Monday, April 19, 2021
Concern for the main lawn in Tompkins Square Park
On the CB3-SLA docket tonight: applicants for the former Brazen Fox and Loverboy spaces
Reopenings: Ukrainian East Village restaurant, Little Poland
ICYMI: Starting tonight, you can stay out until midnight at a bar or restaurant
It's a minor win for restaurant and bar owners who have been calling on elected officials to lift the state's pandemic curfew for months and seen only incremental change."It's great news," says one south Brooklyn bar owner, who requested anonymity in order to speak freely. "No curfew would obviously be better, but we do have to watch out for 'Cinderella Covid' which only comes out at midnight."
As Thrillist pointed out: "Subways are still out of service from 2 to 4 a.m., too, which could pose a challenge for hospitality workers trying to get home once the new curfew goes into effect."
And the reaction from Andrew Rigie, the executive director of the NYC Hospitality Alliance:
The extra hour is good news for restaurants, bars and customers, but we need to also lift the rule that prohibits customers from being seated to eat at a bar in NYC, and revisit removing the requirement that a “food item” be served with a drink. @theNYCalliance https://t.co/z80fuV8QRA
— Andrew Rigie (@AndrewRigie) April 14, 2021
Sunday, April 18, 2021
Sunday's parting shot
[Updated] Report of a trash fire outside Saifee Hardware
Week in Grieview
The return of Shakespeare in the Parking Lot; happy No. 457 William!
Will Shakespeare turns 457 on Friday, April 23.
So on April 23 and 24, from 7 to 8 p.m. members of The Drilling Company's Shakespeare in the Parking Lot Company will mount "Happy Birthday Shakespeare-457" in the parking lot of The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center, 107 Suffolk St. at Rivington.Hamilton Clancy, artistic director of The Drilling Company, home of Shakespeare in the Parking Lot, writes, "It's essential to get our theater professionals back to work and to bring live theater safely back to the City. Who better to lead the way than William Shakespeare?"
Sunday's opening shot
Saturday, April 17, 2021
Saturday's parting shot
Open days for the New York Marble Cemetery on 2nd Avenue
Sunday, April 18: noon – 4 pmSaturday, May 1: noon – 4 pmSunday, May 2 – Annual Reception & Owners Meeting: noon – 4 pmSunday, May 30: noon – 4 pmSunday, June 27: noon – 4 pmSunday, July 25: noon – 4 pmSunday, Aug. 29: noon – 4 pm
Sunday, Sept. 26: noon – 4 pm
A way to support local bands at All the King's Horses Cafe on 12th Street
ICYMI: Pete Davidson to play Joey Ramone in Netflix biopic
The first reaction I heard was that Pete Davidson was too short for the role. He's 6-3. Joey Ramone was 6-6. 🙄Pete Davidson will produce and star in I SLEPT WITH JOEY RAMONE, a new biopic chronicling the life of the king of punk — whom we lost 20 years ago today.
— NetflixFilm (@NetflixFilm) April 15, 2021
The film, directed by Jason Orley from a treatment by Davidson and Orley, is based on Mickey Leigh's memoir of the same name. pic.twitter.com/4r49gZfsmo