Tonight marks the soft opening for Xeo Cantina at 334 Bowery between Great Jones and Bond...
In a Facebook post, hospitality vet Mike Khuu described the concept as "Vietnamese food with Tequila."
Khuu also co-owns The Boil (with locations on Chrystie Street and Waverly Place, not to mention Jersey City) that serves creole and Cajun-style cuisine, and Saigon Shack on MacDougal.
No sign of a menu or other particulars at the moment for XEO Cantina.
Multiple readers have pointed out the opening (as of June 17) of Titan’s Greenery Arts on Ninth Street between Avenue A and First Avenue.
According to its Instagram account, Titan’s Greenery is "a brand that supports arts and the cannabis culture." It's a "collective community" where members must be 21 years old to enter ... and "nothing is for sale."
The storefront is affiliated with the Dr. Green brand — "the First Members-Only Consumption Lounge of NYC."
The address was previously home for nearly 40 years to Enchantments ... before the occult-themed shop's move to 165 Avenue B earlier this year.
Clyde Romero, a longtime East Village resident and co-founder of the LES Ecology Center, passed away in January.
This Wednesday evening, June 22, there's a memorial "to honor his life as an artist, community and environmental activist" at the LES Ecology Center, 213 E. Seventh St. between Avenue B and Avenue C, from 5-9 p.m. (Rain date is Thursday night.)
A memorial fund has also been established in honor of Romero, "who has been the driving force for designing and programming the garden over the last 30 years ... Help us honor his contributions and ensure the garden will flourish for many decades to come."
EVG reader Garth shares this discovery from last evening ... a mostly concealed Christmas-tree-in-June-undercover-of-the-night discard from First Street between Second Avenue and the Bowery.
Royal Bangladesh on First Avenue at Sixth Street has not been open for several weeks, per multiple readers. Yelp also lists the restaurant as closed.
EVG contributor Stacie Joy caught this shot of the rolldown gate open over the weekend ... showing a for-rent sign on the storefront...
The colorful BYOB standby on the lower level here first opened in 1978.
With this closure, Panna II, who runs Milon these days, is the sole restaurant at the address... bringing an end to the era of theatrical hosts trying to get passersby to eat in their establishment, insisting that their food is superior.
This article at 6sqft has a nice recap of the restaurants here; Eater too.
Jeff Underwood, the founder and chief mechanic at CC Cyclery, is sharing details about a burglary at his shop, 530 E. 13th St., early on May 26.
In total, six people were involved in the break-in. Here's part of the message via an Instagram post from over the weekend...
They ended up making multiple trips during the hours of 1:45 a.m. until 8:40 a.m. The person who broke in was wearing a white hoodie, white shorts and carrying a shoulder bag. He was holding a small flashlight in one hand and a hunting knife in the other.
After breaking in, others showed up and helped themselves to all our cash in the register, our laptops, ipads, bicycles, all our locks on display.
After one broke in, five others showed up to help. They took multiple trips back and forth over the course of a few hours.
I had been in the back office the whole time, unaware of what was happening just a few feet away on the other side of the wall. I had fallen asleep with my headphones on, and the A/C and fan were on, drowning out the sound. I heard something earlier but thought it was the neighbors coming in from a late night.
Later I heard another noise, looked at the surveillance camera monitor, saw a woman walking out the front door with multiple bags and two men, each in the process of taking bikes. I jumped up and started toward the front of the shop. Stupidly, I went to confront them.
As I was about to open the door they heard me, dropped the bikes and ran out the door ... They were all seen leaving the shop. They walked, ran, and rode the bikes on the sidewalk both east toward Avenue B and west toward Avenue A.
The Instagram post has screengrabs of the suspects.
Per Underwood: "If you saw anything, know the suspects or have any information about this crime, please contact us and/or the NYPD's 9th Precinct (212) 477-7811 and ask for Detective Saunders."
Meanwhile, a longtime CC customer has launched a GoFundMe campaign to help "keep the business afloat." Details here.
After more than 20 years on the NW corner of 10th Street and First Avenue, Tarallucci e Vino has shut its doors.
Workers were spotted clearing out the space yesterday. A worker confirmed that Sunday was the last day in business for the all-day cafe-restaurant ...
We reached out for more information.
The other locations (including the UWS, NoMad and Union Square) remain open.
Tarallucci e Vino owner Luca Di Pietro, his wife Kate and daughter Isabella launched the Feed the Frontlines NYC initiative at the start of the pandemic to feed New Yorkers in need and help restaurant workers stay employed.
Today, Make Music New York rings in its 16th year celebrating the Summer Solstice with more than 1,000 concerts on streets, sidewalks and parks across the five boroughs.
In the East Village, there are scheduled shows in Tompkins Square Park and on Astor Place... not to mention several community gardens. This map provides more details.
A special shout-out to Albert's Garden, one of the oldest community gardens in Manhattan (established 1971).
From 6-8 this evening, you can find Just (Jazz) Friends, an ensemble playing vocal and instrumental jazz standards focused on the American Songbook, Brazilian jazz, and occasional forays into pop/R&B classics from the 1960s and 1970s. Poet Davidson Garrett will also make an appearance. Albert's Garden is at 16 E. Second St. between Second Avenue and the Bowery.
Taco Bell has debuted on the SW corner of Third Avenue and 13th Street ... a pending arrival we pointed out here and here ... and, heh, here.
Posted hours: 8 a.m. to 1 a.m. "or later."
As previously noted, there was a Taco Bell at 58 Third Ave. between 10th Street and 11th Street until sometime in late 2007 or early 2008. Welcome back? [Ducking]
Hundreds of zine enthusiasts turned out on Saturday for the second-annual Zine Fair on St Mark's Place between First Avenue and Second Avenue.
Printed Matter/St. Mark'sand8-Ball Community teamed up once again for the event that featured more than 70 independent publishers, zine makers and artists. (There were also several collaborative events at community gardens throughout the neighborhood.)
EVG contributor Stacie Joy shared these photos of some of the buyers and sellers ...
An important question! And one that we don't have the answer to at the moment.
For starters, this pile, now slightly less organized, appears to be the same batch of artificial Christmas trees that Carol from East 5th Street spotted back on Friday.
This is on the curb (bike lane) outside the new location of Nai Tapas Bar at 84 Second Ave. and Sushi by M at 500 E. Fifth St.
Why did someone have 10 or so fake trees in their possession? Why not simply put them in storage until it's time to decorate for Christmas this coming July 4 weekend?
