EV Grieve Eatery Etc.: Blue Ribbon Fried Chicken says hello (sort of); Flea Market Cafe closes for renovations

Didn't notice this one... On Avenue A, the concepts keep changing at the former Avenue A Sushi, which closed in the spring of 2010. It has been the Avenue A Bistro Bar. The Avenue A Bistro Cafe. Anyway, it's now called La Lune, a hookah bar serving Lebanese cuisine...

Previously on EV Grieve:
Avenue A Sushi is confusing us

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The first sign of the incoming Blue Ribbon Fried Chicken has arrived on the northwest corner of Second Avenue and East First Street...

The Blue Ribboners are aiming for a beer-wine license at this month's CB3/SLA meeting next Monday...

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Oh. Just a photo of these guys repainting the Phebe's sign on the Bowery at East Fourth Street on Saturday...

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And on Avenue A, the Flea Market Cafe is closed for renovations, as the sign shows...

To be honest, we've lost track of what's happening with the cafe. There have been a lot of rumors about its future, including new ownership.

Halloween City unceremoniously closes

Well, like many area businesses, Halloween City in the Shoppes at Red Square on East Houston closed on Oct. 28 pre Sandy's arrival.

And the store never reopened.

The store seemingly didn't move too much merchandise. No last-minute Halloween shoppers this year. We thought they would have at least thrown some post Oct. 31 sales. What else do you do with, say, all those Mitt Romney masks?

Freak On, Halloween City...

[Updated] Nino's is back open, but...

We noted the other day that Nino's on Avenue A at St. Mark's Place had closed... either for renovations or to become something else... No one ever got a straight answer ... anyway, a sanitized Nino's is now back open (no xmas decorations or fountain drinks so far) ... a reader said that he tried it, and the pizza didn't quite seem the same... and he didn't recognize the workers... Anyone else try the new Nino's?

[Interior photo by Shawn Chittle]

A game of cat and mouse, and the squirrel won

Tompkins Square Park today. Photos by Bobby Williams...

This afternoon on Avenue C

Noted

One way to give rid of a storm-damaged car: Leave the keys on the hood. Photo by Bobby Maher.

Unless someone just forgot their keys on the hood...

14 photos of the post-Hurricane Sandy blackout in the East Village

Many readers sent photos from the blackout after Hurricane Sandy. I didn't have the chance to post them at the time. So... here's a look back... thank you to everyone who shared their work...

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Photos by Shawn Chittle.

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Photos by Michael Rosenthal.

(C) 2012 Michael Rosenthal

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Photos By Kevin Shea Adams
@kevinsheaadams
Find more photos of his photos here.

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Via Downtown in the Dark. Find more photos here.

Street fair! Street fair! Street fair!

Our friend esquared™ sends this along from this morning at Astor Place... Does the timing seem strange for a street fair?

From the EVG Twitter account

Almost no wait now at BP on 2nd Ave & E 1st St twitter.com/evgrieve/statu…

— evgrieve (@evgrieve) November 11, 2012

A reader noted that there wasn't any line just a few minutes ago... As of 9:30 or so, Mobil on Houston and Avenue C was awaiting a delivery... and no one in line. Does everyone now finally have gas? (So to speak...)

Noted

Any idea why Con Ed would have such heavily armed NYPD personnel outside the substation on East 14th Street and Avenue C....?

Photo by Bobby Williams.

Today in rats dying getting on the L train

Yep. Photo by Bobby Williams.

Religious zealots target Zoltar

Outside Gem Spa today...