Noted

Earlier today.. I really don't know what was happening. But I was taught early on that you always take a photo of large tow trucks going the wrong way. Second Avenue and St. Mark's Place.

Roastown Coffee opens Tuesday

If you walked by the corner of Second Avenue and St. Mark's Place, then you saw the Roastown Coffee all dandied up and ready for action... the signs out front say the place opens Tuesday...

Get the lead out

Uh, how did I miss this story? From the Journal:

A test of dozens of New York City homes with older pipes found that at least 14% of the collected samples contained elevated levels of lead, New York City's Department of Environmental Protection reported Tuesday.

So you're suposed to run the water for 30 seconds before drinking it and stuff.

I have not done this... Yet, with all this extra lead, I still can't finish the Times crossword puzzle! [BOOOOOOOOOOOO!]

Anyway. Get the Led out.

You're a... hexbreaker (dream maker? love taker?)

A tweet earlier today by our friend Bryan Waterman put us in the mood for The Fleshtones. From 1983.

Noted

16 Handles on Second Avenue now delivering FroYo. What about the people living east of Avenue B?

Photo of the week

I love this shot that appears in The East Villager this week by J.B. Nicholas. The caption: "Rosario Dawson, standing next to Speaker Sheldon Silver, couldn’t restrain her enthusiasm at the groundbreaking for the new Lower Eastside Girls Club headquarters."

I was trying to think of a funny headline for it, but, well, ended up with Photo of the Week. D-

Everything must go

Blue Glass sent along this rather sad Craigslist ad...

Lost My Apartment - Selling Everything Cheap - $25 (East Village)
Date: 2010-11-04, 3:56PM EDT

Landlord destabilized my apartment and I could no longer afford it. What to get rid of stuff that I'll never use: dresser, wicker parson's chair, ornamental hanging globes, lamp. Everything is stored in a facility on 10th Street at Avenue D. Elevator and dollies available. Would like things gone by the weekend.

EV Grieve Etc.: Mourning edition

A visit to the new Coal Yard (A Guy Walks Into 365 Bars ....)

Rally to save Ruby's tomorrow! (Amusing the Zillion)

No leads in after last week's attempted child abduction on East Sixth Street (The East Villager)

Celebrating the Bowery events (Bowery Alliance of Neighbors)

Starting next week: MIX 23: The 2010 New York Queer Experimental Film
Festival (Mix 23)

Enjoying some Funkadelic circa 1973 (Flaming Pablum)

Can you reinvent yourself online? (The Grumbler)

The renovation of 118 E. First St. (BoweryBoogie)

When the Kardashians open a store (Racked)

A Bleecker-born Beat (Ephemeral New York)

Bedbugs invade city schools (Daily News)

And a recent East Village rental roundup via NearSay:

• Around 185 available listings of all sizes/prices
• Average rent is ~ $2,900/mo. $1,925 for studios, $2,600 for 1BRs, $3,350 for 2BRs, $3,900 for 3BRs, $4,195 for 4BRs, $4,210 for a loft (excluding an outlying $19,000 loft)

Max's Kansas City and CBGB live! Sort of!

So this explains why we always saw so many empty bottles on Extra Place...

Thanks to a post this morning at Eater... we now know about Extra Place by Max's Kansas City. Per the website:

Almost 30 years have passed since the cultural institution Max’s Kansas City closed its doors. Andy Warhol once stated that it was “the exact place where pop art met pop life,” while William S. Burroughs credited it as “the intersection of it all.” However, its legacy lives on as the focal point of art, music, and fashion. Inspired by this history, the Max's Kansas City Co. opened Extra Place in January of 2010 as a venue for live music and exclusive private events. Located beneath the former home of CBGB, with an entrance on the storied alley Extra Pl. (off of 1st Street between the Bowery and 2nd Avenue), Extra Place by the Max's Kansas City Company revives the debaucherous and creative history that made the location so legendary. The Max’s Kansas City company renews these hallowed grounds by establishing Extra Place, a venue for the industries of art, music, and fashion.

Papa John's unleashes its new delivery car for the East Village

Good news from Otto's Shrunken Head

Co-owner Nell Mellon dropped us a note last night with an update on the progress at Otto's Shrunken Head, the 14th Street mainstay that suffered a fire early on Oct. 24...

"Last week we worked really long days/nights to get the front open on Saturday (Oct 30). Lots of support and hard work from staff and regulars helped tremendously! We are back to normal operating hours in the front. And we are hustling in the back. We hope to have the backroom ready for the weekend November 19th. Keep your fingers crossed!"

Previously on EV Grieve:
Assessing the damage at Otto's Shrunken Head

Breaking: Early-morning fire at Otto's Shrunken Head

Now that the 'underground' grilled cheese guy has retired

The news came down yesterday that the "underground" grilled cheese guy had retired... heading off to the wilds of Midtown at an "American restaurant." (I still don't believe that this guy actually existed...)

In any event, this is all terribly subjective of course, but I'd still take a grilled cheese on Challah from Odessa any day...