New bakery on the way for the Whole Foods Market® Bowery

Renovations continue at the Whole Foods Market® Bowery ... where there's a temporary entrance to the store on Houston and the Bowery... the reason — the arrival in March of a bakery on the premises...



The current bakery seems rather scattered back by the salad bar region.

Unrelated, avocados are on sale five for $5.

Gramercy Cafe closes; Gramercy Kitchen coming soon

Heading a few blocks outside the East Village for a moment... multiple readers passed along word that the Gramercy Cafe on Third Avenue and 17th Street had been dark all weekend.

Signage soon arrived at the 24/7 diner... telling patrons not to worry...



The other sign thanks Elias and his team for 24 great years... and notes that the corner spot will soon be known as Gramercy Kitchen...


[Photo via Harry Weiner]

The interior looks to be in some disarray...



Previously on EV Grieve:
Valentine's Day tragedies: When you mix up Gramercy Cafe and the Gramercy Tavern

Sunday's parting shot

The view downtown at sunset via Bobby Williams...

Week in Grieview

Stories posted on EVG this past week included...

At Ray's 84th birthday celebration at Ray's Candy Store (Tuesday)

Astor Plate coming to Astor Place (Friday)

Chester Kawalec, longtime grill man at the Stage, has died (Thursday)

Pourt softly opens on Cooper Square (Monday)

Office space on St. Mark's Place back on the market and still ghost free (Friday)

Last look at the old Lanza's (Thursday)

An Obama tribute on Bond (Thursday)

Developers pitching the city for 4 more floors at former Peter Stuyvesant Post Office (Monday)

A winterized Bowery Market, now down to 3 vendors (Tuesday)

Checking in on 'Urbanmythology' on the Houston/Bowery Mural Wall (Thursday)

Sushi and pizza coming soon to the Bowery (Wednesday)

MTA announces public workshops to discuss the upcoming (2019!) L train shutdown (Wednesday)

Malcriada, a Latin gastropub, opens on Super Bowl Sunday (Wednesday)

114 E. 7th St. sells for $13.8 million (Wednesday)

No Malice Palace remains closed for now after the death of its owner (Monday)

I love you to gigabits: Pop the question, see your names on a LinkNYC kiosk (Tuesday)

Construction watch: 127 Avenue D (Tuesday)

For rent signage arrives at the former Sigmund Pretzel Shop space on Avenue B (Monday)

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Details on tomorrow's 'Lower East Side Rally Against Hate' in Tompkins Square Park

Via Facebook...

SAVE THE DATE! "Lower East Side Rally Against Hate" on Jan. 30 (Monday)

Tompkins Square Park — entrance on East 7th Street & Avenue A

Join Councilwoman Rosie Mendez, elected officials, faith leaders, and community organizers to stand together against the Trump Administration's Executive Orders targeting Muslims and all immigrants.

Time: 6:30pm until 7:30pm
Join together to tell Donald Trump #NoBanNoWall

Find more details here

Also today at 2 p.m. — #NoBanNoWall rally in Battery Park City. Details here.

Report of a fire last night on 6th Street

Several readers passed along word of a fire last evening on the fifth floor at 619 E. Sixth St. between Avenue A and First Avenue.

The FDNY tweeted the alert at 8:31 p.m. ...

MAN ALL HANDS 417 E 6 ST,

— FDNYalerts (@FDNYAlerts) January 29, 2017

...with the under control message coming 15 minutes later...

MAN ALL HANDS 417 E 6 ST, MULTIPLE DWELLING FIRE ON 5TH FLR, UNDER CONTROL

— FDNYalerts (@FDNYAlerts) January 29, 2017

I do not have any other information, such as injuries, cause or extent of the damage.

Here's a look at the building this morning... one window is boarded up on the fifth floor...

Today in photos of a Donald Trump piñata

Photos on Fourth Avenue today by Derek Berg...



No word if these are available in bulk...

Spiritual Sounds on Sunday

Via the EVG inbox... tomorrow (Sunday) at 5 p.m. ... St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery...

Reports: Brooklyn man suspected of rape arrested at Beauty Bar on 14th Street

Police arrested Brooklyn resident Brenton Maughn-Tulloch after a reported rape early Sunday morning inside a bathroom stall at Beauty Bar on 14th Street between Second Avenue and Third Avenue.

According to Town & Village, "police said that Maughn-Tulloch was ... doing lines of cocaine with a woman when he allegedly raped her."

Here are more details via DNAinfo:

While they were in the bathroom he made a move on the woman, but when she refused he pinned her against the wall, pulled down her pants, and raped her, police said.

Afterwards, Maughn-Tulloch remained inside the bar as the woman called police, they said. Police arrested him at the bar 45 minutes later, a police spokesman said.

The 30-year-old Maughn-Tulloch was arraigned on charges of first-degree rape. He’s currently being held at Rikers. His next court date is scheduled for Friday, per DNAinfo.

The Post reported that Maughn-Tulloch was already facing charges for drug possession and credit-card fraud.

A moment at an M14 stop on Avenue A

People still read the Daily Racing Form and wait for the bus ...






Meanwhile, there is a pretty good race in the third today at Aqueduct. Can Bourbon Empire outstay Bavaro on the stretch-out?