Peel's hasn't started a Biker's Brunch

A reader wondered why all the Hells Angels were hanging around the Bowery and Second Street yesterday... The reader, unwisely making a joke that I'm foolishly repeating, thought that the group members were waiting for entry at Peel's...



The correct answer: the Biker Bash next door at the Bowery Electric...

Where is DBGB's sidewalk cafe?

[Via Eater]

On Sept. 29, Eater noted that DBGB on the Bowery debuted its brand-new sidewalk cafe ...

And I haven't seen the outdoor seats since then.... even in this nice weather we've been having...





Meanwhile, other eateries like Gemma and Pulino's have been catering to people who want to eat on the Bowery...




Just seems odd to me that the DBGB-ers would go to all this effort and not capitalize on it ...

Updated: Tables are out tonight!

Rag and Bone is tired of bad graffiti

Rag and Bone, which took over the former Cafe Colonial on Houston and Elizabeth, is now looking for a design for its outside wall on the southeast corner...





BoweryBoogie noted the wall had been tagged with the ever-present "You would" back in August...

The wall looked like this back in May when the Colonial said goodbye...



Personally, I like the spontaneity of street art ...

Previously on EV Grieve:
Cafe Colonial owner says Pulino's opening helped triple her rent

Future of 276 Elizabeth apparently doesn't include the Cafe Colonial

Waiting for the new Aces and Eights sign, bar name

A tipster noted that the Aces and Eights sign has been removed on Avenue A...

Before!



Now!




As we reported, the bar is/was holding a contest to rename the joint under its new ownership... I asked Jamie-Lynn Argenta, the general manager, if I name had been selected... Haven't heard back after a few days....

Previously on EV Grieve:
Renaming Aces and Eights: See you at Drink 'til U Stink!

Welcome to the Coal Yard

Speaking of new bar names... the former Lilly Coogan's on First Avenue near Sixth Street apparently has a new name...



Molly and Shawn from the International will be opening this space... finally, a new bar that I'm looking forward to...

Previously on EV Grieve:
International Bar owners taking over Lilly Coogan's

Pork craze getting out of hand

In front of the St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery.

The side of the former Rhong Tiam space is a nice spot to give away furniture

On Fifth Street near Second Avenue. And the TV is "free to a good home."

East Village eatery etc.: Ramen wars on Fifth Street; soft serve for Roastown Coffee

Dunno how new this is... but someone did recently ask me about gluten-free pizza...this is at Pie on Fourth Avenue near 12th Street....



Song 7.2 on Second Avenue at Seventh Street now features dumplings on a stick...



And, as this photo via Blue Glass show, all of Song 7.2's "back to school" specials feature alcohol....



Kubo has opened on East Fifth Street in the former Le Gamin/Village Bistro East space.... right next to Minca Ramen Factory...the ramen war is on!





And! Roastown Coffee, opening soon on Second Avenue and St. Mark's Place, WILL have soft-serve cream as a tipster initially reported... we watched them bring in the machines Saturday morning....

A post of random photos from this weekend and maybe a few days before

Rock you like a Billy Hurricane's

Shot here on Avenue B near Second Street courtesy of Goggla this weekend.