Farewell to the East Village's Pizzeria Uno-Nathan's-Arthur Treacher's triplex

Last August, we noted that the Pizza Hut-Nathan's-Arthur Treacher's combo on the northwest corner of 14th Street and Second Avenue was for lease....

EV Grieve reader HippieChick reported last night the space (now featuring a Pizzeria Uno!) was dark...

Sure enough, the marshal paid a visit. And the triplex eatery looks mostly empty behind the counters...

Per the listing, new tenants have several options for chopping up the existing space.

Meanwhile, you'll have to travel elsewhere for your Nathan's fries...

Previously on EV Grieve:
East Village losing its Nathan's/Pizza Hut/Arthur Treacher's mashup

A matchbook made in New York

On Tuesday, Jeremiah wrote about the swizzle sticks at Sardi's (and the bar itself...) That evening, I randomly found myself in Gallagher's on 52nd Street ... I thought Gallagher's might be a candidate for swizzle sticks. No. However...

I did help myself to a matchbox, something I typically appreciate... in part, because, uh, I used to collect them. So, perhaps some slow news day, I'll break them out for a post...

Meanwhile, here are some vintage NYC restaurant matchbooks from the Matchbook Museum.

Matchbooks are also a popular subject at Lost City. Check out this link, where Brooks shares a few matchbooks from some now-shuttered 1990s-era East Village cafes and restaurants.

Dear Bill Keller:

Spotted the other day on Avenue B and Eighth Street.

A Greenmarket reminder this weekend

On Saturday this weekend ... because, of course, Sunday, April 24 is the birthday of "Caddyshack" star Michael O'Keefe. It's also Easter.

What people throw away on the Bowery now

Huuuuuuge flat-screen TVs...

The Bowery at East First Street.

It's spring, and the battleships are in full bloom

At the KenKeleba House Sculpture Garden on East Third Street. Photo by Bobby Williams.

Key Food oughta be in pictures

[Photo via @danielleintheev]

In case you were wondering, a crew is filming an independent feature called "Grand Street" right now in front of Key Food on Avenue A... Been filming hereabouts the last day or so....

NYPD slaps $270 ticket on East Village cyclist for running red light

And it happened to our very own contributor samo, who cops pulled over this morning on East First Street near Avenue A...

When the Sidewalk reopens, you'll see clean spaces, new faces

On March 1, Sidewalk on Avenue A and Sixth Street closed for renovations.

The official word: They'd be closed for six weeks.

However, six weeks have come and gone and the place doesn't seem any closer to reopening. According to several sources, the Sidewalk's liquor license lapsed. So, while management was taking care of the paperwork, they figured they'd spruce up the space too. And that turned into major renovations.

According to a former employee: "The plan as I know it is to start from scratch, new restaurant, new management, entirely new staff. None of the former staff is being hired back."

Sidewalk's long-running open mic nights on Mondays have been taking place at a Gathering of Tribes on East Third Street. As for the future of music at The Fort, the backroom of the Sidewalk ... according to a post on the Sidewalk Music blog dated March 16 from 
Ben Krieger, who has has been hosting the open mic show: "I met with management at the club last night ... they’re DEFINITELY renovating. From what I can gather the club will resemble a better/stronger/faster Sidewalk than a martini bar (sigh of relief), For now, pretty much everything that isn’t a wall has been cleared out! At the moment they’re redoing the floors and blasting the brick walls for repainting/varnishing."

You can find a few more details here at Sidewalk's Sidewalk, another site about the cafe.

For more history on the Sidewalk and the Antifolk movement:
How Does It Feel, Antifolkies, to Have a Home, Not Be Unknown? (The Times)

Folk the Pain Away (The Voice)

An interview with Lach about the Fort and Antifolk (YouTube)

First Person | At the Sidewalk Café (The Local East Village)

DBGB takes CBGB by the back door

Extra Place — home of dog walkers, skateboarders and Wonder Woman — just received a big ol' jolt of Boulud.

According to a report at The Feast, chef and restaurateur Daniel Boulud is taking over a big space in the former piss-filled alley off the Bowery:

Located at 18 Extra Place, just a block away from Boulud's sausage emporium DBGB, the commissary will supply prepped items to all of the chef's restaurants as well as create a space for "great parties," as Boulud puts it. It may also signal the chef's intent to get into the prepared food and retail space.

That's the big news here. Boulud is building the space to USDA standards, which will pave the way for a cross-country retail business. Currently, bread for all of the restaurants is baked in the catacombs of Daniel, while sausage and charcuterie is produced at Bar Boulud. With the commissary both of those operations will be moved to Extra Place. The plant is scheduled to be online by July, which could put DBGB sausage and Bar Boulud charcuterie in your house in time for Labor Day.

[Photo via The Feast]

Another building for 'single family conversion' — with air rights!

607 E. Sixth St. near First Avenue is the most recent East Village property to appear on the market. Here's the Massey Knakal listing:

A 21‘ 5” wide, 5 story multifamily walk-up apartment building. The building is approximately 5,061 sq. ft. and is currently configured with 5 apartments. The property also benefits from additional unused air rights, southern light, some original detail, and a large 37’ deep garden. As the units are all free market, making the building great single family conversion or live plus invest opportunity.

The price: $3.5 million.

And this is just the latest building to hit the market with both air rights and single-family aspirations.... such as this one on Avenue D ... this one on Avenue B ... or this one on Seventh Street ...

Something for Mister Softee

The other day on East Third Street.