Despite the ongoing rumors, we deny that we are trying to kill him.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Dinner at the East Village IHOP
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Meanwhile, Lux Living has his next assignment
Despite the ongoing rumors, we deny that we are trying to kill him.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Dinner at the East Village IHOP
Kebab Garden looking rather closed
On First Avenue near St. Mark's Place. Cardboard over the windows. No "closed for renovations" note. No DOH stickers. Seems as if it was just open the other day. Anyone? Class? Anyone?
Friday, November 11, 2011
Breaking: Bad Burger opening Wednesday on Avenue A; location includes the Bad Girl Bakery
From the EV Grieve inbox ...
Relive all of the Bad Burger/171 Avenue A drama right here.
Bad Burger (Breakfast All Day), a 24 Hour Diner-Nouveau venue will launch their new, second location on Wednesday November 16th, at 171 Avenue A.
Bad Burger continues to partner with NYC ICY (No. 1 Zagat rated gelato-style ice). The new location will also include the unveiling of both a new menu, and in-house baking company Bad Girl Bakery.
Equally inspired by both American Nouveau and the Classic American Diner, Bad Burger not only hails to the beef & bun classics but also fills a niche for Vegetarian, Vegan and Wheat-Free options within a range of comfort food from Cheeseburgers to Eggs Firenze, as well as Cali-Mex style plates and an armada of home made sauces.
In follow-up to their Brooklyn location (131 Grand Street at Berry St), the Avenue A location seeks to eventually serve Craft Beer and a Sommelier-honed Wine List, also with vegan options. (License-pending.)
Fun and diverse comfort food, jukeboxes, free WiFi and 24 Hour dine-in, take-out & delivery will remain the mantra at both the Brooklyn and Manhattan locations.
Opening dates for Bad Burger, 171 Avenue A:
Our doors will open to the public on Wednesday, November 16th 2011
Relive all of the Bad Burger/171 Avenue A drama right here.
EV Grieve Etc.: Mourning Edition
Tanya Towers on East 13th Street getting major overhaul (The Villager)
Stuy Town residents rally against ice rink (Stuy Town Living)
An appreciate of the FAILE mural on Houston and the Bowery (Jeremiah's Vanishing NY)
Why Union Square is lonely (Runnin' Scared)
Good news for fans of the Subway Inn (Marty After Dark)
Q-and-A with Vivienne Gucwa of NY Through the Lens (Directory B)
New coffee shop opening Monday on Lafayette (BoweryBoogie)
More great moon shots (The Gog Log)
CNN looks at the Delancey Underground project (CNN)
James Wolcott on 1970s NYC (Nonetheless)
Ludlow Street sushi joint doesn't have a Health Department permit (The Lo-Down)
Vote on NYC's best restaurant bathroom (Eater)
On this Veteran's Day: a history of the Abingdon Square Doughboy (Off the Grid)
[Updated] Time to take JoePa's Potato Combo off the menu
An EV Grieve reader wonders if area bars that cater to Penn Sate game-day viewing parties will revamp their menus in the aftermath of the alleged child sex-abuse scandal that has rocked the university this past week ... leading to the dismissal of the school president ... as well as legendary football coach Joe Paterno (affectionately known as JoePa, for you non-football fans).
Updated: A reader sent us a photo of people eating a JoePa platter...
Updated: A reader sent us a photo of people eating a JoePa platter...
David Schwimmer is selling his L.A. home. And this is relevant because....?
An EV Grieve reader forwards the following article from The Wall Street Journal ...
No mention of the fact that Schwimmer may (or may not!) be the owner of the circa-1852 townhouse at 331 E. Sixth St. that is now a hole in the ground.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Is David Schwimmer the 'Friends' star who now owns the demolished 331 E. Sixth St. townhouse?
Outrage over total demolition of historic East Sixth Street townhouse
The "Friends" star ... renovated the backyard and made other improvements, including restoring the home's windows, doors and hardwood floors and installing new heating and air conditioning systems. Mr. Schwimmer is selling because he and his wife recently started a family and hope to pick out a Hancock Park home together, according to a statement from listing firm Westside Estate Agency.
No mention of the fact that Schwimmer may (or may not!) be the owner of the circa-1852 townhouse at 331 E. Sixth St. that is now a hole in the ground.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Is David Schwimmer the 'Friends' star who now owns the demolished 331 E. Sixth St. townhouse?
Outrage over total demolition of historic East Sixth Street townhouse
So, what's it like to rent an apartment around here these days?
Yesterday, a reader told us about moving out of the newly purchased 86 E. Fourth St. The resident also noted the challenges of apartment hunting these days...
"Unfortunately, there is NOTHING out there right now. Most 2 bedrooms we saw are well over $3000/month ... A couple of the people that showed us places were commenting on how scarce apartments are, and how its the worst they've seen it in sometime. $3500 for a tiny place, with bedrooms that could barely fit a single bed? No thanks, you can take your 'high-end finishes' and shove them up your... well, you know.
I'll be looking for a new apartment soon enough one of these days... It has been more than 10 years since I've had to look...
The least-expensive apartment listed at Streeteasy now is $1,495 for a studio on East Ninth Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue ... In total, Streeteasy has 238 active listings — the median price is $2,900.
Here's a breakdown...
So, like the headline says... what's it like to rent an apartment around here these days? Anyone care to share his or her recent experiences of finding an apartment?
UPDATED: Curbed test drives six apartment rental websites here.
An appreciation: The Tompkins Square Branch of The New York Public Library
For no particular reason... too often we mourn instead of appreciate around here at EVG...
Talked with several people recently who had no idea the branch had a nice selection of DVDs...
I always just go in and take a chance at finding something. I always do. But you have to be a little flexible. You can also put a movie on hold via the library website and have your own little
Previously on EV Grieve:
An appreciation: Breakfast at Stage
Summer in the East Village, 2011
We've featured the photography of Michael Sean Edwards here several times in the past... like this batch from the neighborhood in 1978-1985 ... and this post...
Michael is still busy taking photos... and he recently shared a set via Flickr simply titled Summer in the East Village, 2011. Here are five of the 87 photos from the set...
Find the whole set here.
Michael is still busy taking photos... and he recently shared a set via Flickr simply titled Summer in the East Village, 2011. Here are five of the 87 photos from the set...
Find the whole set here.
Taking another look at the action-packed November CB3/SLA agenda
We looked at the CB3/SLA agenda back on Oct. 31. But there have been a few scratches on the agenda. So here's an updated docket... with the comments intact...
SLA & DCA Licensing Committee
Monday, November 14 at 6:30pm — JASA/Green Residence, 200 East 5th Street at Bowery
Renewal with Complaint History
• The Porch (The Porch Inc), 115 Ave C (op)
The Porch closed up last month, as Dave on 7th pointed out. We heard that the Porch was moving and an Indian restaurant was taking over... perhaps from the same owners?
• Kelly's (Diddler Doyle Corp), 12 Ave A (op)
• Kenka (Hinomaru Inc), 25 St Marks Pl (op)
• Diablo Royale (East Village Café & Restaurant LLC), 167 Ave A (op)
Arrive early for a good seat. This will be dramatic, perhaps.
Applications within Resolution Areas
• Cafetasia (Cafetasia Inc), 85 Ave A (up/op)
Seeking 100-ounce vodka tubes too?
• Essbar (102 Ave C LLC), 102 Ave C aka 230 E 7th St (up/op)
Edi & the Wolf upgrading...
Nublu temporarily moved to under Lucky Cheng's back in August ... as the Nublu blog said during the summer, "last week we got our liquor license taken away due to an anonymous complaint that we are too close to a House of Worship." You can read about it all here.
• Pouring Ribbons (Lead to Gold Inc), 225 Ave B (op)
Anyone know what's going on here... the White Noise space?
The former Lava Gina space.
As we first reported last month, Japadog, the crazy popular Vancouver-based artisanal hot dog stands, is opening its first NYC outpost here.
• Alphabet City Beer Co (Alphabet City Wine Co LLC), 96 Ave C (b)
Looks like a beer companion to Alphabet City Wine... 96 Avenue C has been a vacant storefront for some time... we'll have more on this later...
Alterations/Upgrades
• Cien Fuegos (Cien Fuegos LLC), 95 Ave A (alt/op)
• Peels Restaurant (Radley Realty Corp), 325 Bowery (alt/op/additional standup bar)
New Liquor License Applications
• Shoolbred's, 197 2nd Ave (op)
• Nevada Smiths (92 Nunz Walk Inc), 100 3rd Ave (op)
Maybe they're not closing after all!
• The Bean (54 2nd Ave Bean LLC), 54 2nd Ave (wb)
The Bean (147 1st Ave Bean LLC), 147 1st Ave (wb)
Interesting... What do you think about The Bean also serving wine and beer at its new locations?
• Nicoletta (Letta #1 LLC), 160 2nd Ave (wb)
A taker for the former Cafe Centosette space at 10th Street.
• Ichibantei LLC, 401 E 13th St (wb)
This is the the eatery that serves a range of Japanese "soul food" just east off First Avenue. A scratch from previous agendas...
• Golden Cadillac, 446-448 E 13th St (op)
The (now former?) Mug Lounge.
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b=beer only | wb=wine & beer only | op=liquor, wine, & beer | alt=alterations |up=upgrades
Japadog opening next month on St. Mark's Place
Well, Japadog may be a scratch on the CB3/SLA agenda this month... but, according to the sign out front of the Dogsters first U.S. outlet, the place opens at 30 St. Mark's Place in December....
Previously on EV Grieve:
Cue the long lines: Japadog opening first New York City location on St. Mark's Place
Previously on EV Grieve:
Cue the long lines: Japadog opening first New York City location on St. Mark's Place
New life for the Heartbreak space
In his column at The Villager this week, Scoopy has the following news about the eatery that closed here last month on Second Avenue and Second Street:
"[A]ccording to owner Christos Valtzoglou, the former German-Swiss eatery will soon be reborn as a Greek, small-plate-style eatery. “Why? Because I’m Greek, that’s one good reason. Also, I own Pylos,” Valtzoglou told us, referring to his Greek restaurant on Seventh St. between First Ave. and Avenue A."
If you stand just right on 14th Street and First Avenue, then it kind of looks as if the shadow is going up Leonardo DiCaprio's nose
Oh, sorry. Guess I was standing here a little too long...
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Former Cafe Centosette space becoming a fancy-pants pizza place
As you may have heard around the pizzasphere today... Michael White, who gives foodies boners with his fare at places like Marea and Ai Fiori, is opening a pizzeria called Nicoletta on Second Avenue at 10th ... the former Cafe Centosette, which closed in April. (Grub Street heard the rumors going back to September.)
According to Diner's Journal:
[T]he pizzas at Nicoletta ... will be baked in a gas-fired brick oven but would be "different, crisper" thanks to both his technique and a flour that is lower in protein.
There will be six or eight pizzas, with ingredients like sausage made on the premises. He plans to use a whole-milk mozzarella made to his specifications in Wisconsin. The restaurant, with about 60 seats plus 10 on the sidewalk, will have a takeout window, but will not sell slices.
As Jeremiah put it today: "Here comes yet another fucking upscale pizzeria for the East Village, where there have always been plenty of good, cheap pizza places."
Nicoletta is on the CB3/SLA docket Monday night.
'So the Shaloms have taken over your building. Now what?'
So as multiple people have noted, the (Oheb)Shalom family are the new owners of 86 E. Fourth St. EVFlip and several other readers/tipsters sent us the link to the Shalom Tenants Alliance ... per the Alliance website:
The Shalom Tenants Alliance is a coalition of residents of New York City apartment buildings owned and/or managed by the (Oheb)Shalom family, including Fred Shalom (Empire Management), Jon and Ben Shalom (Sky Management), Nader Ohebshalom (Gatsby Enterprises), David Ohebshalom (Big Apple Management, Perceptive Management), and Daniel Shalom (Keystone Properties, based in California). Operating under various corporate names, the Shaloms buy rent-stabilized buildings and then systematically dismantle required building services, forcing out legal residents through harassment, intimidation, negligence and deception.
The site includes a survival tips section titled, "So the Shaloms have taken over your building. Now what?"
Access that info here.
Cucina di Pesce closed for 'emergency repairs'
Cucina di Pesce, the solid Italian standby on East Fourth Street west of Second Avenue, has been closed this past week... sign says for emergency repairs...
Unfortunately, the DOH closed them last Thursday with 51 violation points for the usual "evidence of" stuff...
While standing there the other evening, this couple walks up for dinner. The woman is quite perturbed to find it closed. She peppers the carpenter out front with questions. Why are you closed? What happened? The carpenter explains that the place is closed for repairs. Nothing he says sinks in. Was there a fire? I don't understand why you're closed! Losing patience, the fellow finally snaps, "They're closed lady."
She harumpfs and says something about having already paid for parking...
Anyway, this reminds me that I haven't eater here in years... As New York put it: "Cucina di Pesce is the type of unpretentious, comfortably lived-in Italian restaurant that ruled New York before Mario Batali and his ilk turned the town upside-down."
Unfortunately, the DOH closed them last Thursday with 51 violation points for the usual "evidence of" stuff...
While standing there the other evening, this couple walks up for dinner. The woman is quite perturbed to find it closed. She peppers the carpenter out front with questions. Why are you closed? What happened? The carpenter explains that the place is closed for repairs. Nothing he says sinks in. Was there a fire? I don't understand why you're closed! Losing patience, the fellow finally snaps, "They're closed lady."
She harumpfs and says something about having already paid for parking...
Anyway, this reminds me that I haven't eater here in years... As New York put it: "Cucina di Pesce is the type of unpretentious, comfortably lived-in Italian restaurant that ruled New York before Mario Batali and his ilk turned the town upside-down."
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