EV Grieve

Monday, February 3, 2014

Sushi favorite Shima seized by the Marshal

As we noted earlier last month, sister restaurants Sapporo East and Shima suddenly closed without any warning (to diners anyway).

Per the notice on the door at Shima … the Marshal has seized the restaurant on Second Avenue and East 12th Street …

A "for rent" sign can't be too far behind here. Meanwhile, we didn't spot any notices at Sapporo East over on First Avenue and East 10th Street.

[Updated] Why Birdbath Bakery has been closed of late

A reader shared this Friday about Birdbath Bakery over at Third Avenue and NYU:

The Birdbath Bakery at 3rd Avenue and 9th Street appears to have closed. There are no signs indicating what has happened, but the store has been locked, dark and empty each day this week.

Hmm… the location on First Avenue near East 13th Street closed last March… so…

However! There is now a sign up explaining the situation on Third Avenue… Looks like a broken door has been the culprit...

Updated 2/6

Birdbath reopened today.

Crunch branding back on the Bowery

We first saw the coming soon signs for Crunch in the long-vacant retail space at 2 Cooper Square last July. Then that signage all went away… and we wondered if the gym was still opening a location here on the Bowery and East Fourth Street.

Yes, as you can see from the Crunch signs that went up last week…

There's also a Crunch Bowery website showing the floor plans.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Crunch moving to the Bowery; CB3 OKs New York Sports Club on Avenue A

Crunch announces itself to the Bowery

Sunday, February 2, 2014

'Super friendly' dog in peril

An EVG Facebook friend shared this photo … these flyers are hanging around the neighborhood… From Avenue D up to B … From East Fifth Street to East Seventh Street…

Noted

Someone taped a handful of the above flyers to various trees and light poles along St. Mark's Place between Second Avenue and First Avenue … we blocked out the photos of the woman accused of being a home wrecker …

In any event, someone has ripped down the flyers, which look homemade legit and not some kind of wacky marketing campaign…

Cockshark sighting reported on Avenue A

Dunno how long this has been here at East 12th Street… a reader pointed it out to us today…

The stickers were originally the handiwork of Enzo and Nio.

Week in Grieview

[Houston and Avenue C by Michael Sean Edwards]

RIP Mike Bakaty (Friday)

NYU student jumps to his death from Third North Dorm (Monday)

Ben Shaoul's Bloom 62 may fetch upwards of $70 million (Thursday)

Happy 81st birthday Ray! (Tuesday)

So long 7A (Monday)

beQu opens on East Ninth Street (Monday)

New menu for Sidewalk (Monday)

Out and About with Alex Harsley (Wednesday)

What's next for 7A and Odessa Cafe and Bar (Thursday)

Lock your apartment door, mmmkay? (Tuesday, 39 comments)

A look at 170 E. Second St. before the renovations (Tuesday)

What's next for the Peels space (Tuesday)

Brooklyn Piggies now open on A (Friday)

A rough month for East Village restaurants (Friday)

How 7-Eleven wants to be a good neighbor (Tuesday)

100 years before 7A (Monday)

Filming "Ten Thousand Saints" in the East Village (Wednesday)

Renovations for this unique East Fourth Street tenement (Friday)

Watson's first tag

Well, not much of a tag, to be honest… here at the IBM Watson building (aka 51 Astor Place). And what, exactly, is this temporary sign thingy out front? Looks like some shop class project… while a $50-million Jeff Koons rabbit sculpture sits inside the lobby.

Anyway!

… next frame, a bit of an upskirt moment…

Photos by Derek Berg

Saturday, February 1, 2014

Car alarm causing some residents to lose their shit, and leave Urban Etiquette Signs

A reader who lives in the 500 block of East 13th Street (between A and B) shares this …

"The car in the enclosed pictures is now infamous for keeping many of my neighbors, wide awake, sleepless and angry for the past three nights. What’s hilarious and makes the car a symbol of the gentrified EV, are the protest fliers plastered all over it’s front and side window."