I Coppi is closed for now on East Ninth Street

I Coppi, the pleasant Italian eatery on East Ninth Street, is closed for now... Dave on 7th and William Klayer sent along the news this past weekend...There is a legal document on the door dated Friday... tough to make out, quite frankly...

This part of the court notice looks as if the restaurant owes $37,600 in rent...

The restaurant opened in 1998 ... and we understand that they might be relocating ... A side note, Porchetta/Porsena owner Sara Jenkins was the chef here back in the early days...

Photos by William Klayer.

St. Mark's Place soon to welcome new most popular business

Spotted last week between Second Avenue and Third Avenue.

[Bottom two photos via Bobby Williams]

Anticipation builds for new pop-up Halloween shop

Sign went up last week here at Halloween City, a pop-up shop in the Shoppes at Red Square on East Houston. We're looking forward to shopping here (no opening date noted just yet) after Halloween ...

EVG: So the Herman Munster costumes didn't move much this season, huh?

HC: That's Kris Humphries.

Seriously, though — Rock On. Or, Turn Heads. Or, Freak On.

Previously.

7-Eleven now giving its regards to Broadway!

Hey, the 7-Eleven that we first reported on here back in February (and almost the same headline!) on Broadway at East 12th Street opened Friday...

[Silence]

Meanwhile, have you noticed how much trash piles up outside the 7-Eleven on St. Mark's Place?

Anyway, the Axis of 11 is alive and well with four now around here... with more on the way, wouldn't you think?

Today in the Tompkins Square Park playground

Via EVG reader Terry Towery...

Week in Grieview

[East 10th Street and Avenue C yesterday. By Shawn Chittle]

The East Village is getting popular (Friday)

The East Village has a lot of bars (Thursday)

Graffiti is expanding on East 10th Street (Tuesday)

New York Observer publisher buys 5 East Village walk-ups (Wednesday)

Looking at the new home for the Avenue A flea market (Tuesday)

Standing in line for $1 FroYo (Thursday)

Porchetta.Hog closed for now on East Fifth Street (Thursday)

Chubby Mary's opening on East 14th Street (Monday)

"Pudgy purse snatcher" alert (Wednesday)

Baoguette Cafe closes on St. Mark's Place (Tuesday)

Arabella 101 50% leased on Avenue D (Thursday)

A chase after after a stolen iPhone (Thursday)

Workers have gutted the former Cabrini Center on East Fifth and Avenue B (Thursday)

Pop art on East 10th Street (Monday)

'We would love the community to join us as we say goodbye'

Last weekend, a neighbor of Mary Help of Christians on East 12th Street said that the church was having its final mass last Sunday. That was incorrect information. Parishioner Josephine left us a message saying that the last mass will be celebrated there today at 11:30.

Per Josephine: "We would love the community to join us as we say goodbye."

The church will be making way for some sort of yet-specified new development.

Previously.

On Avenue A last night

Photos by Shawn Chittle.

And leftover from Friday night via EVG reader Duke...

World Famous Pee Phone now getting in on the farm-to-table craze

Broccoli? That's so 2007. Where's the kale? Seventh Street and Avenue A.

Photo by Bobby Williams.

Today in photos of angry looking storm clouds

As I first reported, it rained today.

And our brave correspondents, uh, braved the rain for these photos...

Via Matt LES_Miserable...

And from Greg Masters...

...from EVG...

...and Shawn Chittle...

Bomb Pop opens tonight at Bullet Space

New exhibit at Bullet Space opens tonight at 6... (the exhibit is up through Oct. 27).

At 292 E. Third St. between Avenue C and Avenue D.

Death Star crane construction KOs half of Third Avenue today

Crews here from the Galactic Empire to install the superlaser weapon to work on 51 Astor Place.

Previously.

Oh, you just HAD to know what was in the box

Spotted at East 10th Street near Fourth Avenue. And is this some new Marc Jacobs line for Fashion Week?

Free concert tomorrow in Tompkins Square Park

Via the EV Grieve inbox...

[David Peel from July 2011]

Tomorrow in Tompkins Square Park:

The Comrades 2 - 2:20
Mans Gin 2 - 2:55
Alienz 3 - 3:25
Jennifer Blowdryer 3:35 - 4:00
David Peel 4:10 - 4:40
A Truth 4:50 - 5:20
The Non-Prophets 5:30-6:00

This show commemorates the events of September 11, 2001 and embraces new activist energy while celebrating the vitality of the counter cultural scene that has survived on the Lower East Side, despite the rampant gentrification, soaring rents and lost venues that have contributed to the cultural genocide sweeping New York City.

Brought to you by The SHADOW, Wombat in Combat and......Those Fucking Anarchists...

[Thanks to John Marshall Mantel for the photo]