Watch a bike theft in progress on 3rd Street

An EVG reader shared this surveillance video from early Saturday morning... showing a man (with a lookout) cut through two locks with a portable angle grinder and leave with a bike on Third Street between Avenue A and Avenue B... (the bike owner filed a police report and shared the footage, minus the musical accompaniment ...)

Today in sidewalk finds

Earlier today, EVG contributor Derek Berg spotted this Singer antique treadle sewing machine with cabinet table up for grabs on Seventh Street ... a short time later, he spotted this couple taking it home...

Agozar! is closing this week on the Bowery

Agozar!, the 15-year-old Cuban bistro-bar on the Bowery near Bleecker Street, is closing after service on Thursday.

The restaurant's owners — the brother-sister team of Gerardo Perez and Diana Mastrodimos — made the announcement on Facebook...



The post reads:

After 15 years of serving the East Village and the Bowery, we would like to regretfully inform everyone that we will be closing on December 1st. Our last day of service will be November 30th. It has been a pleasure serving the community for over a decade. Our family would like to thank our hardworking dedicated staff, our customers, and regulars for your loyalty and patronage throughout the years. THANK YOU! We hope to see you soon!

H/T EVG reader Erin!

Kona Coffee and Company now open on 2nd Avenue

The coffee shop opened during the holiday weekend at 57 Second Ave. between Third Street and Fourth Street.

Their Facebook account notes that their beans "come from small, family-owned farms in Kona." Sidewalk signage shows a few of their offerings ... as well as the hours — 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.



Previously on EV Grieve:
Kona Coffee and Company coming to 2nd Avenue

[Updated] Gino Sorbillo opens his pizzeria tomorrow on the Bowery

Tomorrow marks the official grand opening of Sorbillo, the first U.S. pizzeria from "the Neapolitan celebrity super-chef" Gino Sorbillo at 334 Bowery between Bond and Great Jones...







Here's more on Sorbillo from a profile at Eater in September:

Though he's unknown to most Americans, Gino Sorbillo is one of the most famous pizzaioli in Italy, with regular guest appearances on MasterChef Italia, three restaurants in Naples, and a reputation for having fought the mafia — beating back crime in Centro Storico, the neighborhood that’s home to his flagship pizzeria.

The pizzeria will be open from noon to 11 p.m. daily (until midnight on Friday and Saturday). You can find their menus here.

...and a look at the product via the pizzeria's Instagram account...

Gino Sorbillo on the Bowery! @sorbillonyc official opening on TUESDAY 11/28 🍕🚀 📷: @sharibayer

A post shared by Sorbillo (@sorbillonyc) on Nov 25, 2017 at 2:12pm PST

A post shared by Sorbillo (@sorbillonyc) on Nov 16, 2017 at 12:34pm PST

A post shared by Sorbillo (@sorbillonyc) on Nov 17, 2017 at 2:00pm PST

Will Sorbillo be able to break the streak of quick openings and closings at this address on the Bowery? Most recently, the hyped PYT — "Home of America's Craaaziest Burgers" — imploded here after just three months in business in early 2016.

The space was home to Forcella Bowery for nearly three years until November 2014 … only to be replaced in December 2014 by the tapas-friendly Espoleta, which closed six months later to make way for Gia Trattoria. They quickly closed.

Updated 7 p.m.

The Mayor was unhand for a ribbon-cutting ceremony this afternoon...

De Blasio defends New York pizza from own spokesperson https://t.co/LLqKTAiqHg pic.twitter.com/QOwZ5bWwnX

— New York Post (@nypost) November 28, 2017

Previously on EV Grieve:
A step back in time on the Bowery

Pizza-master Gino Sorbillo marks his arrival on the Bowery

Former Jennifer Way's Bakery space for rent

Jennifer's Way Bakery closed at the end of the summer here on 10th Street between Avenue A and First Avenue. At the time, owner Jennifer Esposito, the Brooklyn-born actress, said she would be moving the organic, gluten-free bakery.

While there isn't any word of a new location, the old spot is now on the market as the for rent sign arrived last week.

The bakery opened in March 2013.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Jennifer Esposito's Jennifer's Way Bakery is moving from 10th Street; destination unknown

The rent is due at Dojo Noodle House

Dojo Noodle House has been closed since mid-August here on Avenue B near Third Street. At the time, a sign on the door noted a September return. That never happened.

This past week, the landlord taped some legal documents to the front door for ownership ... with the notice that the restaurant owes some recent base rent and an assortment of legal fees that add up to $18,903.32 ...

The small restaurant opened as Dojo Izakaya in November 2014 and received positive notices. This Dojo was an offshoot of chef David Bouhadana's Sushi Dojo on First Avenue between Sixth Street and Seventh Street. (Bouhadana reportedly parted ways with the Dojo camp the following year.)

80 E. 10th St. tops out

Just noting that 80 E. 10th St., the 10-floor condoplex at Fourth Avenue, topped out this past week.

The flags are now flying atop the development called Eighty East Tenth ...



There will be 12 residences in total at No. 80. More background on this project here.

And how was your holiday weekend?

Photo on Avenue D between Ninth Street and 10th Street via @davidpiz ...

Art is what you can get away with

EVG regular Raquel Shapira bumped into Paris-based artist-illustrator Tomadee, who's in town for a few days... he brought three of these posters with him... he put one up in Bushwick and two in Manhattan, including here on Avenue A...

Week in Grieview

[Sky view from 6th Street]

Stories posted on EVG this past week included...

The International Bar closing, merging with the Coal Yard on 1st Avenue (Tuesday) ... iBar signage arrives at the Coal Yard ahead of tomorrow's merger (Wednesday)

Tompkins Square Library hosting the East Village Arts Festival on Dec. 13 (Tuesday)

Report: Participants were paid to take part in a rally in support of 9th Street dorm project (Monday) ... Claims of paid pro-dorm supporters are 'fake news' says developer Gregg Singer (Friday)

Thanksgiving at the Bowery Mission (Wednesday)

Queens-based bakery bringing Hawaiian-inspired desserts to 9th Street (Monday)

Space Mabi is open on 1st Avenue (Friday)

A look at Orchard Street's transformation into the 1970s for Martin Scorsese's Jimmy Hoffa film (Sunday)

Topping off Thirteen East + West on 13th Street (Monday)

The Strummer days of Christmas (Tuesday)

Potted palm mystery in Tompkins Square Park (Thursday)

The 26th annual Unsilent Night returns on Dec. 17 (Tuesday)

Swiss Institute revamp now in sidewalk bridge phase (Wednesday)

A new generation for 'Blank Generation' (Saturday)

Wax on: Avänt Candle takes long-empty Avenue B storefront (Monday)

Former Caffe Bene space under renovation on St. Mark's Place (Wednesday)

Boarding up the former Papaya King on St. Mark's Place (Friday)

Tompkins Square Bar opens at 110 Avenue A (Monday)

Miracle on Ninth Street now open for the holidays (Saturday)

Kellogg's Union Square cafe closer to snapping, crackling and popping (Friday)

...and via EdenB ... there's a homemade memorial for Lil Peep outside the now-closed Webster Hall on 11th Street ... the rapper played at the venue back in April...



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Dead leaves and Lime-A-Ritas in Tompkins Square Park

Scenes from this morning...