Nothing Wimpy about Crash's Popeye mural

Crash has finished his work on the Houston/Bowery Mural Wall ...



And perhaps my favorite mural here in some time. You?

Find more photos from yesterday afternoon at Animal NY.

P.S.
Sorry about that headline. It's really bad.

Please explain

Spotted this morning on East 10th Street near Fourth Avenue.

Morning tweets

Flea market today -- St Brigid's at 7th and B. twitter.com/evgrieve/statu…

— evgrieve (@evgrieve) March 16, 2013

What times does McSorley's open on St. Patrick's Day?

Noon. Because someone asked.

And today they opened at 8 a.m. No line. At 8:45 anyway.



And not all that boisterous inside...



...and the McSorley's bus idles outside to take people to the St. Patrick's Day today...



And no — the driver doesn't take requests to drive people out to the middle of nowhere and leave them.

[And yes on that headline.]

Green days

For this weekend. New Order with "Everything's Gone Green" live from The Ukranian National Home on Second Avenue ... Nov. 19, 1981.

At long last, Hyatt Union Square branded

Five years later here on Fourth Avenue and East 13th Street... we'll check back with the latest opening date....

Previously on EV Grieve:
Through the years with the sunlight-blocking Hyatt Union Square, opening Nov. 15

The Bleecker Bob's closing sale is under way

Via Bleecker Bob's Facebook page:

thursday 3/14/13
well folks, very sorry but.....
Bleecker Bob's
C-L-O-S-I-N-G S-A-L-E
starts today!!!!!

No word on an actual closing date... or whether they will actually have a counter inside the new tenant's place — Forever Yogurt.

Previously on EV Grieve:
[UPDATED] Let's help Bleecker Bob's find space in the East Village

Bleecker Bob's is for rent

Everything's gone green

Everyone is getting in on the act — even Nicoletta. Second Avenue and East 10th Street... Photo by EVG contributor William Klayer.

And the whole ad...

Report: NYC is now sterilizing rats

Every so often, at the right time, there seem to be more rats than humans around here. And, apparently, there's little to stop their fucking spawning.

Per this article in Bloomberg BusinessWeek, "rats are remarkably fertile, sometimes birthing 12 pups per litter and as many as seven litters in a year."

The article goes on to cover how city officials are planning on curbing the rat population in the subways.

The Metropolitan Transport Authority has kick-started a pilot program to sterilize female rats. To do this, it is teaming up with Flagstaff (Ariz.)-based SenesTech, a company that invented ContraPest, a product that, when consumed orally by rats, accelerates egg loss and can cause infertility in days.

But!

The article is quick to note that the end goal isn't to completely get rid of the rats. That may actually make things worse.

Said SenesTech CEO Loretta Mayer: "The overall goal is to diminish rat populations — but not wipe them out entirely because that would simply cause an influx of new rats."

What do you think of the idea? Could anything possibly go wrong?

[Image via]

Zoltar apparently no longer sees all

This morning on Second Avenue and St. Mark's Place... What happened to his halting "I see you ..."?

An update on the laundromat closing on East 10th Street

Earlier in the week, a reader said that today marked the last day for the laundromat at 204 E. 10th St. near Second Avenue... (closing due to a large rent increase)...

This is not the case. Here is updated information from another reader:

"They have stopped accepting dry cleaning and hand pressed shirts. They will stop accepting laundry for service on Friday 3/22. They will not close until the following week. During those last days customers will be able to pick up as the Laundromat is cleared."

If you don't like 3 days of St. Patrick's Day pub crawls, then move to...

As you may have heard, St. Patrick's Day is Sunday. (Or, apparently, St. Paddy's Day.) Which, of course, can only mean three days of pub crawls at participating East Village bars, as the sign in the window there above at Village Pourhouse shows...

How bad will it be? What will do you do?

Anyway, suit up, bitches. Enjoy the weekend.


[Photo from Kmart via Crazy Eddie]

Favorite East Village places: The Odessa

At 119 Avenue A.

And don't forget the Odessa Cafe next door for some drinks.

Photo by EVG contributor Michael Sean Edwards.

Laundry-bistro concept not washed up

During Monday night's CB3/SLA committee meeting, members did not approve of the venture for 44 E. First St. — The Wash House, the laundromat-bistro concept that we reported on here. (Per an EVG informant at the meeting, committee members were apparently turned off, in part, by the fact that the applicants didn't have a clear idea of how much of the business would be derived from alcohol sales.)

We reached out to the proprietors via email to see what the next steps were. They had already signed a lease for the space here between First Avenue and Second Avenue.

"We're considering taking the concept to another space and subleasing the current space to an all-night arcade or skateboard shop/cafe."

Previously on EV Grieve:
A 'laundry bistro' in the works for East First Street

First Avenue $1 Pizza Wars — now with draft beer

@evgrieve $1 #Pizza wars on First Ave. Vinny Vincenz holding the lead with bigger signage and draft beer. twitter.com/tenementcity/s…

— Tenement City (@tenementcity) March 14, 2013

Indeed. Go Vinny's!: 2 slices AND a draft beer for $5.

Previously.


[Dave on 7th]

Joe's Pizza + Papaya King = Hope?

The recent opening of Joe's Pizza on East 14th Street ...



... and the signs that a Papaya King is coming to St. Mark's Place...



... have been a welcome bit of restaurant/food news for some people ...

Per sam_the_man the the comments yesterday:

First Joe's, now Papaya King? Another win. Could the tide be turning at last?

We heard this same sentiment from others too, either on Facebook or via email. Maybe not every storefront will become, say, a 7-Eleven?

Reader report: Bus strikes boy on Avenue C

Photographer East Village Hawkeye was on the scene after a boy apparently rode his bike through the light at East 13th Street and Avenue C ... where he was struck by an M14D... East Village Hawkeye noted that that boy was lucid while being loaded up for transport to Beth Israel...

Late-afternoon Popeye break

An update on the Houston/Bowery Mural Wall, where Crash continues his work... He told Animal NY that he should be done on Saturday... check out more photos at Animal NY here.

Street dreams

Heh. From our friends over at Reciprocal Skateboards on East 11th Street... captured by the store's security camera... (the music was added later, you know)...

Dorm-style studio for five guys is back on Craigslist

Hey, one of our favorite Craigslist, uh, listings is back!:

$500 / 500ft² - Apt to share with 4 guys (East Village)
Roommate needed to share my studio apt. for just $500 a month plus a $500 refundable deposit. I'll pay all the utility bills!
This is a 1-room studio apt. that is set up dormitory style with loft beds and curtain dividers.
The space is perfect for someone who won't be spending all their time in the apt. and who won't be bringing in much stuff.

No smokers please. I have a tiny dog and a big cat. The space is available immediately.

At least this time the ad isn't in all caps, like last June.

Previously on EV Grieve:
We'll always have Craigslist: 'Seeking third roommate that doesn't suck'

h/t @serenaspeaks

[Photo is not of the actual studio]