And.
The door is open!
Is that a Starbucks-issued snow shovel?
Then! A worker spotted us and closed the door.
Monday, February 13, 2012
Exclusive first look inside the First Avenue Starbucks
Coming soon to First Avenue and East Third Street...
And.
The door is open!
Is that a Starbucks-issued snow shovel?
Then! A worker spotted us and closed the door.
And.
The door is open!
Is that a Starbucks-issued snow shovel?
Then! A worker spotted us and closed the door.
Reminders tonight: CB3/SLA committee meeting; plus, several scratches
Just a reminder that the CB3/SLA licensing committee meets tonight at 6:30 — JASA/Green Residence, 200 East 5th Street at Bowery. (We looked at the items on the agenda here.)
Here's an updated look at the February docket. As you can see there are a few scratches for whatever reasons... most notably, Nublu and Nevada Smith's...
Previously on EV Grieve:
The founder of Pirate's Booty is taking over the Holiday Cocktail Lounge
Here's an updated look at the February docket. As you can see there are a few scratches for whatever reasons... most notably, Nublu and Nevada Smith's...
Previously on EV Grieve:
The founder of Pirate's Booty is taking over the Holiday Cocktail Lounge
Oh no! Robin Raj is no longer Robin Raj!
On Friday, EV Grieve reader evilnyc passed along the following photo from Third Avenue near 14th Street.
A name change at Robin Raj!
We went to investigate and found everything to be ... exactly the same...
Simon Doonan's The window displays...
...the cartoon food (and, what, exactly, is that to the left of the cake?)
... the broken LED light board zipper thing...
Everything is the same except the name...
The name will likely grow on us. Once we can say it three times fast while holding our tongue.
Robin Raj moved here from the corner in January 2009.
Actually, the space has been on the market. Apparently the new owners are keeping it as is.
Check out the rents (and key money). We heard that they paid just under $30,000 when they were on the corner of 14th Street and Third Avenue... and that the landlord was raising the rent to $60,000. Not sure what 5 Napkin Burger is paying, but that's a lot of burgers either way...
For all of our Robin Raj coverage, including an alternate ending, please go here.
A name change at Robin Raj!
We went to investigate and found everything to be ... exactly the same...
...the cartoon food (and, what, exactly, is that to the left of the cake?)
... the broken LED light board zipper thing...
Everything is the same except the name...
The name will likely grow on us. Once we can say it three times fast while holding our tongue.
Robin Raj moved here from the corner in January 2009.
Actually, the space has been on the market. Apparently the new owners are keeping it as is.
Check out the rents (and key money). We heard that they paid just under $30,000 when they were on the corner of 14th Street and Third Avenue... and that the landlord was raising the rent to $60,000. Not sure what 5 Napkin Burger is paying, but that's a lot of burgers either way...
For all of our Robin Raj coverage, including an alternate ending, please go here.
Speaking of businesses with new names that are exactly the same...
In case you missed our post from late Friday afternoon... Roastown Coffee is now Eastside Bakery.net on St. Mark's and Second Avenue...
Oh, that new name! Per a commenter: "so can i just walk in or do i have to log on?"
And we did walk in (our first time here). The counter person said that the new sign went up on Friday... and that there weren't any other changes. All said with a shrug.
And this space was once home to a Gap. Read about that here.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Roastown Coffee coming to Second Avenue and St. Mark's Place
Oh, that new name! Per a commenter: "so can i just walk in or do i have to log on?"
And we did walk in (our first time here). The counter person said that the new sign went up on Friday... and that there weren't any other changes. All said with a shrug.
And this space was once home to a Gap. Read about that here.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Roastown Coffee coming to Second Avenue and St. Mark's Place
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Week in Grieview
A death in the Grassroots family (Monday)
Schwimmer confirmed as owner and destructor of 331 E. Sixth St. (Monday)
Celebrating a Giants Super Bowl victory on Third Avenue in Speedos (Tuesday)
The eighth Subway opens in the East Village (Wednesday)
East Village Farms (and EVG) on WABC-7 (Thursday)
Neighborhood schoolkids express themselves about Starbucks (Friday)
Interpol (not the band) gets involved in East 13th Street short-term rental (Friday)
The Pink Dorms of East 14th Street (Thursday)
First mention of the East Village in The New York Times (Tuesday)
No more East Village Farms (Wednesday)
316 E. Third St. prepped for the end (Tuesday)
New beginnings for Obscura Antiques (Tuesday)
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Rue B is open
Last night we mentioned that Rue B was closed on Avenue B because of some water-power problem ... in any event, it's back open ....
Photo by Bobby Williams.
Reader report: Police shutter La Zarza Lounge on First Avenue
EV Grieve reader Spike brings word on an NYPD closure last evening at La Zarza Lounge near East 10th Street....
Per the sign taped to the gate: "Illegal sale of alcoholic beverages."
Per the sign taped to the gate: "Illegal sale of alcoholic beverages."
Unattended iPad in Cafe Cortadito commode leads to sanitation worker's arrest
He had asked to use the Cafe's restroom. Per the News: "Maldonado found the unattended electronic tablet in the restrooom and hid it in his pants, said police."
The Cafe owner quickly realized that the iPad was missing, and confronted the worker, who handed it over and left. She called the cops, who arrested the worker nearby. Police charged him with with petit larceny.
[Image via Gizmodo]
Friday, February 10, 2012
Reader report: Rue B back open tomorrow
EV Grieve reader Ann sent along this photo earlier tonight... Reliable sources say that Rue B here on Avenue B between 11th Street and 12th Street will be back open tomorrow. There are electrical and plumbing issues from the upstairs apartment, we hear...
Can you feel the 'Love' tonight?
An early Valentine's greeting from The Damned with "Love Song" circa 1979.
Roastown Coffee now Eastside Bakery.net on St. Mark's and Second Avenue
That's a really catchy name! Kinda seems exactly like Roastown Coffee, which opened here in November 2010.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Roastown Coffee coming to Second Avenue and St. Mark's Place
[Updated] Reader report: Construction worker falls on East Ninth Street
Via @guywasko —
Construction worker falls over 15', hitting another worker. FDNY to bring man down on ladder. 9th & Ave C
Workers are converting the former Henry Street Settlement Day Care #3 between Avenue C and Avenue D into a community facility space on the ground floor... the upper levels will house 46 units (28 studios and 12 one-bedroom apartments). The housing will serve homeless young adults and young adults aging out of the foster-care system. An additional 12 units will be set aside for young single adults with a child.
Updated 3:57 p.m.
EV Grieve reader Mike sends along a message from Notify NYC — "Emergency personnel are on the scene of a partial structural collapse near East 9th Street and Avenue C"
Updated 4:04 p.m.
@ruthie06 notes that Ninth Street is full of emergency-response vehicles. "Looks like the ambulance parked on the NE corner of 9th/Ave C. Eerily calm."
Updated 4:11 p.m.
Per the DOB website, filed this afternoon:
FDNY REPORTED PARTIAL BULKHEAD COLLAPSE
BUILDING SHAKING/VIBRATING/STRUCT STABILITY AFFECTED
Updated 4:16 p.m.
Via @ruthie06 — "the calm was just interrupted by the ambulance whizzing by, sirens ablazing."
Updated 7:10 p.m.
Photos via Bobby Williams...
Updated 7:15 p.m.
DNAinfo reports that the worker "sustained minor injuries to his head just before 3 p.m., when he fell from one stairwell landing to another."
Previously on EV Grieve:
Community center and supportive housing coming to East Ninth Street
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