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Monday, September 17, 2018

Whatever happened to... Sammy's Halal?

Going on nine months now since the Sammy's Halal signage arrived at 109 First Ave. between Sixth Street and Seventh Street.

And not much has seemingly happened with the space. (Chicken remains "Chiken" on the sign.)

The interior has a no-frills, 1970s basement rec room look...

Google lists the location as "permanently closed" even though the place was never actually open (and there's a five-star review!) ...

The address was previously the Polish G. I. Delicatessen, the Eastern European specialty foods shop closed in July 2016 after 21 years in business.

Saturday, January 2, 2021

A visit to Club Cumming on New Year’s Eve

Text and photos by Stacie Joy

Despite the threat of rain, Mother Nature decided to play nice on New Year’s Eve, where one of the neighborhood's more festive events took place at Club Cumming, 505 E. Sixth St. between Avenue A and Avenue B.

Tonight’s sold-out outdoor cabaret New Year’s Eve Blowout features, among others, Emma Craig as Dolly Parton, Michael T as David Bowie, boylesque artist Richard JMV, the house band COVID Destroyers, kilted singer Anthony Cherry, and headliner Miss Dirty Martini, plus host Kareem McJagger.

I’m there for the 5:30 curbside seating (there’s also one at 8). I arrive to find co-owner Daniel Nardicio holding his puppy Beau...

Attendees are being seated as drinks and food are served, and I head “backstage” to photograph the performers and talk with Daniel about the event, what outdoor event production and livestreaming entails during the pandemic, and about future plans for Club Cumming.

What prompted the decision to create a live, socially distant outdoor entertainment event for New Year’s Eve?

Well, the decision was simple: Club Cumming is a live venue, known for its performers, and something virtual wouldn’t do. HOW to make that happen was the question.

Have you seen any reluctance on behalf of people to sit outside during the winter? What has reaction been like to outdoor events at Club Cumming?

No, we had people clamoring to come — if we didn’t have to socially distance, it would have been more packed! Adventurous people were there to have a good time, and a good time was had by — I hope — all!

Do plan on you sticking with the outdoor space throughout the winter with more events like Doris Day Drinking and Yappy Hour? How has business been with only limited outdoor seating?

Yappy Hour is a Yappening! I love it so much. Doris Day Drinking is new and I’m sure if its Sammy Jo, it’ll be sparsely attended and mildly annoying…just kidding, it’ll be great! Sammy Jo and Darren (my partner) make a great team and are the Sam and Diane of our Cheers, if Sam and Diane were both bottoms.

You livestreamed this New Year’s Eve event to the general public. How is livestreaming going? Any evidence of livestream fatigue on the behalf of viewers?

It depends, we created a production company and focus more on shooting little films, and creating more of a piece of work, than livestreaming itself. I leave that to the kids. BUT that said, next Friday (January the 8th) RuPaul’s Drag Race’s Nicky Doll is going to be holding virtual drag race viewing parties weekly from Club Cumming and I’m thrilled about that!

Do you think streaming programming might be part of the calendar once rooms reopen to live audiences?

Absolutely! A way to get our performers out to the world, and bring in additional revenue for them —count us in!

This was a tough year for New Yorkers. Any positives to come out of an awful 2020 for Club Cumming? What’s next for the bar?

Trump is out in 20 days, NYC rents are plummeting, I say, “kids, get your asses back and snatch up these cheap apartments, and start a mom-and-pop shop as this is a once in a lifetime chance to ask not what NYC can do for you, but what you can do for NYC. Be a part of the new New York. This city is magic!”

You can keep up with events at Club Cumming via Instagram.

Thursday, July 12, 2018

Dry cleaners where Kim's Video got its start on Avenue A is closing

Today is the last day in business for Sammy's Cleaners at 99 Avenue A between Sixth Street and Seventh Street. (Thanks to EVG reader Paul W. for the photo and tip!)

The sign on the door announcing the closure thanks Sammy's customers for their patronage. Not sure why they are shutting down.

The spot was, until late 2016/early 2017, Kim's Cleaners...

[Google Street View]

Owner Yongman Kim launched his (now-departed) Kim's Video empire from here in 1987 ... before eventually moving the video business a few storefronts to the south to 85 Avenue (now Somtum Der), which enjoyed its reign ~~of terror~~ until the summer of 2004.

[Photo from 1997 by Dave Buchwald]

Sunday, January 10, 2021

Week in Grieview

Posts from this past week included (with a photo from Union Square by Derek Berg) ...

• A 21-story office building planned for the former B Bar & Grill on the Bowery (Friday)

• Cafe Himalaya reopens, thanks community for support after family member dies from COVID-19 (Wednesday)

• RIP Hanshi Wilfredo Roldan (Thursday)

• Concern again for the historic Merchant's House Museum on 4th Street (Wednesday)

• A new era for Via Della Pace on 4th Street (Monday)

• The gas is back on at Tompkins Square Bagels on Avenue A (Monday)

• This week's NY See panel (Wedensday)

• Gallery Watch goes to the Home Alone Group Show at ATM Gallery (Wednesday)

• [plant-baked] debuts on 7th Street (Friday)

• A bar called Spike's is coming to 218 Avenue A (Wedensday)

• 5 Napkin Burger Express gives way to Tamam Falafel on 14th Street (Friday)

• Hope for Little Poland in 2021? (Tuesday)

• Citing "restrictions, bans and curfews for the restaurant industry," the Dumpling Shop closes (Monday)

• Bibi Wine Bar takes a winter break (Tuesday)

• Gino Sorbillo now closed for renovations on the Bowery (Wednesday)

• 2021 development watch: 124 E. 14th St. (Tuesday)

• Van Leeuwen reopens post-fire on 7th Street (Tuesday)

• Tio Pio debuts on 14th Street with quick-serve Latin cuisine (Tuesday)

• Local artists give kids something to smile about at new dental outpost on Avenue A (Tuesday)

• The Boilery has closed on 3rd Avenue (Monday)

• Sammy's Roumanian Steakhouse has closed for now on the Lower East Side (Sunday)

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Friday, October 21, 2016

EV Grieve Etc.: 4th Street Food Co-op needs a fridge fix; Bleecker St. Records announces closure

[Fall on East 12th Street]

NYPD looking for two men involved in a vicious attack on Orchard Street (Daily News)

CB3 not buying Sammy Mahfar's inclusionary housing bid for 255 Houston St. (The Lo-Down)

Reckless driver who killed Bowery Mission resident sentenced to 20 to 60 months (Gothamist)

The 4th Street Food Co-op has a broken produce fridge, and they are raising money to pay for a new compressor (YouCaring)

East Village residents Amy Goldwasser and Peter Arkle officially launch their new book, "All Black Cats are Not Alike," with an event Monday night at the Strand ... including "adorable and adoptable" cats via ASPCA (The Strand official site)

Bleecker Street Records is closing (Flaming Pablum ... Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)

Christo and Dora building a second nest in Tompkins Square Park (Laura Goggin Photography)

[Skateboarding on 1st Avenue via Derek Berg]

Mimi Cheng’s on Second Avenue opens an outpost on Broome Street (Eater)

Instagram accounts for people who like NYC history (Curbed)

The Voice publishes its Best of NYC 2016 issue (The Village Voice)

A career-spanning retrospective of Lucio Fulci, "one of Italy’s most visionary genre directors" (Anthology Film Archives)

"Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer" at midnight this weekend (Sunshine Cinema)

...and as a reminder (to remember or to avoid), the 26th annual Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade is tomorrow... afterwards, there is an after-party at the Ruff Club, 34 Avenue A...

...and also on this occasion at Exit9 on Avenue A...

Free #Trump dog poop bags for costumed dogs this Saturday at EV shop. Tompkins SQ Halloween Dog Parade! https://t.co/R6vALkma7O @evgrieve
— Exit9 Gift Emporium (@ShopExit9) October 17, 2016

Sunday, May 14, 2023

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a new line era underway at the Orpheum on 2nd Avenue via Steven)...

• A new record and lineup for Bush Tetras (Wednesday)

• A new name and (familiar) owners for the currently closed Downtown Bakery (Thursday)

• Pour one out for the champagne of East Village storefront signs (Monday)

• Porta potties arrive in Tompkins Square Park for use during field house renovations (Tuesday)

• On Astor Place, the cube will BRB to spin again (Tuesday)

• A visit to a Ketamine-assisted therapy practitioner (Friday)

• Inside Don Ceviche, opening soon on 1st Avenue (Tuesday)

• More details about the new home for Sammy's Roumanian Steakhouse on the Lower East Side (Monday)

• At Ray's Candy Store, you can now pay for those beignets and deep-fried Oreos via Venmo (Monday)

• Stand back, here are photos from Night of 1000 Stevies at Irving Plaza (Thursday)

• Signage alert: Village Works on St. Mark's Place (Monday)

• &Beer is a new pop-up concept on 7th Street (Wednesday)

• The fruit vendor returns to Astor Place (Wednesday)

• Someone artfully wrapped this drinking fountain in Tompkins Square Park with aluminum foil (Thursday)

• East Village Pizza and Beron Beron remove its curbside dining structures (Monday)

• Gorin Ramen has closed on 14th Street (Monday) ... Beloved Cafe has closed on the Lower East Side (Thursday)

• Openings: Offside Tavern on Avenue A (Monday)

• The Laurels takes over for Bait & Hook on 2nd Avenue and 14th Street (Tuesday)

• The former Mighty Quinn's space is for rent (Tuesday)

• Gotham — NYC's 'first cannabis concept store' — debuts today on Third Street (Thursday)

• 'The Legend of Zelda,' bus edition (Wednesday)

• A J Crew for NoHo (Thursday)

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Monday, September 6, 2010

I know what we did last summer

Since Memorial Day, I've posted nearly 750 items... and, for as quickly as the summer seemingly passed by, looking back at some of these things from the summer seems like years ago...

Let's go back to Memorial Day weekend... and work our way to Labor Day... here are a few items from the last three months...

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2 Cooper Square is charing upwards of $20,000 a month for rents... the most ever for the East Village...

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