic East Village lunch counter B&H Dairy looking good with new awning, storefront and neon signage (Friday) 

• The J. Crew men's concept store on the Bowery has closed (Monday) 

• ICP teams up with the Nuyorican Poets Café for open mic series (Thursday) 

• G's Cheesesteaks will be the first retail tenant in 15 years at 6 Avenue B (Monday) 

• Sadie's Ward officially takes over from the Whiskey Ward (Tuesday) 

• High-end East Village sushi favorite Cagen has closed on 9th Street (Monday) 

• A look at Area 140 First on 1st Avenue (Thursday)

• Openings: Crazy Burger on Avenue C (Thursday) 

• The porta potties are MIA in Tompkins Square Park (Tuesday) ... New mats for the outdoor fitness area at Tompkins Square Park (Wednesday) 

• Reports: Kushner sells 6-building East Village portfolio for $57 million (Tuesday) 

• Trek officially closes on the Bowery (Monday)

• Mr. Kim quickly leaves St. Mark's Place (Tuesday) 

... and now turning to sports, Lazio secured a Coppa Italia semi-final place with a 1-0 victory over AS Roma on Wednesday... and the reaction outside by Giovanni and Co. outside Via Della Pace on Fourth Street (photo by Derek Berg)...

Follow EVG on Instagram or X for more frequent updates and pics.

On the CB3-SLA docket: Applicants for the former Mermaid Inn and Cheese Grille spaces

Photo of the former Mermaid Inn by Steven 

Here's a look at a few of the many applicants who will appear before Community Board 3's SLA committee this evening. (See below for info on watching online — or in person.) 

New Liquor License Applications 

 • Wonderland (Feichangchengong Inc), 96 2nd Ave. (op) 

Wonderland is the proposed restaurant offering an "Asian fusion menu" at the former Mermaid Inn space on Second Avenue between Fifth Street and Sixth Street. 

The proprietors also operate Chili, a Sichuan restaurant on East 37th Street. You can find their CB3 questionnaire here, which includes a sample menu and proposed hours of operation (indoors, 4 p.m. to midnight daily). 

The Mermaid Inn arrived in the East Village in 2003, with several outposts to follow... they closed here during the pandemic, only to reopen then close again in the fall of 2022 after just seven weeks. 

• Sunflower East Village (RJM Hospitality LLC), 88 2nd Ave (op) 

This is a holdover from last month... we previously noted that the NE corner of Second Avenue and Fifth Street will be home to another location of Sunflower, a cafe serving breakfast-brunch on Third Avenue between 25th Street and 26th Street. 

The EV location looks to have the same menu/vibe, though with dinner service. Find the questionnaire here. 

Sunflower is owned and operated by the same folks as the previous tenant here, Eros, the Greek restaurant that quietly closed in August 2022 when a "temporarily closed" sign arrived on the front door. Eros took over for their diner concept, The Kitchen Sink, in September 2021.

• Idleflora LLC, 188 Allen St (op) 

Idleflora is the name of the proposed "plant-based tea shop and tapas bistro" at 188 Allen St. between Stanton and Houston. 

According to the questionnaire on the CB3 website, the space will also include a retail flower shop. The proprietors operate several East Village restaurants, including Shinn East and Thirteen Water on Seventh Street and Appas Pizza on First Avenue. 

This long, narrow storefront was previously home to Cheese Grille for nearly 10 years. 

• Made in Houston Inc, 205 Allen St (wb) 

The owners of C as in Charlie on Bleecker Street are behind this new restaurant serving Korean cuisine from the SW corner of Allen Street and Houston. You can find the questionnaire here, which includes a sample menu and other details. 

The arrival of the unnamed new restaurant means the end of Mi Salsa Kitchen, the Cuban eatery, at this location. (We contacted Mi Salsa for info about a possible relocation.)

Items not heard at Committee

• MT 121 St Marks LLC, 123 St Marks Pl (wb) 

This applicant will not be heard this evening — they've already received conditional approval for a beer-wine license based on their method of operation, hours (11 a.m. to midnight daily), etc. 

The owners of Chicago's Moody Tongue Brewing Company are behind this venture, a still unnamed Japanese restaurant that will serve a variety of sushi platters and entrees. You can find more details and a sample menu here. 

The team opened Moody Tongue Sushi on West 10th Street earlier this year. The Dining Room at Moody Tongue in Chicago boasts two Michelin stars. 

This space on St. Mark's Place just west of Avenue A last housed Pop's Eat-Rite, the veggie burger joint.

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Tonight's meeting starts at 6:30. Find the Zoom link here. This is a hybrid meeting, and there is limited seating available for the public — the first 15 people who show up at the Community Board 3 Office, 59 E. Fourth St. between Second Avenue and the Bowery.  

On the CB3-SLA docket: A new home for the Boiler Room; a pizzeria for Avenue B

Photos by Stacie Joy

Here's a look at a few applicants who will appear before Community Board 3's SLA committee this evening. (See below for info on watching online — or in person.) 

 • Lollo Ristorante, Pizzeria & Bar (Lollo LLC), 27 Ave B (op) 

We mentioned this pending arrival back in April.

A group of partners originally from Northern Italy are behind the new establishment, Lollo Italian Restaurant. (Lollo is short for Lorenzo, the chef and one of the partners.) 

They are taking over the former Solo Pizza space between Second Street and Third Street. Solo closed last September after 15 years in business courtesy of a rent hike.

Application here. (PDF)

• Cozy Cafe (Cozy Cafe Corp), 43 E 1st St (upgrade to op) 

The hookah bar is looking to upgrade its liquor license. Application here.

• The Boiler Room 45 (JBMT Tavern Corp), 45 2nd Ave (op) 

After a two-plus-year court battle over pandemic-related back rent payments, the Boiler Room will leave its home of 34 years at 86 E. Fourth St. near Second Avenue later this year. 

Ownership has signed a lease for a space at 45 Second Ave. between Second Street and Third Street, previously home to the Moroccan specialty shop Timbuktu.

Read our post about the Boiler Room's upcoming closure at this link. Find their application here.

• San Marzano (Evir Corp), 117 2nd Ave (upgrade to op) 

The 11-year-old brunch-and-pasta spot on Seventh Street and Second Avenue wants to upgrade its liquor license. Application here. 

Items not heard at Committee 

 

• Dora's Restaurant (Galvan Restaurant LLC), 40 Ave B (wb) 

Dora's Restaurant received administrative approval to serve beer and wine with its "ceviche fusion cuisine."

Dora's daily hours will be 3-11 p.m., per its questionnaire. 

The restaurant takes over the space from El Carnaval, which CB3 accused of serving liquor without a license in the summer of 2021.

• Nine Cases (Nine Cases LLC), 86 E 3rd St (wb) 

Nine Cases is a new Mediterranean wine bar slated for this block between First Avenue and Second Avenue. (This small space was Uminoie, the Japanese restaurant that closed during the pandemic.)

Find the application, which includes a sample menu, at this link.

• Orpheum Theatre (Orpheum Live LLC), 126 2nd Ave (wb) 

One day you'll be able to have a beer or glass of wine before a show at the Orpheum (or maybe during intermission — if there is one).

• Sip and Co East Village (Proper Cafe Management LLC), 433 E 9th St (wb) 

Codetta is the name of a new coffee shop-cafe coming soon to this storefront between Avenue A and First Avenue.

The application describes the method of operation as a coffee shop by day offering cafe fare and a wine bar "serving small bites" in the evening.

The principal here is also behind Hard to Explain, the Japanese coffee shop-wine-beer-sake bar on 10th Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue. 

The address was previously Westville Bakery... and Superiority Burger used the space afterward.

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Tonight's meeting starts at 6:30. Find the Zoom link at this link.

This is a hybrid meeting, and there is limited seating available for the public — the first 15 people who show up at the Community Board 3 Office, 59 E. Fourth St. between Second Avenue and the Bowery.

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a photo from Tompkins Square Park by Steven) ...

• Tuesday is the last day for East Village mainstay Ink on Avenue A (Sunday) 

• East Village staple New Double Dragon has closed (Tuesday)

• The Upright Citizens Brigade is returning to NYC — and the East Village — with a new theater (Monday) 

• The East Village Fine Wine & Champagne's sign has a new home (Wednesday)

• High Vibe looking for some help to continue spreading the love (Monday) 

 • Chrissy's Pizza announces itself on 9th Street (Thursday) 

• Angelina Jolie is creating a collaborative space for designers and artisans in Basquiat's former studio on Great Jones Street (Saturday)

• Openings: Rosemary Home on 9th Street (Friday) 

• After 20-plus years on 13th Street, Keybar is relocating to Bushwick (Thursday)

• Coming attractions: Cabin on 9th (Thursday) 

• When the lights flickered on Wednesday night (Thursday) 

• Mystery solved? Avenue A residents track down source of the incessant 'loud mechanical sound' (Wednesday) 

• Eros is still 'temporarily closed,' and now fully empty (Monday) 

• Full reveal: 699 E. 6th St. (Thursday)

 ... and the latest via Optimo at the Bowery Mural Wall... which has been on "pause" from officially sanctioned murals since May 2022...

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EVG Etc.: NYCHA residents demand repair reforms; The Drunken Canal announces last issue

Some recent headlines (with a photo yesterday on Avenue A at 14th Street via EVG reader Doug)... 

 • NYCHA residents from the East Village and Lower East Side call on the mayor and NYCHA officials to improve its repair process and how it maintains the city's aging government housing (ABC 7 ... amNY) 

• The state's cannabis regulatory board approved 36 of potentially 175 pot-selling licenses Monday — with at least 13 of them to be based in NYC (The City) 

• To honor World AIDS Day, the Anthology Film Archives in Second Avenue and Second Street will present two programs as part of Day With(out) Art (Details here) 

• NYC theater on a budget with some EV options (Gothamist)

• Danny Fields is giving Iggy Pop history lessons (Page Six)

• Actress Spencer Grammer recalls trying to break up a fight in August 2020 outside Black Ant on Second Avenue (People... previously on EVG) 

• Recently opened Broome Street gallery champions women artists of color (Artsy) 

• Anna Sorokin self-promotion tour continues from her East Village apartment (Variety) 

• NYC's best wine bars are on the LES says this article (Condé Nast Traveler) ... The Times has its own list, with some EV picks, right here.

• LES history as seen through Seward Park (The Bowery Boys) 

• Christo, Amelia and raptor season (Laura Goggin Photography) 

... and the editors of The Drunken Canal, conceived in the East Village, announced its final issue...

THE FINAL ISSUE IS HERE, and its none other than Lucky Number 13. In a gesture to thank you for all the love, support, submissions, hate, kisses, hugs, free drinks, we are giving our farewell issue to YOU. Starting tomorrow @ NOON, you have 48 hours to send us whatever you want❤️ pic.twitter.com/cShQtvyiSu

— the drunken canal (@thedrunkencanal) November 21, 2022

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a photo by Derek Berg) ... 

• The next iteration of the Knitting Factory coming to the East Village (Wednesday) 

• A liquidation sale at La Sirena on 3rd Street (Thursday) 

• A 'retail opportunity' at the former Whitehouse Hotel on the Bowery (Monday) 

• Delicore: The line to see Diplo at Katz's After Dark Sunday night (Monday) 

• Here's the first look at the new residential building coming to 2nd Avenue and 2nd Street (Monday)

• Keyapalooza! Key Food is hosting a 6-day 'RE-GRAND Opening' next month (Friday) 

• Asbestos abatement to begin at the former East River Park amphitheater — 9 months after it was demolished (Monday) 

• The Li'l Park Drag Show takes the stage at La Plaza Cultural (Tuesday) 

• A retail wine and spirits store is in the works for the former Black & White space on 10th Street (Wednesday) 

• City removes several abandoned curbside dining structures in the East Village (Tuesday) 

• Reports: Dan Goldman is the Democratic nominee for the 10th Congressional District (Wednesday)

• Lucky No. 77: Victory Tattoo NYC opens in the former Hells Angels HQ on 3rd Street (Thursday) 

• Here's more about Rabbit and the Fragile Flour, opening next month on 7th Street (Wednesday)

• Wegmans is hiring on Astor Place (Monday) 

• The ever-changing East Village skyline's newest addition is a 32-foot-tall Link5G tower (Friday) 

• Dunkin' to make triumphant return to 250 E. Houston St. (Monday) 

• Signage alert: Pizza Loves Sauce coming to East Houston (Thursday)

• At the Nuyorican Poets Café's annual block party (Sunday)

• Signs of dinner life at Prune (Tuesday) 

• First sign of the new gallery opening in September at 313 Bowery (Monday)

• People keep stealing catalytic converters (Friday) 

• Thoughts on a new tenant for a former laundromat (Tuesday) 

• Report: Trader Joe's closed the Union Square wine shop after learning of plans to unionize (Monday) 

• Senses working overtime: The former Taj Mahal is now home to a psychic on 6th Street (Thursday)

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