Death & Co. temporarily closed while waiting for liquor license renewal

We noticed that Death & Co. on East Sixth Street wasn't open last evening around 9 or so ... they usually open at 6... What's going on?

Owner David Kaplan told me there's a delay with the liquor license renewal. "Just the now regular SLA renewal process being slow," he said last night via e-mail about the temporary closure. They will be back open tonight.

Rumors: Juice Press opening a second East Village location

Several readers have noted that the Juice Press, the popular cold-pressed juice joint on East First Street near First Avenue, will open a second East Village location in a few months... one tipster even put the new storefront in this space on East 10th Street just west of Avenue A...



We asked founder Marcus Antebi if the Juice Press was opening a second location. He responded via e-mail: "Could be. I might do a laundromat instead. More quarters."

That came with an "LOL" ... they've been kind of funny all along... as you may recall, the storefront featured an array of goofy signs — Robot Daycare/Missing Sock/Mime Academy — before opening last May.

Season's greetings from the Moonstruck Diner

So you probably saw the trucks lined up on parts of First Avenue and Second Avenue yesterday ... crews were there to film scenes for "Damages" ...

[Photo via Pedro]

At the Moonstruck Diner on Second Avenue and Fifth Street, crews decked out for the diner as if it was the December holidays....

[Top two photos via Bobby Williams]

While we personally didn't spot any of the cast members, Pedro reports seeing lead Glenn Close in the window of Moonstruck, typing away on her laptop (not a Mac person!). We can't confirm whether the Moonstruck staff served her boiled bunny rabbit ...

And in the evening...

At the Cooper Square Hotel, V is for....?

Just looking at the new art near the front of the Cooper Square Hotel...

Looks similar to the hotel's new restaurant/bar mascot at the Trilby... except for having normal-sized hands...

[Image via Eater]

(And is this Nick Walker's work? I left before taking a closer look at the signature...)

Wholesome Foods now open on Seventh Street and Avenue C

Thanks to our friend East Village Eats for passing along the word...

Previously on EV Grieve:
On Avenue C, market known for Cobra Malt Liquor giving way to Wholesome Foods

East Village Pharmacy closer to opening

As we noted in January, East Village Pharmacy is moving from Fifth Street and Avenue A to Third Street and Avenue A... the new canopy is up... (DNAinfo first reported last September that a pharmacy was set to take this space...)

[Updated] Sidewalk Cafe closed for renovations on Avenue A

Don't know more than this at the moment... The DOB gave them a C in September... with 43 violation points, but nothing that likely led to its closure... In the comments, an employee of another Sidewalk-owned eatery says Sidewalk will reopen in three weeks; that the renovations don't have anything to do with the DOH.

Noted

Today in people dressed as trees in Tompkins Square Park

Oh, I dunno... I'd rather not know what was really happening here... via EV Grieve correspondent Bobby Williams

Melanie has a great shot of the tree dancing over at East Village Corner.

[Updated] Transformer fire at the ConEd Plant

Several readers have said they see black smoke from somewhere in the East Village ... another reader says there is a huge FDNY presence at the ConEd plant on East 14th Street.

Anyone?

EV Grieve reader Crazy Eddie just sent us some photos...

[Updated]

DNAinfo is on the scene. Per their report:

A transformer fire broke out at a Con Edison substation in the East Village Wednesday afternoon, FDNY and utility officials said.

The fire broke out at the power station on East 14th Street and Avenue D at roughly 2:19 p.m., the FDNY said.

No injuries were immediately reported, fire officials said.

Con Ed workers were also responding to the blaze, a spokesman said.

While no power outages had been reported, some customers may have noticed their lights flicker, reflecting a dip in voltage, according to a Con Ed spokesman.

Anyone's power out?

More wildlife spotted in the East Village

Earlier today on Fourth Avenue near 13th Street. Courtesy of @hula_doll

How you can support the Essex Street Market

During the SPURA debates, BoweryBoogie reports that someone floated the idea of moving the Essex Street Market. As he notes, LES resident Cynthia Lamb is leading the crusade against such plans. Sign the petition to keep the market where it is ... find the petition here.

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