Monday, April 6, 2020

Mudspot Café closes for the week


[Photo today by MP]

Mudspot Café has announced that it's closing for the week here on Ninth Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue. Aside from coffee, Mudspot had been selling a variety of pastries, grocery items as well as beer and wine in recent weeks.

Here's part of their message via Instagram:

Dear mudpeople,

we are taking a breath and closing for what is expected to be a pretty tough week in nyc. we aim to re-open monday 4/13.

thank you to our amazing staff for their unmatched endurance and beautiful souls. and thank you to all the health care and essential workers on the frontlines, who don’t have the luxury of staying home this week.

we all owe you a debt of gratitude...

Meanwhile, their online shop will continue to ship coffee.
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Sunny & Annie's still holding it down on the corner of 6th and B



While some delis have decided to shut down (here and here, for example), Avenue B favorites Sunny & Annie's remains up and running on the corner at Sixth Street.

Over the weekend, they posted to Instagram ... thanking customers and reminding people about practicing safe social distancing ... (you can call 212-677-3131 to have a sandwich or two delivered)...

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Bobwhite Lunch and Supper Counter and Two Boots Pizza have temporarily closed



Bobwhite Lunch and Supper Counter, 94 Avenue C at Sixth Street, shut down last night after service... and will remain closed for the foreseeable future.

Bobwhite is the latest restaurant to close after giving the takeout-delivery route a try the past few weeks. As noted yesterday, Two Boots on Avenue A at Third Street also closed last evening to give its staff a break, with hopes of returning the week of April 20.

Yesterday, we updated our list of what's open for takeout and delivery ... striking 13 restaurants from the list.
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Sunday, April 5, 2020

Sunday's parting shot



A makeshift playground on an empty Bond Street between Lafayette and the Bowery ... photo by Ben Lebovitz...
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The $1 cookies at Subject



Subject, the cocktail bar at 188 Suffolk St. just south of Houston, is selling items (cocktails and bottles of wine) via its front window.

EVG contributor Stacie Joy mentions this draw: Co-owner Leslie Feinberg's house-baked peanut butter cookies. Available for $1, while supplies last.

The takeout window is open Saturday and Sunday from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m., with a 5 p.m. start Tuesday through Friday 5.

And as you may recall, Feinberg previously owned and operated Prohibition Bakery.
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Week in Grieview


[A Stay Safe message WIP on 5th Street via Derek Berg]

• Exercise options and at-home workouts from East Village-based fitness providers (Monday)

• This is a list of laundromats and dry cleaners still open in the East Village (Wednesday)

• A visit to High Vibe on 3rd Street (Thursday)

• Another 'Star Spangled' cheer for health-care workers on 7th Street (Saturday)

• The East Village photography of Martin Mahoney (Friday)

• Demolition permits filed for former Church of the Nativity and La Salle building next door (Monday)

• On Avenue B, Ben's Deli is closing for now; first time in 45 years (Thursday)

• Construction next door causes Rossy's Bakery & Café to temporarily close on 3rd Street (Wednesday)

• B Bar & Grill lays off its staff without severance; August closing date rumored (Thursday)

• Tompkins Square Library launches online programming this week (Thursday)

• Documenting the coronavirus and helping 2 LES legends (Sunday)

• Coronavirus Urban Etiquette Sign of the day (Thursday)

• Sauce Pizzeria deliver free pies to hospital workers; landlord chips in and freezes rent (Friday)

• "We will not go quietly into the night!" A midnight fireworks display (Saturday)

• Odessa is back open for takeout and delivery (Friday)

• This week's NY See (Friday)

• The Chippery, now with signage on 1st Avenue (Monday)

• Report: These 9th Street tenants don't have to pay rent until building has C/O, judge rules (Monday)

• East Village Organic now closed until April 10 (Friday)

• Yonah Schimmel's Knish Bakery temporarily closes (Wednesday)

• Black Seed Bagels closes for duration of coronavirus outbreak (Monday)

• Commodities is now temporarily closed on 1st Avenue (Tuesday)

• B-Side has closed for good on Avenue B (Tuesday)

• The Starbucks on Avenue A and St. Mark's Place reopens today (Monday)

... and as seen on 7th and A last night...



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Instagram follow of the day



@sbirnbaum1 takes archival photos of musicians around NYC and matches them up to the same setting today, such as this pre-Dave Grohl shot of Nirvana at the East River Park bandshell.

Also, today (April 5) marks the 26th anniversary of Kurt Cobain's death.

And one more...






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A webinar for East Village small business owners



From the EVG inbox via the East Village Independent Merchants Association...

The programs and initiatives in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act that was just passed by Congress are intended to assist business owners their immediate needs. These programs are beginning to come online each day. As of today, applications for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) are live.

We know that applying to these programs can be complex and often raise more questions than answers. To that end we are hosting an in-depth legal webinar with the generous support of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in partnership with Community Board 3. After a guided how-to of the PPP application process, the Freshfields team will be available to answer questions.

The webinar for East Village small business owners is tomorrow (Monday, April 6) at 1 p.m. You can register and find more details via this link.
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Last day for Two Boots for the next few weeks



Two Boots Pizza on Avenue A and Third Street is taking a break after service today.

The longtime pizzeria hopes to return the week of April 20. Here's more via Instagram...

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Free tomato seedlings on 7th and A



Someone carefully placed these seedlings out on Seventh Street and Avenue A at the entrance to Tompkins Square Park this morning.

The neatly written sign explains:

These seedlings were raised on a windowsill. Grown from seed (from a beefsteak tomato from Trader Joe's).

Planted on Feb. 20, so they should bear fruit in 4-6 weeks.

Plant them in a big pot (they'll get big!) (the paper pots will dissolve)

If you want to grow them outside, they'll need to be hardened off. (Google it. It's easy)

Thanks to the reader for this photo!

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Saturday, April 4, 2020

Another 'Star Spangled' cheer for health-care workers on 7th Street



Once again tonight, the #ClapBecauseWeCare cheer for health-care workers and first responders featured an electrified "Star Spangled Banner" here on Seventh Street between Avenue A and First Avenue.

And there were two special guests: two off-duty ER doctors from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx who drove up via a police escort. (They had seen the previous night's video.)

Alice Owen and Randi Himelfarb shot these videos...



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Instagram follow of the day


Check out New York City: Then & Now, which is pretty much exactly what it sounds like ... find the account here.
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