B&H Dairy has new-look menus

B&H debuted the new diner-appropriate menus yesterday here at 127 Second Ave. between Seventh Street and St. Mark's Place...







The menus feature illustrations by Alexandra Woolsey.

Menu photos via Facebook

The Neighbors move out early at First Street Green Art Park

The Neighbors exhibit along the southern perimeter of First Street Green Art Park along Houston between First Avenue and Second Avenue was expected to be up through July 7.

However, the 86, four-by-five portraits that lined the fence were removed this past weekend...



The Daily News reported last week that 52 out of 86 of the portraits had been tagged/vandalized since they arrived on April 28...



Neighbors, a traveling exhibit, featured Americans representing all 50 states taken by photographer John Raymond Mireles.

"I expected some vandalism though admittedly not on this scale," Mireles told the Daily News. He admitted that his "heart sinks" from the tagging.

In case you missed it, here's a video of the portraits...

Monday's parting shot(s)

Accompaniment for the Sing for Hope piano in Tompkins Square Park today... photos by Derek Berg...



And I think today was the last scheduled day for the piano ... before it gets a new home in an NYC public school...

Christo and Amelia's kids are growing and growing...

A few nest shots via Steven from Tompkins Square Park early this evening ... where Christo and Amelia's two hawklets are looking ready to get our and start exploring...



... in this photo, it appears that Amelia is helping clean one of the chicks...

Oversight hearing on L train shutdown this Wednesday

Via the EVG inbox...

On Wednesday, New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson and Transportation Committee Chair Ydanis Rodriguez will be co-hosting a public oversight hearing to evaluate the latest mitigation plans for the 2019 L train tunnel closure.

If you're one of the hundreds of thousands New Yorkers who will be impacted when the MTA shuts down the L train between Manhattan and Brooklyn for 15 months for repairs beginning in April 2019, we invite you to attend this important hearing.

The hearing will begin at 1 p.m. in the Jacob Burns Moot Court Room of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Brookdale Center, located at 55 Fifth Avenue (at 12th Street). We expect it to go into the early evening depending on the number of people who show up to testify.

If you plan on attending, we encourage you to RSVP [here] to help us know how many people we should anticipate.

Public testimony will begin immediately following the testimony of any invited experts and will generally be limited to two minutes per person to allow as many residents as possible to present their views.

For those planning to testify in person, please be sure to register with the sergeant-at-arms at the Center as soon as you arrive at the hearing.

If you can't make it to the hearing but would still like to make your voice heard, you can also submit written testimony to the City Council by emailing correspondence@council.nyc.gov with the subject line: L TRAIN SHUTDOWN TESTIMONY. Written testimony will be accepted until the close of business (6 p.m.) on Friday, June 29.

Moxy East Village opening date now set for late 2019 on 11th Street

The opening for the Moxy East Village here on 11th Street between Third Avenue and Fourth Avenue had been slated for late 2018... an unrealistic/optimistic date given how much work there was left on the 285-key hotel for Marriott's Moxy brand.

The Moxy website now shows a new opening date — late 2019...



Meantime, workers have reached the eighth floor... with five more to go...





And as a reminder about the finished product...


[Stonehill & Taylor Architects]

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

Cheers Cut has not been open lately on St. Mark's Place

[Photo by Steven]

Cheers Cut, the "Taiwanese-inspired" fast-food mini-chain at 36 St. Mark's Place, has not been open lately during announced business hours. ... and the phone to the quick-serve restaurant is no longer in service.

Cheers Cut just opened last fall here between Second Avenue and Third Avenue. They quickly made a name for themselves selling large fried slabs of chicken and squid. The place did have a temporary feel to it, with a entrance still marked by the previous business — Village Gifts ... as well as a "Grand Opening" banner nine months after actually opening.



In any event, this may just be an unannounced temporary closure. (The Cheers Cut Facebook account is still on robo mood and posting to tempt people to stop by.)

Still, the address has been a bit of a doomed location on this block. There was Friterie Belgian Fries, which closed in January 2017 after nearly 18 months in operation.

The previous tenant, Fasta ("Pasta Your Way"), lasted less than six weeks in business. Before that, it was the $1.50 branch of 2 Bros. Pizza, which closed in February 2015.

Ippudo closed for renovations through July 17

Over on Fourth Avenue, paper covers the part of the front window of the popular ramen-and-pork-buns spot between Ninth Street and 10th Street.

The East Village location of Ippudo, which was the first U.S. outpost for the Japanese chain, closed last week for renovations, per the signage in the front window...



The Ippudo website notes that they'll be closed through July 17.

The 411 on 886

The incoming Taiwanese restaurant at 26 St. Mark's Place between Second Avenue and Third Avenue called 886 opens on July 11 (pushed back from a spring opening).

Eater posted a mini preview the other day:

From the co-founder of the Tang nearby, 886 ... has more playful takes on traditional Taiwanese dishes. Three-cup chicken becomes three-cup glazed chicken wings, and a traditional “small sausage in large sausage,” or sticky rice-wrapped pork sausage, is renamed to “sausage party” and served with peanuts, cilantro, and cured duck yolk. Drinks focus on beer, wine and sake, with Brooklyn sake brewery Brooklyn Kura on tap.

The restaurant is named after Taiwan’s country code.

Previously on EV Grieve:
886, next-level Taiwanese food, in the works for 26 St. Mark's Place

[Updated] Westside Market looking closer to opening on 3rd Avenue in Gramercy Park

The new Westside Market at 180 Third Ave. between 16th Street and 17th Street is shaping up...



Word is it will open by the end of July June. The space looks like a smaller version than the one just five blocks to the south at 84 Third Ave.

The Gramercy Park location is one of three new Westside outposts to open this year. In total, there will be seven in the city.

The retail space had been a Met Foods, which closed in the spring of 2015.

The East Village Westside opened in October 2014.

Updated 6/28

The store opens on June 28, 11:30 a.m.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Westside Market opening in the former Met Foods space on 3rd Avenue and 17th Street

Week in Grieview

[Photo of the NYPD "Pride Ride" outside the 9th Precinct via Goggla]

Stories posted on EVG this past week included...

Boys' Club of New York selling East Village building; will remain open through June 2019 (Thursday)

Report: AG selects management firm to oversee Steve Croman's real-estate holdings (Wednesday)

The warm and fuzzies in Tompkins Square Park (Thursday)

The EVG podcast: Red-tailed hawk talk with Laura Goggin (Friday)

At the start of the 2018 Drag March (Saturday)

The Swiss Institute debuts its inaugural exhibit at new East Village home (Friday) ... Printed Matter/St. Mark's opens today inside the Swiss Institute (Friday)

Grape and Grain returns under new ownership on 6th Street (Friday)

Little League playoff game delayed 45 minutes while a red-tailed hawk ate a pigeon (Saturday)

This 3-story building on 6th Street is for sale (air rights included) (Tuesday)

This week's NY See (Thursday)

Ben Shaoul owes Steve Croman some back rent on Avenue B (Monday)

E Smoke Shop will remain on St. Mark's Place (Wednesday)

The new P.S. 19 community playground is open (Saturday)


[Photo Tuesday on St. Mark's Place by Derek Berg]

Incoming: Gala on 3rd Avenue, Nunoodle Noodle + Bar on 1st Avenue (Monday)

DHS flyers on 1st Street (Friday)

Flamingos selling clothing by the pound on Stanton Street (Thursday)

Tristan Eaton starts on the Bowery Mural Wall (Saturday)

Cherry Tavern cherry-free for now (Monday)

Another broker for 20 Avenue A? (Thursday)

The really for-real Target signage has arrived at EVGB (Tuesday)

Blue Quarter debuts in the back of Local 92 on 2nd Avenue (Wednesday)

Video: Father John Mistry's early-morning stroll through the East Village (Tuesday)

Nai Tapas Bar moving from 1st Avenue to 2nd Avenue (Monday)

A Perfect spot for a dental office on 4th Street (Tuesday)

Bad 'Neighbors' at First Street Green Art Park? (Tuesday)

... and you may have seen these lost-dog flyers around this weekend... Linda has been found and returned to her grateful owners...



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June 24

Just 6.03 months until Dec. 25... this one definitely could have made it until then... unless it's new for this Dec. 25, and it fell off the back of a truck or the roof of a car or something and landed here on 13th Street and Second Avenue.

Anyway! Thanks to Hudson for the discovery.