Reader report: I Coppi team opening new restaurant on Avenue A

I Coppi closed on East Ninth Street last month... However, EVG contributor Shawn Chittle has learned that the I Coppi team will be opening a new venture on Avenue A near East 12th Street ... in the space that previously belonged to the Vampire Freaks store...

There is now paper over the storefront on Avenue A ... and the for lease sign is gone. Workers have started transforming the space...

Per Shawn about the new space:

"Beer/wine only. Tuscan food. Restaurant won't be called I Coppi as of this writing. No opening date set." And we're not sure if all the former principals will be part of the new venture...

Pinisi Cafe & Bakery has closed on East Fourth Street

On Saturday, EVG reader Blaine passed along the above photo... showing workers clearing out the Pinisi Cafe & Bakery on East Fourth Street near First Avenue. Workers also removed the neon Bakery sign.

The Pinisi outpost on First Avenue closed in late July 2010. We know of a lot of readers who liked their various pastries and desserts.

EV Grieve Eatery Etc.: AAA Amici Pizza still open; IHOP still smells

A few weeks ago, we noted that Taureau at 127 E. Seventh St. moved away from the East Village. Our friends at the Big Gay Ice Cream Shop told us that Taureau owner Didier Pawlicki was opening another French bistro in the space... So, the renovations continue at the space, and it looks as if it will be called Table Verta...

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The Post checked in yesterday with a piece about the East 15th Street residents sick and tired of the noise and smell coming from the IHOP. (We wrote about it last November here and here.)

By the way, the building that houses the IHOP on East 14th Street is still for sale. Still asking $14.5 million. Here's the listing.

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And several readers told us that the Starbucks sidewalk seating has returned to the Second Avenue/East Ninth Street location after all that expired permit hoopla with the city... Uh, of course, this photo from Saturday doesn't actually show the tables and chairs out for the day just yet...

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And after being closed for a few days on Third Avenue at East 12th Street, AAA Amici Pizza was back open for the weekend, as this photo by EVG reader ‏@robbyohara ...

Why couldn't Zoltar foretell this development?

A readers passes along this unfortunate bit of news from outside Gem Spa tonight...

Get well soon, old friend... Plus, we need you — the Breeders' Cup is coming up...

Week in Grieview

[Tompkins Square Park this past week. Photo by Bobby Williams]

RIP Donald Suggs (Tuesday)

City approves the new East Village/Lower East Side Historic District (Tuesday)

Sushi coming to former Polonia space (Monday)

A FroYo shop closes, sells its surplus of Fruity Pebbles (Tuesday)

Remembering Downtown Beirut and other "most-mourned" bars (Thursday)

Old PS 64 update (Wednesday)

A Subway closes on First Avenue (Thursday)

A huge rent increase for family with cancer-stricken 2 year old (Tuesday, 54 comments)

2 new floors for 80 E. Second St. (Friday)

Arrest in Tompkins Square Park sexual assault (Sunday)

A Daniel Craig moment on East 10th Street (Friday)

Reader report: Man arrested for having dog on L train platform

Per a reader:

Brooklyn bound L train at 1st Ave. 2 a.m.

Police gave this guy many chances to leave before backup came and arrested him. He was being a jerk and saying he seen dogs on the train before.

Not sure what's going to happen to the dog.

Night and day on Ninth Street and Avenue A

Photos by Shawn Chittle.

Here's the Taylor Swift section at Duane Reade's Avenue B store

I don't recall any other pop singers getting their own section at Duane Reade. Can't say that I know anything about her ... except from the tabloids reporting on her dating a Kennedy.

San Francisco Giants celebration tree mended on Second Avenue

On Friday, we noted the Urban Etiquette Sign that an EVG reader spotted on Second Avenue near 14th Street... outside Bay Area-rooting sports bar Finnerty's. Some fans in celebration mode apparently broke off some branches...

A commenter later noted: "I see the broken limbs have been removed and damaged area sealed. Fair enough."

And here's a photo of the tree now...

Watching Television this morning

Been hanging out over at The YouTube early this morning... going through videos that I put in my favorites but never watched for some reason, like this grainy rehearsal footage of Television circa 1974 ... I like the one commenter who says "Verlaine is like a trobadour from the asylum who has never washed his hair."

The lineup at this time:

Tom Verlaine — vocals, guitar
Richard Hell — vocals, bass
Richard Lloyd — guitar
Billy Ficca — drums

Next De-Flea Market tomorrow at Bar 82

PUB CRAWL ALERT

A reader sent this in via Facebook...

Saturday October 13th is the 3rd day of New York Comic Con. It also happens to be a damn good day to drink, eat, and generally party your way through the East Village.

How do we resolve the simultaneous occurrence of these 2 extraordinary events?

By throwing NYC's First COMIC CRAWL!

There will be food. There will be drinks. There will be mayhem. There will be Comics!
*There will NOT be blood.

Featuring many of the East Village's coolest spots.
- Idle Hands Bar
-Destination Bar
-Billy Hurricane's
-Mama's
-Alphabets
-Fresco Gelateria
-Liquiteria
-Professor Thom's
-Wechsler's Currywurst & Bratwurst
-Keybar
-La Lucha
-Otto's Shrunken Head
-Poco
-Jimmy's No. 43
-East Village Tavern
-Double Down Saloon

DNAinfo featured this pub crawl here.

Anyone else getting really tired of this kind of shit?