Make Sandwich opens today on 4th Avenue

Make Sandwich debuts today at 135 Fourth Ave. between 13th Street and 14th Street...



Make is an extension of the Melt Shop brand. Here's their pitch via Facebook: "Make Sandwich serves uniquely classic sandwiches and quality make-your-own ingredients with NYC hustle."

You can find their menu here.

The previous tenant, Desi Shack, the quick-serve Indian-Pakistani restaurant, closed in April 2016 after less then two years.

Sunday's parting shot

Looks like some snow Screams on a fire escape on Sixth Street via EVG reader ex Vacuo...

Week in Grieview

[Photo yesterday in Tompkins Square Park by Allen Semanco]

Stories posted on EVG this past week included...

Police investigating woman's death in the Wald Houses on Avenue D (Wednesday)

Lanza's is done as contents auctioned off (Thursday)

Saying goodbye to the Cake Shop (Wednesday)

Caffe Bene temporarily closes on Avenue A to expand its menu (Thursday)

A few more details about East Side Tavern, coming to the former Redhead space (Wednesday)

Sidewalk bridge arrives at 118 E. First St., where a 9-story building is in the works (Wednesday)

The "Wild Women of Planet Wongo" returns to the Parkside Lounge (Friday)

East Side Ink moves a storefront away on Avenue B (Friday)

Elvis Guesthouse space for rent at 85 Avenue A (Thursday)

Rumors continue about the future of the empty lot at 89 First Ave. (Friday)

Images 2016 (Dec. 31)

Guaco Taco has closed on Second Street (Wednesday)

Lab -320° closes after 6 months in the former Sock Man space on St. Mark's Place (Tuesday)

A Sweet new mural for First Avenue bakery (Thursday)

That new old look at 2A (Thursday)

Report: City's 1st solar-powered bus stop back in the dark on Avenue C (Tuesday)

Reader report: In case your packages were a little wet this evening (Tuesday)

Thurston Moore interviews Iggy Pop in the documentary "I’ve Nothing But My Name" (Sunday)

Colors Restaurant leaving Lafayette Street for the Lower East Side (Thursday)

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Today in photos of the Con Ed power plant

14th and C...

Winter 2017 Wonderland in Tompkins Square Park

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

The 1 person in line at 10 am in the snow for 'Othello' cancellation tickets

The sold-out, two-month run of "Othello" starring David Oyelowo and Daniel Craig ends on Jan. 18 at the New York Theatre Workshop on Fourth Street... one way to get a ticket: show up for the cancellation line at least two hours before a given day's performance... this theatergoer arrived four hours early in hopes of a seat... (not sure if he was successful)

Photo by Derek Berg

In case you had plans to use the men's room ('comfort station') in Tompkins Square Park

Uh-oh — the dreaded "drainage back up." @EdenBrower shares this photo ...


The sign on the men's room/comfort station door helpfully suggests using the boys' bathroom on the other side of the administration building.

Hopefully all this gets undrained in time for Day 2 of MulchFest tomorrow...

Snow break, archival edition

Snowy NYC as a magical wonderland: 1950s photo of the San Carlo Restaurant at 3rd Ave & 10th St by Saul Leiter @evgrieve pic.twitter.com/EgSWs6Sanw

— Ephemeral New York (@EphemeralNY) January 7, 2017

A photo from the archives of longtime East Village resident Saul Leiter, who died in 2013.

Thanks to Ephemeral New York for sharing!

Mulching commences in Tompkins Square Park while a picturesque snow falls

The 2017 MulchFest/TreeCycle is officially underway in Tompkins Square Park... Despite a botched opening — workers pulled a Kanye and started the proceedings 15 minutes later than advertised — the Park was soon filled with the gentle purr of a mulcher mulching... as these photos by EVG Senior Mulching Correspondent Steven show...





So far, the crowds are fairly light to watch the proceedings... (guests are able to take home a bag of mulch — great in smoothies and acai bowls)



And there haven't been any takers (yet) for the MulchFest Premium Seats, a VIP package that includes Prime Seat Locations, VIP Express Entry and a MulchFest Poster autographed by the Deputy Commissioners of the NYC Parks Department.

MulchFest allegedly happens until 2 (p.m.) today ... and commences again tomorrow from 10-2.

Friday's parting shot(s)

First flurries of 2017! #woo

When Nature calls

The Toronto-based Tokyo Police Club have a new record coming out this year...and they'll be playing the Bowery Ballroom on Jan. 20.

This is "Nature of the Experiment" from the band's 2006 debut EP.

Reminders: You can watch your holiday tree get mulched right before your eyes this weekend

Juuuuuuuuuust a reminder (how could anyone forget???) that the annual MulchFest/Tree-Cycle is this weekend in Tompkins Square Park ... Saturday (tomorrow!) and Sunday (the day after tomorrow!), 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Per the Parks Depo:

Join the NYC Parks, the New York City Department of Sanitation, and GreeNYC to recycle your Christmas trees into wood chips. These wood chips are used to nourish trees and plants on streets and gardens citywide. Or, take home your very own bag of mulch to use in your backyard or to make a winter bed for a street tree. More than 30,000 trees were recycled last year. Help us top this number!

Tompkins Square Park is an official chipping site. Back to the Parks Depo: "Watch your tree get chipped in front of you, and get a free bag of mulch to take home for your plantings!"

Will we actually get to take the remains of our tree home with us? Or will they just give us a random bag of mulch?

If you don't want to watch your tree get mulched, just leave it outside the Park...



Also! The Department of Sanitation "will collect and compost clean Christmas trees left at the curb" through Jan. 14. (The trees left curbside are also allegedly chipped, mixed with leaves, and recycled into compost for NYC's parks, institutions and community gardens.) Don't forget to remove all lights, ornaments, stands, beer cans and plastic bags from the trees left at the curb.