Week in Grieview

[Outside McDonald's on First Avenue]

Seizure causes smash-up at St. Marks Place and Avenue A (Tuesday)

Sidewalk is closed for renovations (Wednesday)

Putting together the pieces of Grace Farrell's last days (Tuesday)

A transformer fire at ConEd (Wednesday)

Charlie Sheen was on TV for some reason (Monday)

A Playboy Playmate and Bao teaming up for fried chicken and waffles on St. Mark's Place (Friday)

No more Junk on St. Mark's Place (Wednesday)

Another Juice Press coming soon? (Thursday)

Death & Co. had to close for a few days while waiting for its liquor license renewal (Thursday)

While we were suddenly quoting "Predator" (Friday)

ICTTS officials disqualify this tree from competition

Thanks to EV Grieve reader Rob D. for the above photo of this poor thing spotted during the weekend on Avenue A between First Street and Second Street.

However, since receiving this photo, officials at the International Coalition of Tree Tossing in the Spring (ICTTS) said that we cannot include this tree in this year's competition. An official said there is a little-known codicil in the ICTTS constitution that mandates trees must still have 75 percent of its branches intact to qualify.

13th Street, 9:47 a.m., March 6

Putting the Bowery to canvas

EV Grieve correspondent Bobby Williams took these shots yesterday afternoon in front of 35 Cooper Square...

A British immigrant on the LES

EV Grieve reader Samo notes a 53 MG on Forsyth and Houston that drew admiring stares yesterday...

Some FYI per Jalopnik:

The '53 MG TD came with a 54.4 horsepower pushrod four-cylinder engine (yes, that extra 4/10th of a horse was so important that MG included it in the power rating) and was priced at $1,945. That was about $1,500 less than The General's new sports car, the '53 Corvette, but 200 bucks cheaper (and orders of magnitude better-looking) than the Triumph Mayflower. Budget-minded car shoppers who wanted to go a little less sporty could buy the bargain-basement '53 Ford coupe- which probably outperformed the prewar-technology MG TD in just about every category save parallel parking ability — for just $1,734.

About HiFi (and long live El DJ!)

So yesterday afternoon, several readers noted the presence of some big yellow NYPD notices outside HiFi on Avenue A ... While we usually do call/e-mail for details on something like this, we did not yesterday. We quickly posted the photos. And we assumed the worst — as we've seen in other situations involving bars and the NYPD.

So while the bar did receive a summons from the NYPD, it did not have any impact on their business hours. HiFi was open as usual yesterday afternoon. We apologized to the folks at HiFi last evening. And we're sorry for causing any unnecessary hysteria among fans of the bar.

Meanwhile, onward!

Long live El DJ 2.0!

Here's a nice piece on El DJ by Chantal Martineau at Fork in the Road.

Signs of spring on Avenue C

The Church of Earthalujah starting 3-month residency at Theatre 80

Starting tomorrow night, The Church of Earthalujah begins a three-month-or-so residency at Theatre 80 on St. Mark's Place...

I asked Rev. Billy what attendees can expect.

The Church of Earthalujah at Theatre 80 is not a political rally in a theatre, not a comedy in an improv club, and not a church service with great music — but if isn't all three, you get your money back.

Find out more about what Rev. Billy is up to right here. Find him on Twitter here.

The Church of Earthalujah
Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Gospel Choir
Theatre 80, every Sunday through June, 7:30 PM, 80 St Marks Place
$10, no one turned away

Here's your Veselka Bowery signage

Here we are at the coming-soon Bowery/First Street location of Veselka...

We last heard that the location will open in mid-March, per the Feast.

And here was a progress report from September.

March 5

On East Second Street. And for authenticity purposes. The Holiday Tree Street team placed a copy of today's Post of New York next to the little fellow.

Meanwhile, apparently some upstarts in Park Slope think they can horn in on this late tree tossing thing. EV Grieve reader Kate sent along this shot from March 1 on Eighth Avenue and 10th Street...

Go back to Brooklyn! Uh. Or something!

Eminence Front

Thanks to EV Grieve reader Duke for these photos of the EV Lambo v2.0 from last night on Avenue A... (credit for headline also goes to Duke...)

Today in celebrity endorsements of Clinton Street Baking Co.

[Via]

A mid-Friday-afternoon slice-of-Second-Avenue life

...via EV Grieve contributor Bobby Williams... who rounded the corner at Fourth Street to come across the aftermath of a cab-bicyclist mishap...

Despite the FDNY presence, everyone appeared to be OK...

Earlier

Repeat performance: 'Too Many Creeps'

I posted this Bush Tetras song about 18 months or so ago... One of my favorites — the song and the video, starring the Bowery circa early 1980s...

OK, then! HiFi is open

Well, that was fun. After learning that the NYPD put all those yellow stickers on HiFi earlier ... the bar is open ... a bartender says they did "get a ticket," but it's back to business as usual.

[From EV Grieve corespondent Shawn Chittle]

We removed the original headline ... the bar is open

Wow... here on 169 Avenue A...

To be continued... Photos courtesy of Shawn Chittle.

All sorts of crazy, Bao-related food shit happening on St. Mark's Place

Lordy! Eater has the details on ... on.... this:

Michael 'Bao' Huynh has a new concept up his sleeve. He's partnering with Nicole Van Croft (left!) a Playboy Bunny ... on a burger, fried chicken, and waffles concept on St. Mark's Place. Croft, who Bao says makes "the best southern style fried chicken and waffles" will be the culinary force behind the place, which will be located at 125 St. Mark's Pl. The tentative name is Bao & Buny.

And there's more... which you can read at Eater.

Here's '30 Rock' filming at Lucky Cheng's this morning

As mentioned earlier.

[Thanks to EV Grieve reader Lori E. Seid for the shot!]

'Another' DeNiro movie filming on East 12th Street

In addition to "30 Rock" filming around here today ... @jschauma points out that "Another Night" — starring Robert DeNiro and Paul Dano — set up shop this morning on East 12th Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue. (P.S. — you're too late to pose as a crew member for a free breakfast from craft services) ... This is the adaptation of Nick Flynn's memoir "Another Bullshit Night in Suck City."

BoweryBoogie has more on "Another Night" filming around the LES...