I don't recall ever seeing this sign outside DBGB before... they want us to get happy with them
now?
As discussed earlier, Planet Rose is expanding on Avenue A near 14th Street... and they have a new awning on the storefront to the left...
Last summer here!![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmaz_K2W4opTN1gmOx8J2uTtgyedAuTHluPXJzE72MMKErX8AqsMlajywKUL20uyYkMgCVC_0_6v6XZrDg6ON_UUSeCRKPDcgGWUK-wZSuU2iuHT3vG78L5NCHY8hgjsDMTzAeoZCwV8ce/s400/P1130391.JPG)
This photo by an EV Grieve reader shows the continued progress at Motek, a coming-soon
French creperie and cafe on St. Mark's Place near Avenue A...
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Oh, and this on Fourth Avenue near 13th Street... I like the tag on the rolldown gate...
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A note for smokers at
Diablo Royale Este on Avenue A...
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And the Brindle Room on East 10th Street serves
Genesee...which I haven't had in about 25 years...around the time I thought they had stopped making it...