Sunday, November 22, 2020
A car fire on 4th Street
Week in Grieview
Posts from this past week include ... (and photo on Avenue A by Derek Berg)...
• Bluestockings hosting limited-capacity opening this holiday season in new LES storefront (Monday)
• A visit to Van Da on 4th Street (Thursday)
• A visit to Raul's Barber Shop (Tuesday)
• The Bean reopens on Second Avenue (Tuesday)
• Here's a look at the final RBG mural on 1st Avenue and 11th Street (Friday)
• The East Village Holiday Crawl is underway (Friday)
• This week's Gallery Watch column (Wednesday)
• Reader reports: E. 10th St. Finest Deli will close next month (Wednesday)
• San Loco's liquor license has arrived on Avenue C (Friday)
• This week's NY See panel (Thursday)
• Tile Bar returns (Monday)
• Two-plus years after devastating fire, Yakiniku West reopens next week on 9th Street (Thursday)
• AO Bowl softly opens on St. Mark's Place (Thursday)
• A glimpse of the 10-story condoplex to come to 14 2nd Ave. (Monday)
• High winds damage outdoor dining spaces on St. Mark's Place (Monday)
• A full reveal at 639 E. 9th St. (Wedensday)
• Former psychic medium hits the rental market on 2nd Avenue (Monday)
• Former Mace space for rent on 12th Street (Thursday)
And as seen on First Avenue...... be open, be free! 
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My So-Called tag
Saturday, November 21, 2020
Quest to co-name part of St. Mark's Place after Jimmy Webb continues
As we first reported on Oct. 5, there's an ongoing campaign to co-name part of St. Mark's Place after the late Jimmy Webb.
The online petition is nearing 4,500 signatures, including Jimmy's friend Slash from Guns N' Roses.
Tomorrow (Sunday!), employees from Webb's former boutique, I Need More, will be on St. Mark's Place to collect more signatures to co-name the block between Second Avenue and Third Avenue Jimmy Webb Place
Webb, a familiar figure in the East Village during his long tenure as the manager and buyer at Trash & Vaudeville, died on April 14 of cancer. He was 62.
He started working at his dream destination, Trash & Vaudeville, in 1999, and remained there until the shop relocated from 4 St. Mark's Place to Seventh Street in 2016. He opened I Need More on Orchard Street in October 2017. That store closed this past summer.
The process of co-naming a street within the confines of Community Board 3 is explained on this PDF.
Live from the Fiore Escape tonight
Tonight, Lower East Side-based singer-songwriter Jill Fiore will host another live-music session from her fire escape.
Like her first show on Oct. 24, tonight's mini-concert will feature fellow musicians Jason Taylor and the Baron as well as a special guest.
She got the idea for the shows back in the spring as she was recovering from COVID-19 and went out on her fire escape for some fresh air, as she told Roger Clark at NY1 this week.
You can catch the Fiore Escape at 6 p.m. on Essex Street between Grand and Hester (above Delancey Car Service!) Per the invite: Attendees must wear a mask or face covering and remain at a social distance on the sidewalk below.
The show will also be streaming on Instagram Live via @soundandfiore.
Photo by Bob Krasner
Friday, November 20, 2020
A sidewalk sale on Houston and 1st Avenue
"Pressure' drop
In case you already haven't heard this 500,000 times since it was released late last month... here's Karen O and Willie Nelson ("the Duet We Didn’t Know We Needed in 2020") with their soothing acoustic cover of "Under Pressure."
Here's a look at the final RBG mural on 1st Avenue and 11th Street
Vinny & O shared the top photo... and Elle posed for a few photos afterwards (thanks Lola Saénz for these photos) ...
The artist wrote a statement on Instagram explaining all the elements of the mural of the late associate justice of the Supreme Court.
Earlier this month, workers removed Shepard Fairey's "Rise Above" mural that had been on this space for the past four years.
open prison
open prison
an open prison barred in by infection
some mask to avoid some run toward
same ol’ being the answer to you ok?
a voice on the radio says to stay home
don’t leave town as people head for their
summer cottage probably return when
the cold bites to the radiators rattle
gutter fair come eat where you
parked your car step inside
for infection free eating deny deny
parks are full at weekends picnics
ball thrown some caught masks few
why bother young outside death only
a skull on a halloween black t-shirt
how many more will be taken our
jailer is doing very well never better
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peter radley
The East Village Holiday Crawl is underway
The East Village Independent Merchant Association (EVIMA) and Cooper Square Committee have teamed up for an East Village Holiday Crawl for five weeks this November and December.
There's a theme to each week highlighting different types of specialty businesses — now currently in the "books + music" week.
The organizations are encouraging residents to shop locally to support independent businesses that have had a very challenging year during the pandemic.
You can check out this link to see participating merchants and the deals they're offering through Dec. 13.
And the EVIMA Intagram account will provide daily updates.
San Loco's liquor license has arrived on Avenue C
However, the pandemic apparently slowed down the paperwork, and the quick-serve Tex-Mex restaurant only just received their liquor license yesterday.
EVG contributor Stacie Joy was there for the occasion as owners Jill and Kimo Hing and son Dietrich (top right) assembled the area where they'll be making drinks... including a variety of margaritas...
And the first drink ordered: a cactus-pear margarita on the rocks ...
San Loco is open daily here from 4 to 10 p.m. Follow them at Instagram via this link.
San Loco's East Village presence dates to 1986. Our previous post has more background.
Previously on EV Grieve:
• It's official: San Loco is returning to the East Village
• It's official: San Loco is returning to the East Village
Is a McDonald's opening in the former Zum Schneider space on Avenue C?
Updated 1:30 p.m.
Several readers who got a closer look at the sign say it's a fake — it looks Photoshopped and it's taped to the outside of the door, which is suspicious.
Updated 11/22
The sign has been removed.
At this very moment, we're not sure it this is legit or not — possibly someone trying to be funny. (Still thinking of the Hooters hoax at the former 2nd Ave Deli site way back in 2006.) We'll look to get verification on this.
Zum Schneider, the popular biergarten and restaurant, closed here after 20 years in late February. According to Zum Schneider owner Sylvester Schneider at the time, the co-op's lawyer here on Seventh Street stated that the building had no intention to renew the lease.
If this is true, then it will mark the third McDonald's in the neighborhood, joining the one on First Avenue at 14th Street and on First Avenue near Sixth Street. (The outpost on Third Avenue closed in June 2017.)
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