Krust Pizzeria has closed for good this time on 14th Street

EVG reader Shiv shares this photo, showing a for rent sign and eviction notice on the door at Krust Pizzeria.

Last summer, it looked as if Krust here on 14th Street between Second Avenue and Third Avenue had bitten the dust. The shop was closed for weeks, and legal documents posted to the door showed that eviction proceedings were underway. But Krust rallied and reopened, though it was only temporary.

The pizzeria opened in the fall of 2011.

Meet Fresh debuts on Cooper Square

NYC's first Meet Fresh is now open on Cooper Square at Sixth Street.

While we don't have photographic evidence of this, an EVG reader reported a long line outside the popular Taiwanese dessert and tea chain on Saturday.

As previously noted, the company, now with 100 locations worldwide, was started by the Fu siblings. Here's their story via the Meet Fresh website:

Sister and Brother Fu grew up in a generational farming family in the Feng Yuan District of Taichung, Taiwan. Using traditional food materials and processes, they made chewy taro ball desserts, soft herbal jelly, and delicate traditional tofu pudding, as a continuation of traditional delicacies while integrating innovation!

Meet Fresh resides in the corner retail space of the 13-story dorm for Marymount Manhattan College students that opened in August 2015.



Previously on EV Grieve:
Meet Fresh bringing teas and taro balls to Cooper Square

Tough times for spas

Three spas have recently closed in the East Village...

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The Red & White Spa recently shuttered on Third Avenue at 10th Street ... the spa was previously in a smaller space on the other side of the Taste Wine shop next door ... Before Red & White took over, this prime corner space was the Element Beauty Lounge.

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The former Top Beauty Spot on Second Avenue between 12th Street and 13th Street is for rent...

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And EVG reader Amy mentioned that the Lavender Mini Spa on Fourth Street at First Avenue hasn't been open of late... the gates remained down this weekend. Their phone is not in service.

Week in Grieview

[Late one afternoon on Allen at Houston the other day]

Stories posted on EVG this past week included...

Ciao For Now is closing after 17 years on 12th Street; will continue with catering business (Friday)

Remembering Adela Fargas (Monday)

Che Cafe returns as Benny's Burritos & Empanadas on 7th Street (Friday)

On East Houston, El Maguey y La Tuna will have to close after the landlord doubles the rent (Monday)

Cinnamon Garden, a new Indian restaurant coming soon to 6th Street (Tuesday)

Report: Discrimination suit claims principal overlooked racial issues at Tompkins Square Middle School (Wednesday)

P.C. Richard puts up the moving signs on 14th Street; more Tech Hub debate to come (Thursday)

Ben & Jerry's is now open on St. Mark's Place (Monday)

The 9-story boutique office building coming to the former Sunshine Cinema space (Monday) ... Discarded theater seats and goodbyes at the Sunshine Cinema (Monday)

Gregg Singer heads to federal court to clear way for his 9th Street dorm project (Thursday)

Champion Coffee taking over the Madman Espresso space on 14th Street (Wednesday)

Chelsea Thai closes ahead of move to former Neptune space on 1st Avenue (Tuesday)

Oishi Village Sushi has gone out of business on 2nd Avenue (Friday)

King Kong Lives (on 13th Street) (Thursday)

Looking at Boris & Horton, opening soon on Avenue A (Monday)

Unleashed by Petco has closed on 2nd Avenue (Tuesday)

Robataya has closed on 9th Street (Monday)

Boticarios opens on 1st Street (Thursday)

Last call for JAM Paper & Envelope on 3rd Avenue (Thursday)

I.Q. Decor closing on 14th Street (Wednesday)

$10 million minimum opening bid at auction of former building that housed Lucky Cheng's (Wednesday)

1st sign of Target on 14th Street (Tuesday)


[Discarded on 7th Street via Derek Berg]

Some Tasty Taiwan for the former TK Kitchen on St. Mark's Place (Wednesday)

Ciala has apparently closed (Tuesday)

Taco Bell premiered its Nacho Fries on the Bowery (Wednesday)

The literally sign at the Continental (Thursday)

In the fall of 2015, the owner of the Lions BeerStore opening on Second Avenue at Sixth Street asked Billy the Artist, a resident of the building, to create a mural on the south-facing wall...



This past week, a building inspector made the landlord paint over it for rather vague reasons...



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East Village bird count

[A Yellow-bellied Sapsucker spotted in the East Village]

A group of East Village residents recently took part in a bird count in the neighborhood. Here’s their story via EVG reader Patrick:

We were inspired by annual bird counts that have occurred for more than a century in New York and, now, all over the world. We gathered in Tompkins Square Park and then spread out to cover the community gardens and other areas of the East Village.

Overall we counted 1,567 individual birds, representing 16 different species. Highlights included a Peregrine Falcon on Meltzer Tower, two Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers in Tompkins Square Park, and an American Kestrel perched on a building at the corner of Seventh Street and Avenue A. We also saw Christo, the resident male red-tailed Hawk in Tompkins Square Park, along with “Nora,” the new visitor, and another juvenile hawk.

Thanks to everyone who participated: Steven, Donald, Florence, Dennis, Cheyenne, Laura, Jeff, Greg and Elias!

Today in unicorn sightings on Cooper Square

A dispatch from peter radley:

if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes
I would have thought that someone
was more than a little delirious to
tell such a tale?

Hold the phone

EVG reader Jen Pace shared this photo from earlier today on First Avenue between 13th Street and 14th Street... making way for the next LinkNYC kiosk...

FDR accompaniment

Dave on 7th spotted this scene on 10th Street near the FDR. "Interestingly soothing undertones to the traffic."

Write on

Spotted outside the 2Bn2C sculpture garden on Second Street between Avenue B and Avenue C... not sure how long the bag with free pens and pencils has been there... mostly pens left...

Noted

Another dog poop etiquette sign to note... this one in Tompkins Square Park...



... inside the St. Mark's Place entrance along Avenue A ... well, if this helps...



Some Parkgoers have apparently been letting their dogs run around in this area... and not everyone is cleaning up afterwards... and so someone put up these signs...



Photos from Thursday by Bobby Williams.

State of the nation

Sextile starts the new year with a new single... here's the L.A.-based band with a video for "Current Affair."

Where's Pitbull?

Yesterday afternoon, Derek Berg spotted a cardboard cutout of the rapper Pitbull on Seventh Street near Avenue A... by this morning, Pitbull was enjoying one of the remaining payphones on Second Avenue...



It is too soon to tell if we have another concrete horse head bust on our hands.