EV Grieve

Friday, April 1, 2011

April showers

Avenue A near St. Mark's Place via Bobby Williams.

Damned if you do

The Damned, circa 1985-6 during the Unfortunate Outfits Era, with a Barry Ryan cover. (A video well worth your time watching.)

Which NYC neighborhood has the most happy hours? (One guess!)

We somehow missed this item at Grub Street Wednesday evening. It's info from a Happy Hours app via Village Voice Media. From Grub Street:

Using co-developer GoTime.com’s database of 972 happy hours in Manhattan, the Voice came up with a “happy hour density” (i.e., happy hours per square blocks) in various Manhattan neighborhoods south of Harlem. ... Not surprisingly, the East Village has the most happy hours, so expect to see this graphic presented as “Exhibit A” in a heated Community Board 3 meeting soon!

[Image via Grub Street]

Next stop, Board of Elections!

Earlier today, we brought you the sad news that Cherries, the adult gift-and-DVD shop on St. Mark's Place, has closed.

Thanks to EV Grieve reader Don Stahl for this shot... in which workers are removing the "viewing booths."

And, despite that juvenile headline, there's no truth to the rumor that the Board of Elections in the City of New York bought the old booths.

(See more of Don's photos on his Tumblr here.)

Today in April Fools Day gags on Avenue C

Outside the Sunburnt Cow near Ninth Street...

Only porn adult gift and DVD shop on St Mark's Place closes

Fresh off our conversations about one person's unhappiness over a certain sign and "bordello"-esque red curtains on Avenue A...

Cherries, the adult gift and DVD shop and what not, at 18 St. Mark's Place...

[Above photo by ShamrockTattoo via Flickr]

... has closed. We saw the 50 percent signs go up recently ... and last evening we walked by to see that it was gone... No goodbye sign — nothing... (And I recall reading on Eater that Michael "Bao" Huynh owned the lease here...??)

"Saturday Night Live" also featured a quick shot of Cherries during its intro last season... you can see it at the 1:24 mark...

Part 2, the sequel: Other East Village signs maybe someone can take issue with

Following up on our post from two Fridays ago ...

Today in cute photos of squirrels in Tompkins Square Park

Photo by EV Grieve wildlife correspondent Bobby Williams.

Your Chloe Sevigny-free roster of new Community Board 3 members

From the EV Grieve inbox...

Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer [yesterday] announced the 2011 appointees to Manhattan’s 12 Community Boards. The City Charter mandates that all Community Board appointments be made by April 1, and this year’s selection continues the trend toward greater diversity and expertise that began when President Stringer first took office.

“I have been committed to energizing and revitalizing Manhattan’s 12 Community Boards since taking office in 2006, and I am proud that this year’s appointees reflect these priorities,” said Stringer. “Today, our community boards are platforms for robust discussion of neighborhood issues and vehicles for ZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz [editor's note].”

Anyway! here's the list of the Community Board 3 members... the names of the new appointees are in bold.

In case you can't make out the bold names...

Gary Tai
Charlotte Miles
David Conn
Natasha Dillon
Karen Blatt
Carlina Rivera
Jack Waters

And, as you noticed, no Chloe Sevigny!

Walls and memories left at Carmine's

Early last week, Julie Shapiro at DNAinfo reported that the bar and other fixtures from shuttered EV Grieve favorite Carmine's were sold and shipped to the Old Stein Inn near Annapolis, Md.

The 107-year old eatery at the South Street Seaport looked like this...