UCBeast opens tonight on Avenue A

From the EV Grieve inbox... This is from a reader who found it somewhere... I didn't see anything about the opening at the UCB website as of 4:15 p.m.

It gives me great joy to be able to announce that UCB’s long awaited East Village venue — UCBeast — will be open as of tonight at 7:30 pm. A new website will be forthcoming in the near future.

Please come check out the new space (155 E. 3rd Street and Avenue A). There is an attached bar (The Hot Chicks Room), where we’ll be serving soft drinks to start out and beer and wine soon.
The theatre itself is a beautiful 124 seat space, totally refurbished with brand new seats and fixtures, that will make for some great live comedy, despite the notable absence of multiple columns blocking significant portions of the stage.

Stop on by and buy a ticket at the door! Or use your improv Student ID for free entry to shows marked with an *

UPCOMING SHOWS!
Tuesday 9/6 (today)
8pm - FREE - Wild Girls Gone (movie screening)
10pm - FREE - Mystery Team (movie screening)

Wednesday 9/7
7:30pm - $5 - Outlook of the Poet + Two Man Movie *
9:00pm - $5 - Doppelganger + Cheating On Harold (this week: Standard Oil + Very Good Kiss) *
11:00pm - free - The Improv Jam (hosted by Grandma’s Ashes) *

Thursday 9/8
6:00pm - free - Oh, Hey Guys (storytelling open mic, hosted by John Flynn)
7:30pm - $5 - Adam Wade: BIG HEART
9:00pm - $5 - Totally JK (hosted by Joe Mande and Noah Garfinkel)
11:00pm - free - Gutbucket (stand-up open mic, hosted by Rob Stern and Amber Nelson)

Friday 9/9
7:30pm - $10 - Diamond Lion
9:00pm - $10 - Creaghead & Company Industrial Showcase
11:00pm - $5 - Gentrify

Saturday 9/10
7:30pm - $10 - AIRWOLF: Let’s Go Back To Your Place
9:00pm - $10 - The Extended Play E.P. Music Album Release Party with TJ Miller
11:00pm - $5 - Underground Americana (w/ Jeff Rubin, Lang Fisher and more)

Sunday 9/11
7:30pm - $5 - Two Fun Men + Off The Cuff
9:00pm - $5 - Hot Soup11:00pm - $5 - Fresh Out (hosted by Adam Conover)

Monday 9/12
8:00pm - $5 - Wheelhouse (hosted by Will Hines)
10:00pm - $5 - Improv Nerds *

Tuesday 9/13
8:00pm - $5 - After Hours with Gene Hackman & Friends
10:00pm - $5 - It Is It (hosted by Adam Lowitt)
— Nate Dern, Artistic Director

Gentrify Brooklyn moving to the new UCBeast on Avenue A; first show Friday night

It appears that the Upright Citizens Brigade's East Village outpost on Avenue A has an opening date. The Gentrify Brooklyn comedy show takes up residency here starting Friday night. Per the troupe's Facebook page:

GENTRIFY is moving to the Upright Citizens Brigade's new theater UCBeast THIS FRIDAY at 11pm!

The new Gentrify will be bigger, better, funnier, Getrifyier, and somehow, perhaps, impossibly, even Brooklynier.

GENTRIFY is a killer comedy variety show every Friday at 11PM at UCBeast, Avenue A between 3rd and 4th Streets. Be there!

Previously on EV Grieve:
[Updated] Your 'Hot Chicks Room' sign update

[Updated] Resident starting a petition to have the 'Hot Chicks Room' sign removed at the Upright Citizens Brigade

Breaking: UCB will remove the 'Hot Chicks Room' sign!

EV Grieve Etc: Mourning Edition

[Bobby Williams]

Coney Island road trip with The Chillmaster (Marty After Dark ... and video of the Chillmaster dance via YouTube)

A depressing Surf Avenue now and then (The Gog Log)

Revisiting Coney Island's World in Wax Musee (Jeremiah's Vanishing NY)

What evil lurks in the Tompkins Square Park Chupacabra Hole? (Neither More Nor Less)

Lower East Side galleries are hosting a fall season opener tomorrow night (The Lo-Down)

Someone tossed a 40-ouncer of Coors Light through the glass ceiling of an LES restaurant (Eater)

Remembering Piels (Ephemeral New York)

A victory for the Bowery Lighting District (BoweryBoogie)

Which explains the 7 24 year olds living in 4C: Solo living drops in Manhattan (AP)

Former Veniero's baker opens his own place in Bay Ridge (Daily News)

Color photos of New York from the 1940s (The Atlantic)

Speaking of The Atlantic — The Awl co-founder Choire Sicha's reading list includes EV Grieve (The Atlantic Wire)

Are you there God? It's me, Veselka

A "Today" show correspondent filed a report early this morning from Veselka on Second Avenue... We look forward to seeing this online, perhaps. Meanwhile!

Per the TV, Veselka has "God amazing food."

Well, we love The Baczynski, but we're not quite ready to put it in God's stratosphere.

Photo via Shawn Chittle.

Outrage over total demolition of historic East Sixth Street townhouse

A few weeks ago, we pointed out the ongoing demolition at 331 E. Sixth St., described in a real-estate listing this way: "this home with its magical Tuscan inspired garden proves to be one of the finest East Village houses available."

Yesterday, Labor Day, we walked by and saw workers on the scene ... and not much else. This house that dates to 1852 is now a pile of rubble.

So much for the DOB permits that show that "side masonry walls to remain." As far as we can tell from the street, nothing remains.

We've heard from a few outraged neighbors about this. Meanwhile, a Very Special Tipster noted the following message outside the construction site.

For more on the property, read Off the Grid's post on it here.

First Avenue white out

As we first pointed out, the Bean will open up in the retail space at 147 First Avenue at Ninth Street, the former home of Anjelica's Herbs ...

As Curbed reported last year, developer Terrence Lowenberg of Icon Realty is the owner of 147 First Avenue ... and he hired Ramy Issac — "the controversial penthouse king of the East Village" — to design the luxury apartments coming to the upper floors here...

Per the DOB, there aren't any additional floors or penthouses slated for the property. While Issac & Stern haven't released any renderings, we have an idea of what it might look like... As you may have noticed in recent days, workers spent the weekend painting the building white...

Friday!

Saturday!

Sunday!

Monday!

One reader thinks the building will ultimately "look like something that blew in from the Hamptons."

EV Grieve reader Anthony Devers passed along a few before shots...

Previously on EV Grieve:
Ninth Street and First Avenue shocker: Motel ... Hello?

Blockbuster: 147 First Ave. set for demolition

Parking lot becomes another parking lot — for now

As we reported last week, the Manhattan Parking Group was closing its lot at 74-84 Third Ave. at 12th Street. On Thursday morning, crews arrived to remove the signs.

According to multiple sources, this space will some day house a new apartment building. There's nothing on file yet with the DOB to suggest anything imminent.

Meanwhile, new management took over the lot last Friday, though one source said this was a temporary arrangement.

Meanwhile, workers are testing soil samples to monitor the water level here... such exploratory drilling is required prior to the start of any construction project...

The good, the bad and the Ugly Kitchen

Sorry, a little early for that headline...

Here on Restaurant (turnover) Row on First Avenue, Grub Street noted that Ugly Kitchen is likely Soft Opening this week at the now-departed Veloce Pizzeria space.

This past weekend, a Very Special Tipster© caught a glimpse of Ugly Kitchen's exterior ...

...and here is the Soft Opening drink menu ... starting with an $11 Cucumber Peach Martini described as "Organic Cucumber Vodka and peach."

... and the food menu.

We rather like the reflection of the Golden Arches in the menu.

P.S.
Anyone know what happened to the tree in front of this address?

Please do not walk into the East Village IHOP

An addition to the "we are not open" sign on the EVIHOP on East 14th Street...

You will have to wait two more weeks.

Plywood Proclamations: You Are Pizza! We Are Pizza! Eat the Pizza! Eat The Pizza!

Speaking of Restaurant (turnover) Row, a sign is now up for the incoming L'asso EV pizzeria on First Avenue near Seventh Street ...

As you may recall, L'asso partner Greg Barris told Patrick Hedlund at DNAinfo that "we're definitely going to make people a little worried. There’s an endless amount of pizza in that neighborhood, but there really isn’t anyone doing what we’re up to."

There was a line for the Big Gay Ice Cream Shop pretty much all weekend long

At least when we looked. Here's a photo from last night. They opened on Saturday. You may have heard about it. Anyway, someone finally topped "The Help" at the weekend box office.

[EVG repost] The greatest plea-warning that you will read this or any other weekend, probably

We first posted this Friday night... you may have missed it during the holiday weekend...

In case that you haven't seen these along Avenue A this evening... we watched them go up around 5 ...

One way to feed to the pigeons without feeding the rats

By hand. In Tompkins Square Park today.

Photo by Bobby Williams.

Ted Nugent called, he wants his Méridienne sofa back

First Street near Second Avenue.

Breaker, breaker: The Bandit spotted on Second Avenue

Perhaps dining at a nearby "choke and puke"? (And if you really want to watch the trailer for this cinematic milestone ... go here.)

Photos by Bobby Williams.

Nicky's Vietnamese Sandwiches closed for renovations on Second Street

Just catching up on items from the last few days... Nicky's Vietnamese Sandwiches on Second Street just off Avenue A is closed for renovations... if the sign out front is correct, then they should reopen on Thursday...

A royal flush on Houston and Avenue B

This weekend, Chico painted over the Kate-William mural on Houston at Avenue B ...

[Top photo by Bobby Williams]

...for a new Loisaidas ad...

The Mystery Lot receives an end-of-the summer weed whacking trim

I'm just sorry that I wasn't there to witness it live, like that one time last summer.

And now, a photo of Vincent Gallo on the side of a bus on First Avenue

At 14th Street yesterday afternoon...

[EVG Flashback] Avenue A transformed into fraternity-sorority party for Diablo Royale Este's 'Boats 'N Hoes' bash

We first posted this on Sept. 8, 2010 ... Diablo Royale later apologized to neighbors...

On Sunday night, Diablo Royale Este — home of the Hopsicle! — at 169 Avenue A was host to a party that attracted what one resident described as "swarms" of young adults.



By Monday morning, the EV Grieve inbox was filled with e-mails about the bash. Such as this one from a reader:

You may be hearing from other people about this already, but there are swarms of what appear to be college students trolling East 12th Street between A and B. From what I can hear, it sounds like they are all trying to find some party. They're ranging in age from late teens to early 20s, and they are loud and obnoxious. ... it is so depressing. Just heard a big, "WHOOOOO!" I never thought the East Village would become one big frat/sorority party. I moved here to get away from those people!

And!

Am I the only one in town and experiencing over 500 18-20 year olds who have literally taken over the sidewalks and three-block radius, as I write?? I came home at 11 and Diablo Royal is having some event that has packed the sidewalks and streets with young people screaming and breaking bottles. There is one cop car parked outside and no cops to be seen. It's INSANE HERE.



I called 911 to complain and the operator said "It's Labor Day." Then I went and found one cop who said "it's nearly over," but I have no idea what it is. Jason Bieber??? I've NEVER seen this many people in one place since attending Obama's inauguration in DC.

Several Royalegoers told a resident that Diablo Royale was hosting a Boats 'N Hoes party.

And you can see what the readers were talking about in the photos in this post....the line for Diablo Royale stretched south on Avenue A and wrapped around the corner on East 10th Street...







One tipster said that officers from the Ninth Precinct eventually broke up the party. Lt. Patrick Ferguson at the Ninth Precinct told me that "summonses were issued to the club — they over promoted an event."



Meanwhile, some neighbors who were were already upset with Diablo Royale Este since their Cinco de Mayo opening, are now fuming. Said one longtime resident:

"Our worst fears are being realized as Diablo is catering to and becoming a destination for young party folk."

Previously on EV Grieve:
[Updated] Last night at Diablo Royale Este

Diablo Royale Este opens today: features two bars, one screening room and spit-roast pigs in the backyard

The first review of Diablo Royale Este is in!