Fast-casual chain Sweetgreen bringing the salads and bowls to the Bowery

The ever-expanding Sweetgreen chain is opening a location at 347 Bowery. Signage for the line-inducing fast-casual restaurant is now up in the windows here at Third Street...



This marks the first retail tenant in the ground floor of No. 347, the Annabelle Selldorf-designed 13-story luxury building that features five stacked town homes. In early 2018, signage arrived for Pilotworks, which was planning a "culinary incubator" for its food businesses to sell products. Those plans never materialized as Pilotworks tanked in the fall of 2018.

Sweetgreen has opened nearby outposts on Astor Place and University Place in recent years.

Previously on EV Grieve:
The Salvation Army's former East Village Residence will be demolished on the Bowery

Whatever happened to that really ugly hotel planned for the Bowery?

Looks like 347 Bowery will be home to a 13-floor mixed-use residential development

The future of 347 Bowery (sorta!) revealed

Let's take a look at 347 Bowery, now and in the future

347 Bowery getting its zinc supplements

More about the new venture from Pilotworks on the Bowery

Strings Ramen vying for 188 2nd Ave.

There looks to be another ramen choice on the horizon.

The applicants behind Strings Ramen will appear before CB3's SLA committee meeting tonight for a liquor license for 188 Second Ave.

According to the questionnaire on file at the CB3 website, the proprietors were previously involved with the now-closed Lotus Blue Dongtian Kitchen and Bar on Union Square West. This location was part of an international chain with spots in Beijing, Shanghai and Sydney, per Eater. (There's no mention if this is part of Strings Ramen, a popular destination with two locations in Chicago and one in Madison, Wis. Only mention this since popular ramen shops in other cities have expanded here in the past year.)

Per the questionnaire, the 45-seat restaurant here at 12th Street will have daily hours of noon to 10 p.m.

No one has had much luck with restaurants at 188 Second Ave. in recent years. Lumos Kitchen lasted a whole three months in 2018. Others to make quick departures in the past four years were Hot Pot Central, DumplingGuo and Dumpling Go.

Shima had a good go of it here until January 2014...


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Tonight's CB3 meeting starts at 6:30 in the Perseverance House Community Room, 535 E. Fifth St. between Avenue A and Avenue B.

Bike shop making the Trek to the Bowery

Trek Bicycle, an American bikemaker with multiple retail shops in the city, is opening an outpost on the Bowery.

The signage arrived late last week here at 303 Bowery in the retail base of Avalon Bowery Place between First Street and Houston.

This space has been vacant since Tatyana Boutique closed in January 2016.

Trek's arrival also reverses the (micro) trend of bike shops leaving the neighborhood, including Danny's on 14th Street and Landmark on Avenue A.

Report: By Chloe joining Chase in the former Coffee Shop on Union Square

[Photo from Saturday]

ICYMI: Expanding vegan chain By Chloe will open an outpost at the former Coffee Shop space on Union Square West later this year.

Here's more on what to expect via Eater, who first reported this news:

At the Coffee Shop space, the interior will pay homage to the nostalgic diner by including “intimate round banquette seating” and “a nod” to the restaurant’s original neon sign, according to By Chloe marketing material.

But its a move that still may not sit well with longtime fans of Coffee Shop. The restaurant was a nostalgic, distinctively New York place, while By Chloe is part of a huge company that’s in part flourished due to colorful food and spaces made specifically with social media marketing in mind.

By Chloe will have company in this space at West 16th Street. The Coffee Shop will be divided into four spaces. One space is reserved for a Chase branch, as Jeremiah Moss reported last fall.

The Coffee Shop closed last October after 28 years in business. The rising cost of rent and wages were reportedly behind the closure.

In case you forgot that CVS is coming to Houston and Orchard

The CVS signage is in place here now in the base of the condoplex on the southeast corner of Orchard and Houston.

And as you can see, this will be another 24/7 outpost for the drug-store chain...



... which joins Marshalls at this 11-story, 94-unit building constructed in part with hand-laid, gilded-bronze brick imported from Cadaqués. An Equinox Fitness center has the upstairs space.



Last month, the developers behind 196 Orchard St., including Ben Shaoul’s Magnum Management, sold the retail portion of the building to the AR Global affiliate New York City REIT for — !!!! — $88.75 million, according to The Real Deal.

This property on Houston between Ludlow and Orchard previously housed a single row of storefronts, including Ray's Pizza, Bereket and Lobster Joint.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Making way for Ben Shaoul's new retail-residential complex on East Houston

Katz's is now the last business on East Houston between Ludlow and Orchard

A CVS is coming to the corner of Houston and Orchard in Ben Shaoul's luxury condoplex

Report: retail portion of Ben Shaoul's luxury condoplex on Houston and Orchard sells for a whopping $88 million

Weekend parting shot

Thanks to The Dusty Rebel for sharing this photo from yesterday on Avenue A and Second Street...

Week in Grieview

[Key Food still life on Avenue A]

RIP Lucien Bahaj (Monday) RIP Unkle Waltie (Tuesday)

Time capsules: The Gap of St. Mark's Place (Thursday)

An annual reunion in East River Park (Sunday)

Report: New owner of the Boys' Club building on 10th Street and Avenue A — revealed! (Wednesday)

Gov. Cuomo condemns suspect who left anti-gay graffiti on Avenue A; another message found on Norfolk Street (Saturday)

The tree nest in El Jardín del Paraíso has been removed (Tuesday)

The Sunshine is gone, and an empty lot awaits a 9-story office building (Wednesday)

Tech hub officially breaks ground on 14th Street (Tuesday)

Niconeco Zakkaya, seller of Japanese stationery and gifts, opening a shop on 10th Street (Friday)

Café Social 68 debuts on A (Wednesday)

Dramatic storm shots (Thursday)

The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black in Tompkins Square Park (Monday)

Grant Shaffer's NY See (Thursday)

Maison Kayser closes Union Square location (Monday)

Another Flamingos Vintage Pound opens in the East Village, this one on 11th Street (Monday)

Former Nobletree Coffee space for rent (Wednesday)

Bowlmor Lanes-replacing condoplex cleared of construction equipment on University Place (Wednesday)

Something finally happening at the former Gotham Pizza (Wednesday)

Little Buddha pops up with vegan fare on 1st Street (Friday)

Medina's Turkish Kitchen debuts on 2nd Avenue (Monday)

Polytima Designs is closing on 9th Street (Friday)

The Boilery up next for 58 3rd Ave. (Thursday)

A new door for The Jones (Monday)

Thoughts on Ray's (the new bar on the LES) (Wednesday)

... and ICYMI...



Here’s a look at the city-sanctioned mural on the water tower atop 190 Bowery that Shepard Fairey created of actress Rosario Dawson titled "Power & Equality." The work is in part a celebration of the Lower Eastside Girls Club, where Dawson is a board member...



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At Festival Calle 6

The annual Festival Calle 6, a celebration of the Lower East Side's diversity and heritage, took place yesterday on Sixth Street between Avenue D and the FDR...



EVG contributor Stacie Joy stopped by and shared these photos from a gorgeous Saturday afternoon...









Entertainment included Latin pop duo Castro y Gambino...



... and Jose Luis as Michael Jackson...

Gov. Cuomo condemns suspect who left anti-gay graffiti on Avenue A; another message found on Norfolk Street

A follow-up to the earlier post about the anti-gay message spray-painted on the gate of the empty storefront at 11 Avenue A...

The graffiti at 11 Avenue A, which is now under investigation by the @NYPDHateCrimes Task Force, has been cleaned. If you’ve got any information about it or it’s perpetrator, there’s a reward—up to $2500! ☎️ 1-800-577-TIPS or DM @NYPDTips. #YourCityYourCall pic.twitter.com/fFwZD4uTKX

— NYPD 9th Precinct (@NYPD9Pct) August 10, 2019

Earlier today, Gov. Cuomo condemned the hate crime...

In New York we have zero tolerance for this sort of vile and cowardly act of hate. I'm directing the State Police Hate Crimes Unit to assist the NYPD with its investigation to ensure those responsible are held accountable to the fullest extent of the law.https://t.co/W9DQYXTKfc

— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) August 10, 2019

Unfortunately, Avenue A wasn't the only place to receive a hateful message ... this is on the east side of Norfolk Street just north of Delancy (h/t @madaecnerwal) ...

Big crane steels the spotlight on 1st Avenue

Large crane action to note today... this work is happening over at 75 First Ave. between Fourth Street and Fifth Street, where an 8-floor, 22-unit condoplex is in the works next door to the Rite Aid.



Workers are putting steel beams in place...



After nearly 14 months of inactivity here, worked picked up again this spring. As such, the completion date on the plywood rendering has been adjusted to summer 2020.



This slowly-developing development broke ground in September 2016.