Lancelotti Housewares expands on Avenue A

Some positive small-business news to share ... Lancelotti Housewares, which opened in 1996, has expanded into the recently vacated adjacent space at 66 Avenue A between Fourth Street and Fifth Street. The new space debuted this past Friday...

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And earlier...

SO EXCITED to announce that our little store is growing!! Stay tuned for more info! 🔨👷‍♀️🌈🎉 #shopsmall #eastvillage #avenuea #housewares

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The space next door became available when Mast Books moved to the corner at Fifth Street.

The 7 restaurants that have closed on the Bowery in the past year

This past weekend, the owners of Hecho en Dumbo (b. 2010) and Cherche Midi (b. 2014) shut down their respective restaurants.

This makes, since last spring, seven restaurant closings on (or near!) the Bowery between Fourth Street and just south of Houston. Other recent casualties:

• L'Apico (b. 2012), 13 E. First St. in the Avalon Bowery complex.

• DBGB (b. 2010), 299 Bowery


[The former Wise Men]

• Wise Men (b. 2013), 355 Bowery

• Agozar! (b. 2002), 324 Bowery

• Paulaner Brauhaus (b. 2013), 265 Bowery



There was also Rebelle (b. 2015) at 218 Bowery just south of Prince Street.

In any event, there weren't any reasons provided for the closures. DBGB chef-owner Daniel Boulud told this to The New York Times: "In this location, it’s busy on weekends but erratic in the early part of the week."


[The memory of DBGB lives on in Extra Place]

There are, of course, plenty of other places to drink and dine along here, starting at Fourth Street and down to Houston — BBar and Grill, Phebe's, the Bowery Market, Great Jones Cafe (close enough), Gemma, the Wren, Sorbillo Pizzeria, Bar Primi, Think Coffee, Saxon & Parole, 310 Bowery Bar, Sláinte, Bowery Meat Company, Baar Baar and the food court at Whole Foods Market® Bowery. Perhaps there are just too many choices.

Wax off: Mr. Moustache has closed on 14th Street

Mr. Moustache has closed its (his?) doors here on 14th Street between Second Avenue and Third Avenue.

The cafe sold coffee, teas and desserts, opening in the spring of 2016.

The space was home for years to Russian Souvenirs, which closed in July 2015 following a rent increase.

And I wonder where that Russian Souvenirs sign is now?

Thanks to Pinch for the photo and tip!

Previously on EV Grieve:
Wax on: Mr. Moustache Coffee Shop signage arrives on East 14th Street

The former Russian Souvenirs will become a coffee shop on East 14th Store

A Stop Work Order at 118 E. 1st St.

Back on Friday, workers slapped a Stop Work Order on the plywood at 118 E. First St. near Avenue A.

There was a meeting of the hard hats behind the plywood...



Eventually, the work order was rescinded...



... though the only work allowed for now is, per the paperwork, "emergency remedial work at rear exposure to install bracing."





There is a complaint on file with the DOB stating that the excavation work is causing an adjacent building to shake, and cracks have developed.

No. 118 will eventually yield a 9-story residential building with seven residences and a retail space. We had the first look at the rendering back on May 4.

Previously on EV Grieve:
118 E. 1st St. arrives on the market with so many possibilities, and air rights

118 E. 1st. St. will yield to a new 9-floor residential building

Demolition of 118 E. 1st St. begins to make way for 9-story residential building

Construction starts at 118 E. 1st St., future home of a 9-floor residential building

Here's what the new condoplex at 118 E. 1st St. will look like

Silky Kitchen set for 13th Street

A new restaurant is coming to 137 E. 13th St. between Third Avenue and Fourth Avenue.

The owners are on tonight's CB3-SLA committee agenda for a new beer-wine license. However, given the method of operation and the fact that the owners agreed to CB3's stipulations, this item will not be heard in front of the committee.

There's not much information on the applicant's questionnaire posted on the CB3 website (PDF here) other than the name — Silky Kitchen.

Silky Kitchen's method of operation is described as a "Chinese food restaurant." Their hours will be 9 a.m. to midnight daily.

The space was previously home to Mandolino Pizzeria, which closed in March after 14 months in business.

Plywood comes down at under-renovation Tarallucci e Vino

Back on Friday we noted that Tarallucci e Vino remained behind the renovation plywood on First Avenue and 10th Street during renovations... work was apparently a little behind schedule.

However, this past weekend, EVG regular Lola Sáenz shared these photos of the space after workers removed the plywood.



Still no word on a reopening date. The cafe, which opened in 2001, has been out of service since February.

UPDATED: The cafe reopened on June 12.

About halfway there at the incoming Moxy East Village

Looks as if workers are up to about the sixth floor here on 11th Street between Third Avenue and Fourth Avenue...



When complete some day, this will be a 13-story, 285-key hotel for Marriott's Moxy brand.

Previously on EV Grieve:
A few more details about the incoming Moxy East Village on 11th Street

Week in Grieview

[Last night's sunset from 3rd and B]

Stories posted on EVG this past week included...

New state legislation aims to combat predatory equity (Tuesday)

Council Member Carlina Rivera introducing bill that would fine Airbnb for undisclosed listings (Thursday)

RIP Anthony Bourdain (Friday)

Here's Lady Jday's Sing For Hope piano that will be in Tompkins Square Park the next few weeks (Tuesday)

The latest I Am a Rent-Stabilized Tenant (Thursday)

Hecho en Dumbo is closing after 8 years on the Bowery (Monday)

This week's NY See (Thursday)

End is nearing for the businesses on the northeast corner of 3rd Avenue and St. Mark's Place (Monday)

Tokuyama Salon Cafe now serving coffee and croissants on 6th Street (Wednesday)

Demolition permits filed to bring down former Lucky Cheng's building on 1st Avenue (Monday)

Third Street Music School's free noontime summer music series starts (Wednesday)

Cherche Midi makes closing official (Saturday)

1st glass: 80 E. 10th St. shows off its floor-to-ceiling windows (Wednesday)

Mast Books now open in its new corner space on Avenue A (Friday)

Emmy Square signage arrives at the former Three of Cups (Monday ... Thursday)

Suki to sell sushi from 7th Street (Thursday)

It's 2 a.m., do you know where your potato pancakes are? (Wednesday)

Corner space on 7th Street and Avenue B for rent as Jillery wraps up its business (Monday)

New retail space hits the market at 116 St. Mark's Place (Wednesday)

Wet plate photography in Tompkins Square Park (Monday)

A record payday for an East Village walk-up co-op (Tuesday)

Tarallucci e Vino East Village remains closed for renovations (Friday)

Hot pot switcheroo on 2nd Avenue (Tuesday)

That's all for Lucky's Famous Burgers on East Houston (Friday)

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The Post notes that Christo 'has gone from sugar daddy to baby daddy'

The Post continues to keep tabs (like here and here) on that hunky red-tailed hawk Christo ... today's feature, on Page 3 in the paper, begins:

Tompkins Square Park’s biggest tail chaser has gone from sugar daddy to baby daddy.

The red-tailed Romeo named Christo — who was servicing three lady hawks at once — is now the proud father of at least two hatchlings with his second and most recent side chick, Amelia.

The eggs arrived on April 25 ... and Goggla got the first glimpse of one of the hawklets last week.

Here's a photo via Steven of one of the hawklets from early this week...



... and here's Christo dropping off some dinner...



Goggla has more photos here. And as she notes: "All seems well so far with this new hawk family."

3 things to do today

Via the EVG inbox...

• Learn how to brew Kombucha (black tea and sugar) and Jun (green tea and honey), La Plaza Cultural, Ninth Street and Avenue C, 3-5 p.m. Details here.

• Eric Paulin Jazz in the Garden, Green Oasis Community Garden & Gilbert's Sculpture Garden, Eighth Street between Avenue C and Avenue D, 2-5 p.m. Details here. [UPDATED: The concert has been cancelled due to the threat of rain]

• Costume Making for the Mermaid Parade, Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space, 155 Avenue C between Ninth Street and 10th Street, 1-4 p.m. Details here.

Saturday's parting shot

First Street near First Avenue this morning...

Sunday afternoon in Tompkins Square Park: Puke Island Part 8

And the bands tomorrow ...

2 p.m. — Methlab
2:45 — Project 872
3:30 — Silence Equals Death
4:15 — Baelfire
5 — Point Blank

More info here.