A few more details about East Side Tavern, coming to the former Redhead space

As we noted way back on Dec. 28, an applicant is vying for a new liquor license for the former Redhead space, 349 E. 13th St. between First Avenue and Second Avenue.

The applicant's application (PDF!) is now live on the CB3 website. The venture, going as East Side Tavern, will serve "American fare" in a dining room that seats 44 guests. There's also a 14-seat bar. The proposed hours are 4 p.m. to 4 a.m.; with opening times at 11 a.m. for weekend brunch. (The application also notes "acoustic live music on occasion.")

The applicant, Michael Stewart, is also behind Tavern on Jane at 31 Eighth Ave.

Here's what New York magazine had to say about Tavern on Jane, which opened in 1995:

Bleecker Street may be teeming with expensive boutiques and cupcake tourists, but the Village vibe lives on at Tavern on Jane. With vintage posters on its exposed brick, an embossed ceiling, and low, topaz lighting, the dining area feels as inviting as a bustling English roadside inn. Most customers sip brimming pints of ale in the front room’s convivial bar, or settle into the back room to doodle with fat crayons on each table’s butcher paper. The Tavern’s brand of classy pub grub goes for hearty flavors over foppish modern flourishes. Tender, marinated hanger steak comes with your choice of potato and vegetable — the emerald asparagus is charred and sweet, while potatoes au gratin have the creamy bite of blue cheese. The grilled, juicy burger, capped with gooey cheddar, comes nestled inside a toasted bun and served with tawny fries and a dish of sweet coleslaw...

The Redhead closed here last month after a successful 10-year run.

CB3's SLA committee meeting is 6:30 p.m. on Monday in the Thelma Burdick Community Room, 10 Stanton St. at the Bowery.

Previously on EV Grieve:
East Side Tavern in the works for former Redhead space on 13th Street

Sidewalk bridge arrives at 118 E. 1st St., where a 9-story building is in the works

An EVG tipster shared this photo from yesterday ... when workers erected the sidewalk bridge and started putting up the necessary equipment to demolish the existing three-level structure at 118 E. First St. between Avenue A and First Avenue.

As previously noted, the existing structure is being demolished to make room for a 9-story residential building. In total, there are seven units divided over 12,500 square feet of residential space, as NY Yimby first reported. (Given the size — about 1,800 square feet, NYY figures these will be condos.)

The building will include a small retail space on the ground floor.

No sign just yet of a rendering via Warren Freyer's Freyer Architects.

Speaking of signs, though — this one appeared in a window here back in November...



Previously on EV Grieve:
118 E. 1st St. arrives on the market with so many possibilities, and air rights

118 E. 1st. St. will yield to a new 9-floor residential building

Demolition of 118 E. 1st St. begins to make way for 9-story residential building

Guaco Taco has closed on 2nd Street

The for rent sign is now up at 91 E. Second St. between Avenue A and First Avenue... marking the end of Guaco Taco's seven months in business.

The quick-serve Mexican restaurant had irregular hours of late... something that marked its short run here. Guaco Taco was closed for nearly two weeks shortly after its grand opening on May 20...


[EVG photo from May 20]

Tuesday's parting shot

Photo on Second Avenue today by Derek Berg...

Reader report: In case your packages were a little wet this evening

An EVG reader shared this from earlier this evening in Stuy Town...

I saw a bunch of Amazon.com and Jet.com packages sitting on the sidewalk in the rain. They are drenched.

There wasn't any sign of the delivery people.

Are they off delivering other packages and maybe they plan to come back for these? I don't know! It's not a great move given that everything is soaked. Meanwhile, stuff could be stolen.

Report: City's 1st solar-powered bus stop back in the dark on Avenue C

The city's first solar-powered bus shelter has gone dark after just nine months in operation, DNAinfo reports.

And it only took seven years to get any kind of lighting here at the southbound M9 bus stop on Avenue C and East 16th Street. The shelter has been dark since 2009, when a Con Ed crew reportedly disconnected lights from its power source.

The solar-powered lights were part of a pilot program. Per DNAinfo:

Lawrence Scheyer, a Stuy Town resident and Community Board 6 member who had campaigned for years to get lights at the bus stop, said he's frustrated the city's fix fell apart so quickly.

“I was happy to see a creative solution, but disappointed that it only lasted a few months until the lights failed,” he said.

And...

Scheyer said the area’s relative lack of lighting and the use of Avenue C by Con Ed trucks makes it a danger to anyone on their way to wait for a bus — including his wife, who was almost run over by trucks there.

In 2013, a Con Ed truck fatally struck 88-year-old Stella Huang as she crossed East 16th Street, a tragedy that many blamed on the area’s poor lighting.

Image via Google Street View

Going cold turkey on Avenue A

Last night, EVG reader Daniel noted the presence of a still-frozen Butterball turkey on Avenue A and St. Mark's Place...

As of this morning, it's still there... though slightly thawed, as Derek Berg noted...



Looks to be about a 9-pounder...

Lab -320° closes after 6 months in the former Sock Man space on St. Mark's Place

After six-plus months in business, Lab -320° has closed at 27 St. Mark's Place between Second Avenue and Third Avenue...





The owners announced the closure of the hand-rolled ice cream shop on Facebook on Dec. 30...



Lab -320° began its tenure as Lab -321, which did not amuse the owners of -321° Ice Cream Shop in Brooklyn ... who sent along a cease-and-desist letter. (And it likely didn't help Lab -320° that the popular 10Below Ice Cream opened up at 42 1/2 St. Mark's Place later last year.)

The previous longtime tenant at 27 St. Mark's Place, The Sock Man, closed last January after a reported rent hike via landlord Raphael Toledano. Sock Man owner Marty Rosen later opened a new location in late November at 99 1/2 St. Mark's Place.

Lab -320° was the fourth shop to open in 2016 in the East Village serving the traditional Thai street food ... Roll It Up on Seventh Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue closed in November for the season...



Signage on the gate points to an April 2017 reopening...



Thanks to EVG correspondent Steven for all the photos!

Previously on EV Grieve:
Here's the rolled ice cream shop taking over the former Sock Man space on St. Mark's Place

Updated: Breeze Nail Spa closes for renovations on 2nd Avenue

An EVG reader wrote in to say that Breeze Nail Spa on Second Avenue abruptly closed at the start of the New Year without any notice to its patrons.

Per the reader: "They are a huge neighborhood spot with a good following and I walked by tonight and the place was cleaned out entirely!"

As these photos via Steven from yesterday show, workers were clearing out out the storefront here between Third Street and Fourth Street...



Updated 11:30 a.m.

Per a commenter, the outgoing message phone at Breeze notes a temporary closure for renovations.

Updated

They are back open...

New Year, new slippers

Apparently it's out with the Poop Emoji Slippers on the first day of 2017 here on 11th Street. (These are outside No. 424 between Avenue A and First Avenue if you want to adopt.)

Thanks to Christine Champagne for the photo!

Noted

Second Avenue near Sixth Street this evening via @edenbrower...

Diversions: Thurston Moore interviews Iggy Pop in the documentary 'I’ve Nothing But My Name'

In case you haven't seen this...Rough Trade named Iggy Pop's Post Pop Depression Album of the Year. On this occasion, Rough Trade asked Sonic Youth co-founder Thurston Moore to interview Iggy in his Miami home (both of them coincidentally once lived in the Christodora House on Avenue B) for the documentary titled "I’ve Nothing But My Name."

Rough Trade released this interview in three parts at the end of December...