The East Houston construction project continues... apparently there's work to do on along East First Street too... the path between Avenue A and First Avenue has been a mess...
Something noticeable missing here: Cabs. Punjabi Grocery & Deli is, of course, a favorite stop for cab drivers to get tea and some affordable vegetarian food... not to mention use the restroom...
I'm not sure how long First Street will be a mess... I'm wondering what kind of impact this will have on Punjabi's business...
I was ready to duck inside the other day, and saw a healthy crowd inside ... enough to deter me from going in... the cab drivers seemingly just have to park a little further away for now...
Previously on EV Grieve:
Coming soon to East Houston: Construction, hell, rodent control stations
Long-threatened East Houston reconstruction starting this month
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
On December's CB3/SLA docket: More taquerias! The Belgian Ale House! Something big on the Bowery!
On Monday, the CB3/SLA Licensing Committee gets together for its monthly
Renewal with Complaint History
2. Nurse Bettie, 106 Norfolk St (op)
3. Webster Hall, 125 E 11th St (op)
Applications within Resolution Areas
4. Hachi Enterprises Inc, 185 Orchard St (op)
5. Mini Thai Café (Tony Restaurant Group), 105 Ave A (wb)
Alterations/Transfers/Upgrades
7. Northern Spy Food Co, 511 E 12th St (up/op)
8. Via Della Pace (48 E 7th St Associates Inc), 48 E 7th St (alt/op/extend license to outside tables within building line)
9. Hea Hea Bar Restaurant (Friend Tri New York Inc), 145 E 13th St (alt/change of method of operation)
10. Inhabit Lounge (Samond Inc) 39 Eldridge St (trans/up/op)
11. To Be Determined, 432 E 13th St (trans/op) (Bistrouge)
12. 93 Art LLC, 93 2nd Ave (trans/op) (Fuse)
The Lit Lounge folks went before the CB3/SLA back in March to obtain a license transfer to launch a new venture in the space. ... in the process, Lit heard it from neighbors... since then, they've made efforts to be a better neighbor, as outlined here.
13. To Be Determined, 74 Orchard St (trans/op) (Bunny Chow)
14. 133 Essex Restaurant LLC, 133 Essex St (trans/op) (Mason Dixon)
15. Shoolbred's (211 Ave A Restaurant Inc), 197 2nd Ave (alt/op/extend license to sidewalk cafe)
16. Cooper Square Hotel (25 CSH Operating LLC), 25 Cooper Square (trans/op)
New Liquor License Applications
17. Sabor a Mexico Taqueria (Jarlene Corp), 160 1st Ave (wb)
18. Ashton Thai Place Inc, 244 E 13th St (wb)
What's going on here? This is Zabb City's address.
19. To Be Determined, 241 Bowery (op)
Ah! This is the space below the Sunshine Hotel that I noted last month... it's a HUGE space with 5,000 square feet... (BoweryBoogie has been keepings on the eatery opening next door.)
20. Belgium Ale House (Belgium NYC Corp), 54 2nd Ave (wb)
Hey! The Belgian Ale House at the Crazy Landlord building!
21. Taqueria East Village (Berraza Foods Inc), 104 2nd Ave (op)
This is the former Matsukado space... so the EV may be getting another taqueria?
Cuppa Cuppa closes on East Fourth Street; FAB Cafe opening soon
Cuppa Cuppa, the coffee and tea shop on East Fourth Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue, has closed...
And the signs on the door tells what's happening next...
And the signs on the door tells what's happening next...
And now, a Scottish terrier sitting on a toilet
An EV Grieve reader sends along this flyer spotted on Rivington and Ridge on the Lower East Side... As the reader wrote: " I was struck by the simple eloquence of its message…and who doesn’t like a Scottie on a toilet seat?" True!
7B for the holidays
Yesterday, we spotted workers hanging up the holiday lights and what not at 7B....
...and a little later...
The inside looks festive as always too....
(And that woman was out front who always asks me for different amounts of change every day... like 85 cents one day, 15 cents the next...do you remember her name?)
...and a little later...
The inside looks festive as always too....
(And that woman was out front who always asks me for different amounts of change every day... like 85 cents one day, 15 cents the next...do you remember her name?)
Monday, November 29, 2010
Hi Fi's new jukebox now 50,000 songs strong
Over at Fork in the Road, Chantal Martineau reports that Hi Fi on Avenue A has a new digital jukebox. Per the article:
Among the 50,000 tracks — two Nuggets box sets and 21 full-length albums by The Fall.
Did I say the Fall?
Hi Fi's new EL DJ, a redesigned version of the machine first launched in 2003, is the brainchild of the bar's owner, Mike Stuto. The upgraded digital jukebox features a smoother trackball navigation system, more user-friendly interface, and leaner body. The collection now includes some 50,000 songs culled from Stuto's own personal stash.
Among the 50,000 tracks — two Nuggets box sets and 21 full-length albums by The Fall.
Did I say the Fall?
Your daily Deitch Wall update
The Lo-Down ... BoweryBoogie... and AnimalNY have more on the mural... Animal's Bucky Turco asked Kenny Scharf if he thought any graffiti writers might tag the new work here: "No, I’m not Shepard Fairey. Not to knock him or anything, but I’m not putting up wallpaper made safely in a studio.”
Now at Niagara: Happy hour and a Sam Rockwell photo shoot
Restaurant with the name of a TV pilot coming to Avenue C
We've been wondering what was coming to the former (brief) home of Mr. C's on Avenue C near Seventh Street... Poor Mr. C's flamed out in a hurry.... Anyway! So, the new place coming in looks a little on the, oh, I dunno, industrial-beachy side?
The folks at New York magazine (via Grub Street) have the First Look at Edi & the Wolf, an Austrian Wine Tavern. Owners, Eduard (Edi) Frauneder and Wolfgang (the Wolf) Ban, "also operate the excellent midtown restaurant Seasonal," Grub Street reports.
Tonight on CBS, ... Edi & the Wolf, two wise-guy detectives flout the rules to lock up the street's worst vermin!
Looks and sounds interesting (the restuarant, not the made-up TV show) ....Not sure what all the rope is for... A dommes and submissives bar section?
[Roxanne Behr/New York Magazine]
The folks at New York magazine (via Grub Street) have the First Look at Edi & the Wolf, an Austrian Wine Tavern. Owners, Eduard (Edi) Frauneder and Wolfgang (the Wolf) Ban, "also operate the excellent midtown restaurant Seasonal," Grub Street reports.
Tonight on CBS, ... Edi & the Wolf, two wise-guy detectives flout the rules to lock up the street's worst vermin!
Looks and sounds interesting (the restuarant, not the made-up TV show) ....Not sure what all the rope is for... A dommes and submissives bar section?
[Roxanne Behr/New York Magazine]
Noted
The Bus Lane/Bike Lane Cycling Crew was out this morning.... not all that noteworthy...
...except that when the cyclists got to the light at 14th Street and First Avenue.... the lead cyclist went through the red light... and waited for his/her colleagues on the other side of the street...
...except that when the cyclists got to the light at 14th Street and First Avenue.... the lead cyclist went through the red light... and waited for his/her colleagues on the other side of the street...
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