Spotted on Second Avenue this evening via @edenbrower ...
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
The Sock Man says thank you; store closes on Saturday
As we first reported last Thursday, The Sock Man is closing on St. Mark's Place after nearly 33 years here between Second Avenue and Third Avenue.
The Sock Man took to Facebook on Sunday night:
The Sock Man wishes all of you all a Happy and healthy New Year! Unfortunately, after 30 years on The block, we will no longer call 27 St.Mark's Place our home. This will take place in the next week.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all of your support in making my business what it is. You never know where our new home will be, but in the meantime The Sock Man is still open for business at www.thesockman.com. With the low shipping rates!
Thank you for EVERYTHING!! #SaveNYC
A tipster told us that the landlord is asking for 3x the current rent.
Owner Marty Rosen has been peddling socks, tights, lingerie and other accessories in this space since 1983.
In an interview in the Daily News in 2009, Sock Man customer Chloe Sevigny called Rosen the "grumpiest man on Earth." Responded Rosen: "I have my moments. I'm from New York. We all have our moments."
Updated 1 p.m.
In a follow-up comment, The Sock Man said that Friday (Jan. 15) is his last day in business.
Updated 5 p.m.
I should have noted earlier that this address was one of the 16 East Village properties purchased by Raphael Toledano’s Brookhill Properties last September.
Updated 1/15
The store will now close by 7 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 16.
Previously on EV Grieve:
The Sock Man is closing on St. Mark's Place
This block of Avenue A is awfully quiet, and why is Lucy's closed?
Not much happening on Avenue A between St. Mark's Place and East Ninth Street... as far as storefronts are concerned..
Nino's and Yoshi Sushi are entering the third month of closure, apparently due to a gas leak in the building. (And the landlord previously issued eviction notices.)
The space between these two restaurants remains vacant. The 10 Degrees Bistro closed back in August. (The team behind Shoolbred's and Ninth Ward got the OK last month from CB3 for a beer-wine license to open a cajun-style restaurant here.)
Continuing north... EVG regular Peter Brownscombe shared these photos from last Wednesday night... Lucy's has been closed...
... and the note on the door isn't the most comforting — closed until further notice.
Lucy tends to take several breaks during the year, though she always leaves a sign with a reopening date. She has randomly closed for a short period of time without any explanation (here and here). Anyway, not sure what is happening here.
And the rest of the block... Top A Nails is open... the former Sustainable NYC is for rent... and Doc Holliday's anchors the corner at Ninth Street... for now there are just two of seven businesses open on the block...
Ruffian is now open on East 7th Street
Here's more info on the cafe via a news release from the EVG inbox...
Ruffian is owned by Tabla alumnus Patrick Cournot and business partner Nick Fusco. They are joined by chefs Josh Ochoa and Andy Alexandre (also Tabla alumni) and sommelier Alexis Percival.
Collectively, Josh Ochoa and Andy Alexandre, have worked under the direction of highly regarded chefs such as Michael Lomonaco (Windows on the World), Polo Dobbin (Dressler), and Floyd Cardoz (Tabla). The menu changes daily and features dishes like Lamb Crepinette with Buttered Turnips, Cornish Hen with Wheat Berries and Mushrooms, and Marinated Mussels with Bruléed Aioli Toast.
Managing Partner Patrick Cournot will also serve as Ruffian's wine director. Cournot curated the wine lists at Lelabar, Resto, The Cannibal, and Blaue Gans, among others. The wine list will offer 100 selections by the bottle ($40-$250) and 15 wines by the glass ($11-$20).
The release notes that Ruffian will soon serve beer.
This will be the second new wine bar right along this stretch of East Seventh Street... Virgola, the Greenwich Village-based oyster-and-wine cafe, is now open at No. 111.
Oaxaca Taqueria was the previous tenant at No. 125.
Illustration via the Ruffian website
Previously on EV Grieve:
Ruffian Wine Bar signage arrives on East 7th Street
Report: Empellón al Pastor divides the bar and tacos
The menu, which heretofore focused on al pastor style tacos, has been expanded, and the bar and taqueria areas have been physically divided. "We have two guest profiles," Stupak tells Eater. "You have the grab and go, food only types and then you have people looking for a proper bar."
The issue, as the chef saw it, was that while the kitchen was brightly illuminated. Stupak notes: "That light shining into a bar is psychologically problematic....I want people to drink. To descend into civil depravity. I want them to tag the space, make out, abuse it!"
So Stupak erected a wall to divide the spaces. The taqueria opens at noon now, while the bar opens at 4 p.m.
Empellón al Pastor opened in October 2014 in the space that previously housed the Sushi Lounge.
Previously on EV Grieve:
[Updated] Chef Alex Stupak vying for former Sushi Lounge space on Avenue A and St. Mark's Place
As the for rent signs turn on Avenue A
Here are a few scant details about chef Alex Stupak's new venture on St. Mark's Place
CB3 OKs liquor license for Alex Stupak's new restaurant on St. Mark's Place
More about Empellón al Pastor, opening this fall on Avenue A and St. Mark's Place
Monday, January 11, 2016
[Updating] RIP David Bowie
As you may have heard late last night, David Bowie has died. He was 69.
January 10 2016 - David Bowie died peacefully today surrounded by his family after a courageous 18 month battle... https://t.co/ENRSiT43Zy
— David Bowie Official (@DavidBowieReal) January 11, 2016Here's one local connection. "Lazarus," which has been playing at the New York Theatre Workshop on East Fourth Street since Nov. 18, features songs that Bowie specially composed for the production as well as new arrangements of previously recorded songs.
"Lazarus," inspired by the 1963 novel "The Man Who Fell to Earth" by Walter Tevis, centers on the character of Thomas Newton (Michael C. Hall), which Bowie played in the 1976 film version. Bowie also co-wrote the adaptation with Enda Walsh.
The production is sold out through Jan. 19. There are tickets available for the previously announced final performance on Jan. 20, which is also a benefit for the theater. Tickets are $2,500 and $1,000. Details here.
Updated 8:30 a.m.
NBC 4 and NY1 were doing live remotes this morning from the New York Theatre Workshop, where there was one bundle of flowers left outside the front doors. (There was also an empty champagne bottle...)
Updated noon
[Photo by Derek Berg]
Updated 4:24 p.m.
An EVG reader said that these arrived overnight on East 12th Street at Second Avenue...
Updated 4:31 p.m.
The scene outside David Bowie's residence on Lafayette... photos via Steven...
Updated 1/12
The scene at 2 a.m. on Lafayette Street via EVG regular Peter Brownscombe...
Updated 8:30 a.m.
On the gate at The Immigrant on East Ninth Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue...
Updated 3:30 p.m.
Photos from Lafayette Street this afternoon via EVG regular peter radley...
Rite Aid relocates ahead of new development on Avenue D
The Rite Aid on Avenue D between East Sixth Street and East Seventh Street relocated late last week...
...just one block north to the vacant retail space in the Arabella 101 building...
The move is to make way for a 12-story mixed-use building ... three one-level storefronts will need to be demolished: the Rite Aid and the long-vacant laundromat and Shady's pizza...
The approved permits on file with the city show a building with a total of 96,038 square feet (7,868 of them for the retail component). There are 108 dwelling units listed. The Real Deal reported in May 2014 that L&M Development Partners could build to 96,400 square feet with an inclusionary housing bonus.
L&M Development Partners, one of the groups involved in the Essex Crossing development at the former Seward Park urban renewal site, bought the three parcels of 79-89 Avenue D in 2014 for $12.5 million.
We have not seen any renderings for the new building just yet. GF55 Partners, whose area work includes Jupiter 21 and 48 Bond, are the architects of record.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Report: Space that houses Rite Aid on Avenue D hits market for $22.5 million
Report: New 12-story, mixed-use building in the works for Avenue D
Permit pre-filed for new 12-floor building at 79-89 Avenue D
Report: Boutique office building on East Houston and Lafayette at BP site a go
Despite not having any tenants, Related Cos. will start construction of a swanky new boutique office building on East Houston and Lafayette in the next few months, Crain's reports.
The development has been in the discussion phase for several years now.
Per Crain's:
Developers typically need to find an anchor tenant in order to establish a source of income that will help to finance the construction of the development. But like other boutique-office developers, Related discovered that it would have to take a risk and construct the building without a tenant in hand because small-sized office tenants do not make decisions on their office space years in advance. Instead they sign leases closer to when they are ready to make a move.
The 7-story terra-cotta and limestone building — designed by Cookfox Architects — will have 30,000 square feet of retail and 53,000 square feet of office space. As Crain's noted, "300 Lafayette will have abundant outdoor space, with a roof deck and expansive terraces on each floor."
And here is a rendering...
[Rendering by Cookfox via Crain's]
The building is expected to be finished in 2018.
Meantime, this means the BP station on the lot will be closing soonish. So the BP on East 23rd Street at Avenue C/the FDR will be the closest place around here if you need gas. (Gas for your vehicle. Because someone will make a joke.)
Previously on EV Grieve:
How much longer will the East Village have gas stations?
Have you seen the glass tower in the works for Lafayette and East Houston?
Filling up: the status of 2 former East Village gas stations
The former New York Macaroni Co. space is for rent on St. Mark's Place
The for rent sign is now up at 102 St. Mark's Place, marking the end of New York Macaroni Co.'s 6-month run.
We don't know why they closed. Never seemed all that busy to us. But maybe they were making a lot of mac-and-cheese deliveries. When they opened last June 29, at least two EVG readers gave their food high marks. (The Yelp reviews were mostly positive.)
Anyway, upon closing at the end of 2015, the owners wrote on Facebook: "We appreciated the opportunity to serve you guys a really high-quality product. Thanks for all the support!"
The previous speciality-food tenant here between Avenue A and First Avenue, Puddin', never reopened after the city found them operating with an expired food service establishment permit in November 2014.
As for the storefront, the listing at Winick notes the rent is available upon request.
More about the Mamoun's Falafel move on St. Mark's Place
In case you missed our post on this during the holiday break... in the weeks ahead, Mamoun's Falafel will be relocating a few storefronts away from their longtime home at 22 St. Mark's Place to 30 St. Mark's Place here between Second Avenue and Third Avenue.
The Commercial Observer has a few more details on the relocation.
The 45-year-old falafel joint ... will double its size to 1,400 square feet ... Mamoun’s is taking the space for 10 years ... Asking rent in the deal was $250 per square foot. Mamoun’s is expected to open within the next three months, according to James Famularo of Eastern Consolidated.
The previous tenant at No. 30, Red & Gold Boil, closed after 13 months in business in early October.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Mamoun's Falafel is moving on St. Mark's Place
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