Saturday, February 13, 2021
EVG Etc.: Making it work at Theater 80; Celebrating the Lunar New Year
• Local chefs from 886, Málà Project, Fish Cheeks and Nowon have teamed up to raise awareness about the rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans (Eater)
• Police say a few protestors from the Black Trans Liberation NYC rally on Thursday night vandalized Jackdaw on Second Avenue and 13th Street (Daily News)
• Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village resident Janice Rosario, a choreographer and teacher, launched a nonprofit to help those in need in public housing (Dance Magazine)
• Study shows that the Second Avenue F stop has some of the highest levels of air pollution in subway system (The Guardian)
• A feature on the College Student Pantry at Trinity Lower East Side on Avenue B and Ninth Street (B+B ... previously on EVG)
• Theater 80 on surviving during the pandemic (NY1)
• Katz's made it through the 1918 pandemic. Here's how the deli managing COVID-19 (CNBC)
• Where to eat and celebrate the Lunar New Year (Gothamist)
Photo from last night at the New York City Marble Cemetery on Second Street
Some love for the late Sylvain Sylvain on Valentine’s Day
The virtual show will feature a mix of stories, performances and videos from David Johansen, Debbie Harry, Thurston Moore, Henry Rollins, Clem Burke, Lenny Kaye, Bob Gruen and many more.
"A Celebration of the Musical Life Of New York Dolls' Sylvain Sylvain" is being presented by Rolling Live Studios and the Bowery Electric. Tickets for the show, which starts at 7 p.m., are $15. (Find the link here.)
Sylvain, co-founder and guitarist of the New York Dolls, died on Jan. 13 of cancer. He was 69.
Previously on EV Grieve:
A Valentine's weekend pop-up market at Ace Bar
The Valentine's pop-up is today from 2-7 p.m. ... and 1-6 p.m. tomorrow.
Ace Bar is at 531 E. Fifth St. between Avenue A and Avenue B.
In other Ace Bar news... someone stole one of the outdoor heaters in the bar's curbside space...
An employee said the man first checked out the heater at 10:30 Thursday night, then came back yesterday morning at 8:30 with the tools to remove it.
Saturday's opening shot
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM EST SUNDAY...
WHAT...Mixed precipitation including freezing rain expected. Total snow accumulations of up to one inch and ice accumulations of up to one tenth of an inch.
WHERE...Portions of northeast New Jersey and southeast New York.
WHEN...From 1 PM this afternoon to 10 AM EST Sunday.
IMPACTS...Difficult travel conditions are possible due to icy roadways, especially this afternoon through tonight
Friday, February 12, 2021
Removing a curbside living space on 9th Street and Avenue C
The man, and the various items that he has collected, had been in the Ninth Street space since this past Saturday. We're told that nearby residents had called 311 and other city agencies about the encampment...
By this afternoon, some workers — unsure who sent them — arrived to remove the roof from the curbside space...
... and eventually the man's items had been moved to the sidewalk...
In recent weeks, several curbside spaces at currently closed bars-restaurants have temporarily been turned into encampments... including outside Lucy's on Avenue A...
Come out to 'Play'
Missed this single when it came out back in the fall — the UK-based duo Nova Twins with "Play Fair."
The band recently announced "Nova Twins Presents Voices For The Unheard," a new compilation album they'vee curated to spotlight underrepresented POC artists from the rock and alternative scene.
Police searching for suspect in 1st Avenue assault on Wednesday afternoon
CBS 2 has a few more details:
Police say the suspect got into a dispute with the 59-year-old victim. Things escalated, and the suspect punched the victim in his left eye.
The victim fell to the street and knocked his head on the concrete. That left the victim semi-conscious, police said. He suffered a fractured skull and swelling of the brain, according to authorities.
The victim was rushed to Bellevue Hospital in critical condition.Accounts of the assault did not include a description of the suspect (he appears to be wearing checkerboard slip-ons by Vans) ... the NYPD did release this footage last evening...
🚨WANTED for an ASSAULT: On 2/10/21 at approx. 2:51 PM, at 1st Avenue and East 12 Street. The suspect punched a 59 year old male victim in his left eye, knocking him down causing him to be semi-conscious. Any info call or DM NYPDTips at 800-577-TIPS. Reward up to $2,500. pic.twitter.com/4GTu3d9w5r
— NYPD Crime Stoppers (@NYPDTips) February 12, 2021
Essex Market regulars Davidovich Bakery opening an outpost on Avenue A
The Essex Market regular looks to be opening another standalone shop offering bagels, pastries, sandwiches and coffee.
The 23-year-old business opened its first non-Market space at 77 Clinton St. late last fall.
No word on an opening date or hours at this time for Avenue A.
Until this past September, this storefront was home to Native Bean. The cafe was here since January 2015, having moved the one block from 50 Avenue A.
We had heard that another coffee-bagel shop was opening here, but didn't know the brand.
A Valentine’s Day pop-up: Never Ending Taste coming to Yellow Rose on Sunday
Acclaimed pastry chef Natasha Pickowicz is popping up at Yellow Rose this Valentine's Day.
And it's a case of paying it forward, pop-up style.
Described as "genuine cosmic Texas cookin'," Yellow Rose opened this past fall at 102 Third Ave. between 12th Street and 13th Street. Owners Dave and Krystiana Rizo were on the pop-up circuit before opening their own place, and are now hosting Pickowicz's highly regarded Never Ending Taste bake sale, which helps raise money for local nonprofits working with issues of food insecurity and in food justice.
"I'm really excited to be in the kitchen with them," says Pickowicz, whose Valentine's menu (serving from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.) will feature sticky buns, layer cakes and cookies alongside Yellow Rose's homestyle tacos and heralded vegan queso.
Pickowicz, a James Beard nominee, is best known for her work at Café Altro Paradiso in Soho, where she worked as the head pastry chef until March 2020 when she found herself out of work at the start of the PAUSE.
And it's a case of paying it forward, pop-up style.
Described as "genuine cosmic Texas cookin'," Yellow Rose opened this past fall at 102 Third Ave. between 12th Street and 13th Street. Owners Dave and Krystiana Rizo were on the pop-up circuit before opening their own place, and are now hosting Pickowicz's highly regarded Never Ending Taste bake sale, which helps raise money for local nonprofits working with issues of food insecurity and in food justice.
"I'm really excited to be in the kitchen with them," says Pickowicz, whose Valentine's menu (serving from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.) will feature sticky buns, layer cakes and cookies alongside Yellow Rose's homestyle tacos and heralded vegan queso.
Pickowicz, a James Beard nominee, is best known for her work at Café Altro Paradiso in Soho, where she worked as the head pastry chef until March 2020 when she found herself out of work at the start of the PAUSE.
It was after this that Superiority Burger's Brooks Headley reached out to see if she would be interested in using his space on Ninth Street for a residency on Sunday nights, and the Never Ending Taste was born.
As for this Sunday, Pickowicz instructs: "No indoor dining. Wear a mask. Bring your Sweetie."
As for this Sunday, Pickowicz instructs: "No indoor dining. Wear a mask. Bring your Sweetie."
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Kate Woodruff is a food writer and chef. Both working and residing in the East Village, she spends her time cooking, eating and writing about the two. For inquiries: katejeanwoodruff@gmail.com.
Thursday, February 11, 2021
Grant Shaffer's NY See
Here's the latest NY See panel, East Village-based illustrator Grant Shaffer's observational sketch diary of things that he sees and hears around the neighborhood and NYC ...
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