6 posts from April

A mini month in review (with a springtime photo from Tompkins Square Park by Stacie Joy) ... 

• A familiar face is leaving Key Food (April 26)

• The farce awakens at the Orpheum Theatre (April 22)

• After group-show ghosting, the EVAC space is for lease on 1st Avenue (April 20) 

• Hemingway, the sleepy window kitty of 3rd Street, has been priced out of the East Village (April 10) 

• A look at Theatre 80 before marshals seize the historic East Village venue (April 5) 

• First look at the all-new Superiority Burger, now open on Avenue A (April 2)

Week in Grieview

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

• NYC institution Sammy's Roumanian Steakhouse attempting a Lower East Side comeback (Thursday) 

• No new grocery now for the former Associated space on 14th Street in Stuy Town (Thursday) 

• A familiar face is leaving Key Food (Wednesday)

• Here are the official local Open Streets for 2023 (Tuesday)

• Sign of Summertime: the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival set for Aug. 27 in Tompkins Square Park (Wednesday) 

• A look at Wicked Heathens, now open on 9th Street (Friday) 

• Here's what's coming to the former Zum Schneider space on 7th Street and Avenue C (Monday) 

• Reminders: Tompkins Square Library branch now closed for renovations (Tuesday) 

• Poetica Coffee debuts on 2nd Avenue and St. Mark's Place (Wednesday) 

• The skyward-bound 21-story office building at 360 Bowery reaches the halfway mark (Monday) 

• A career-spanning exhibition of Andy Warhol's work at the Brant Foundation (Wednesday) 

• The Braised Shop closes in the East Village (Monday)

• On St. Mark's Place, office building 1, tree 0 (Friday) 

• Asbestos abatement for the vacant storefronts along Stuyvesant Street (Tuesday)

• One of the neighborhood's more unique apartments is now a storefront (Friday) 

• Signage alert: The restaurant-bar in the works at 309 E. Fifth St. (Tuesday)

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Sunday's opening shot

Photo by Steven 

An addition to the "Indicted" banner here along St. Mark's Place between First Avenue and Second Avenue — "Remove Justice Swag."

Saturday's parting shot

Photo by Derek Berg 

A moment on St. Mark's Place today...

Convenience Tobacco rises from the ashes of Runtz Tobacco; NYPD takes note

This past week, Convenience Tobacco debuted with a grand opening at 14 First Ave. between First Street and Second Street. 

You may recall that this space was previously Runtz Tobacco, one of four unlicensed East Village cannabis shops that the city attempted to shut down this year. Runtz was permanently shuttered as of early March. 

Meanwhile, the new establishment is using the Runtz Tobacco sidewalk signage. As the Daily News reports, the NYPD has taken note. (Or took note after a reporter from the Daily News called.)

Per the News: 

According to the NYPD, the shop is going against the court order that shut Runtz down.

"They are currently in violation of a court order to remain closed to the public," an NYPD spokesperson said of the shop in a statement. "It is anticipated that the premises will be closed again soon. If not, we will seek to get a full closure order from the court."

NYPD intends to resolve the case with a settlement, the NYPD spokesperson added. 

And... 

Attempts by the Daily News to reach Runtz's owner, lawyer and landlord were unsuccessful and an employee at the shop said she wasn’t able to answer questions about the store.

It had been a challenging debut for Runtz. Armed robbers reportedly took them for $5,400 shortly after opening this past August.

EVG Etc.: the 11-ingredient Fak-Tin at Sunny & Annie's; the 26 best East Village restaurants

Avenue A in the rain this a.m. 

• Roger Clark checks in on Theatre 80 as auction looms (NY1 ... previously on EVG) Ways to help (Village Preservation) 

• Man stabbed in rear on Avenue A near Sixth Street (1010 WINS ... the Post) 

• The Rent Guidelines Board could seek increases of up to 8.5% for rent-regulated units (THE CITY) 

• Enjoying the 11-ingredient sammy Fak-Tin at Sunny & Annie's (Eater) 

• The MTA ends its Twitter service alerts because Elon (THE CITY)

• The 26 best EV restaurants, per TONY (Time Out New York) 

• A long read on Superiority Burger (GQ... previously on EVG)

• The Walkmen reunite at Webster Hall (NME)

• A look at 'Nowhere New York,' in which Julia Gorton captures 'the city's punk and no wave subcultures in all their hedonistic glory' (i-D) 

• May 1 is the next First Mondays reading at Performance Space New York on First Avenue and 9th Street (Official site) 

• Molly Ringwald’s former East Village duplex on 10th Street sells for $7.9 million (Architectural Digest)

• That Fyre Fest-7th Street Burger grilled cheese mashup flopped (Rolling Stone) 

• Mayor Adams bids farewell to NYC's nightlife mayor (Page Six) 

• Works by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat 'are suddenly so L.A.' (Los Angeles Magazine) 

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Rain delays: Today's free show in Tompkins Square Park with Madball is being rescheduled

The all-day rain expected today has prompted the cancellation of the free concert in Tompkins Square Park this afternoon featuring HC headliners Madball and Murphy's Law. 

The Tompkins gig will be rescheduled ... there's also a free show today (without Madball or Murphy's Law) at the Meadows in Brooklyn for fans who made the trip to NYC (or anyone who wants to go). Organizers will still collect money to benefit Ray's Candy Store on Avenue A. 

Here's the official notice via Madball's Instagram account... 

Unfortunately, due to the weather, the park show will be postponed. There’s a smaller show happening in BK, for those who are in town… so go show some support! It's a Free show but donations are welcomed. Proceeds will go to Ray's Candy store… as well. Info is on the flyer. We're all bummed but the park tradition will continue. New date coming soon! Thanks!

Friday's parting shot (aka April 28)

As seen on 11th Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue today... via Robert Miner

Hitting a high note

 

"Little Stoner" is a new track from a recently released record by singer-songwriter Max Stalker-Wilde. 

The video, filmed on 16mm by Jonas Bishop Hayes, was shot around the East Village, where Stalker-Wilde was born and raised. And Ray's Candy Store, where Stalker-Wilde has worked for the past few years, has a starring role. 

"In fact, I had to make a couple of milkshakes and egg creams during the shooting just so I could get the foot traffic moving faster for production's sake," he told us. 

Check out more of Stalker-Wilde's music at Bandcamp.

Meanwhile, on Avenue A and 9th Street...

A reader-submitted photo this afternoon... happy Friday!