Former Mad for Chicken spot for rent on 14th Street

This came up in the comments of the Koko Wings post from last week. The former Mad for Chicken outpost at 230 E. 14th St. between Second Avenue and Third Avenue is now for rent (signage arrived last week). The quick-serve spot that served soy garlic fried chicken and Korean-inspi … | Continue reading


@evgrieve.com | 24 days ago

Week in Grievive

Posts this past week included (with a photo above Avenue A from Sixth Street)... • Reports: In a hit-and-run, man struck and killed on 10th and D by an MTA bus (Saturday) • A visit to Veselka, as the East Village institution celebrates 70 years and another week for its documentar … | Continue reading


@evgrieve.com | 25 days ago

Parks Department collecting concerns and compliments

Photos by StevenThese signs arrived this past week at Tompkins Square Park (and other public green spaces)...  asking, "How are we doing?"Specifically: "Report a concern or share a compliment about cleanliness in this area."Per the sign, you can call (212) NEW-YORK ... text 311-6 … | Continue reading


@evgrieve.com | 25 days ago

Sunday's opening shot (from last night)

Photo from last night by Steven A sign of spring approaching — Ralph’s Famous Italian Ices is now open for the season on the corner of Avenue A and Ninth Street. Another sign of spring — today's weather, 63 and sunny. | Continue reading


@evgrieve.com | 25 days ago

Saturday's parting shot

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@evgrieve.com | 25 days ago

Reports: In a hit-and-run, man struck and killed on 10th and D by an MTA bus

Top image via Citizen An MTA bus reportedly struck and killed a man last night on 10th Street and Avenue D. According to media and police reports, the man — later identified as 45-year-old Shawn Gooding — was crossing 10th Street from the southwest to the northwest corner around … | Continue reading


@evgrieve.com | 25 days ago

An afternoon of 'M E L O D Y' at 9 Avenue B

Over at 9 Avenue B between Houston and Second Street, 2B&2C: The Ken Cro-Ken Memorial Foundation continues to offer a variety of arts and programming for the community. Here's more about an afternoon performance tomorrow (3 p.m. Sunday) via the EVG inbox..."M E L O D Y" is a … | Continue reading


@evgrieve.com | 26 days ago

A campaign to commemorate Flaco, the Eurasian Eagle-Owl that captivated NYC the past year

Photo from November on the LES by @vinweasel_As you may have seen, there's a movement in place to garner public support for a statue in Central Park commemorating the recently deceased Flaco, the Eurasian Eagle-Owl. Brandon Borror-Chappell and Mike Hubbard launched the Change.org … | Continue reading


@evgrieve.com | 26 days ago

Saturday's opening shot

New outside the Second Avenue F stop — "Put on the Power" for the month of March. Mural by @PhoebeNewYork... | Continue reading


@evgrieve.com | 26 days ago

Beyond the 'Sea'

 Our past few Fridays-at-5 posts have featured bands on tap for the New Colossus Festival, taking place in LES/EV venues next week. Up next, the French shoegazers Sarakiniko. The above video is a live version of "Fade it Away into the Sea." The band will bring their firepower to … | Continue reading


@evgrieve.com | 26 days ago

About the Every Woman Biennial 2024 at La MaMa Galleria

The Every Woman Biennial 2024 at La MaMa Galleria — titled "I Will Always Love You" — opens tomorrow (reception from 1-4 p.m.) at the space 47 Great Jones St. between the Bowery and Lafayette. Details: The salon-style exhibition features painting, photography, installation, sculp … | Continue reading


@evgrieve.com | 26 days ago

That's all for now for Gizmo

Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy For the first time in 32 years, the storefront at 160 First Ave. between Ninth Street and 10th Street is no longer home to Gizmo. As we've been reporting (here and here), the sewing supply shop was not offered a lease renewal by their landlord ( … | Continue reading


@evgrieve.com | 27 days ago

The city's first public e-bike charging site for delivery workers unveiled on Cooper Square

City officials yesterday: ... activated the first of five public e-battery charging locations as part of the city's new six-month pilot program to test safe, public charging of lithium-ion batteries by an initial group of 100 delivery workers. The first charging site is located i … | Continue reading


@evgrieve.com | 27 days ago

Apollo Bagels opens today

Apollo Bagels debuts today at 242 E. 10th St., just west of First Avenue. Opening hours: Friday-Sunday, 8 a.m. until sold out. Joey Scalabrino and his business partner Mike Fadem started making and selling bagels from their Williamsburg pizzeria, Leo, in 2020... before launching … | Continue reading


@evgrieve.com | 27 days ago

Thursday's parting shot

Photo by James Chambers A piece by Captain Eyeliner with help by Billy Barnacles on 13th Street at Avenue A... | Continue reading


@evgrieve.com | 27 days ago

6 posts from February

A mini month in review... (with a photo from Avenue A on that day it snowed) • Longtime East Village sewing business Gizmo needs a new home (Feb. 26) • Village East by Angelika is serving up the Veselka documentary (Feb. 23) • DA's office mulling charges against tow truck driver … | Continue reading


@evgrieve.com | 27 days ago

A visit to the Unprofessional Variety Show

Photos and text by Stacie JoyThe Unprofessional Variety Show is a quarterly cabaret in the back room at the Parkside Lounge on Houston and Attorney.East Village resident Maya Seuss launched the ongoing variety act in February 2022. (Read more from Maya below.)I checked out the mo … | Continue reading


@evgrieve.com | 28 days ago

This 'Job' has been extended for 3 weeks at the East Village's Connelly Theater

Photo of Max Wolf Friedlich from January by Stacie Joy You now have three more weeks to catch a performance of "Job" at the Connelly Theater. The 80-minute psychological thriller was set to close on Sunday at the venue, 220 E. Fourth St., between Avenue A and Avenue B. However, t … | Continue reading


@evgrieve.com | 28 days ago

Wednesday's parting shot

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@evgrieve.com | 28 days ago

You can watch last night's Community Board 3 meeting right here

Several people have asked us about last night's full Community Board 3 meeting at P.S. 20, in which Zach Iscol, commissioner of the NYC Emergency Management, provided an update on the agency's asylum-seeker operations and community engagement efforts on Seventh Street and Avenue … | Continue reading


@evgrieve.com | 28 days ago

Construction watch: 280 E. Houston St.

The all-new 280 E. Houston St. has come into view in recent weeks... it looks as if workers are up to the fifth (??) floor of the 12-floor building here between Avenue A and Avenue B...The development takes the place of a one-level strip of storefronts (Dunkin'/Baskin-Robbins, Su … | Continue reading


@evgrieve.com | 29 days ago

Boris & Horton fans work like a dog to save cafe

Photo last week by Stacie Joy The owners of Boris & Horton announced yesterday that their ambitious crowdfunding and subscription plan was a success, and the city's first dog-friendly cafe will remain open. On Feb. 16, daughter-father co-owners Logan Mikhly and Coppy Holzman … | Continue reading


@evgrieve.com | 29 days ago

Deli marks the end of the revolving door of bars on the corner of 4th Street and 2nd Avenue

Photos and reporting by Stacie JoyThe long-vacant bar space on the SE corner of Second Avenue and Fourth Street is undergoing a gut renovation.A worker at the scene told us that a deli-market is in the works for the storefront (an actual deli-market and not a smoke shop)... The w … | Continue reading


@evgrieve.com | 29 days ago

Koko Wings has apparently closed on 1st Avenue

Koko Wings looks to be done at 192 First Ave. between 11th Street and 12th Street. The quick-serve restaurant specializing in Korean fried chicken has been closed in recent weeks. Google lists them as "temporarily closed." No one responded to our requests for comment. Meanwhile, … | Continue reading


@evgrieve.com | 29 days ago

An artist talk and celebration of iconic storefronts at the Tompkins Square Library branch

Early Thursday evening, local illustrator Lily Annabelle will discuss her current exhibit — "Goodbye to the Brick and Mortar" —  at the Tompkins Square Library branch.Here's more about the artist talk, co-moderated by reps from Village Preservation and the East Village Commun … | Continue reading


@evgrieve.com | 29 days ago

Playground reminders in Tompkins Square Park; city to update Community Board 3 on asylum seekers tonight

Photos by Stacie Joy Signs stating "No adults except in the company of a child" — written in multiple languages — were recently posted on the playgrounds along Avenue B and Seventh Street in Tompkins Square Park... In recent months, some residents have expressed concerns about th … | Continue reading


@evgrieve.com | 1 month ago

Signage alert: Ben's Deli gains a Grill on Avenue B

Photo and reporting by Stacie Joy The renovations at Ben's Deli on Avenue B, an establishment here for 40-plus years, took a significant step forward yesterday with the arrival of new signage. The business name has been expanded to include a "& Grill" in the name, marking a new c … | Continue reading


@evgrieve.com | 1 month ago

The Chippery has not been open lately

Several EVG readers have noted with some concern that The Chippery has not been open during its usual business hours in recent weeks at 85 First Ave. between Fifth Street and Sixth Street.Google notes that they are "permanently closed," though there isn't any mention of a shutter … | Continue reading


@evgrieve.com | 1 month ago

Monday's parting shot

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@evgrieve.com | 1 month ago

Revel wipes out Frank's curbside dining structure after hours on 2nd Avenue

A Revel car demolished the curbside dining structure outside Frank on Second Avenue near Fifth Street during a collision that occurred late last night/early this morning. The restaurant was not open at the time, and the structure was empty. There weren't any reports of injuries. … | Continue reading


@evgrieve.com | 1 month ago

Longtime East Village sewing business Gizmo needs a new home

Photos and reporting by Stacie JoyRosa Malmed and Hossein Amid were set to begin a new chapter for Gizmo by officially signing a new lease today for their longtime sewing supply shop. Instead, the heartbroken wife-and-husband owners are now forced to move their ample merchandise … | Continue reading


@evgrieve.com | 1 month ago

On 5th Street, Etérea announces a March 30 closing date

Etérea, the vegan Mexican restaurant in Overthrow Hospitality's portfolio, will close at 511 E. Fifth St. between Avenue A and Avenue B at the end of March. In an Instagram post, Overthrow said the restaurant that opened in April 2021 "has not achieved the level of success we ha … | Continue reading


@evgrieve.com | 1 month ago

Openings: YGF Malatang on 3rd Avenue; Conor's Goat on Avenue A

YGF Malatang has debuted at 92 Third Ave. between 12th Street and 13th Street.Per the brand's Instagram account: "The restaurant specializes in malatang, a type of hotpot very popular in the streets of China, often confused with ramen. But make no mistake, malatang is a totally d … | Continue reading


@evgrieve.com | 1 month ago

Signage alert: Sugar Mouse on 3rd Avenue

Signage for Sugar Mouse is now above the entrance at 47 Third Ave. ... at the NE corner of Third Avenue and 10th Street. This game-hall concept has been in the works for the past 18-plus months ... reps for ownership appeared before the CB3-SLA committee meeting in September 2022 … | Continue reading


@evgrieve.com | 1 month ago

An e-bike shop for 1st Street

Signage is up for 52V Primo E-bike in the eastern storefront at 44 E. First St. between First Avenue and Second Avenue. (H/T Mike!)The signage says "electric bicycle/motorcycle sales and service." This will be the second e-bike shop to open in the East Village during the first qu … | Continue reading


@evgrieve.com | 1 month ago

Sunday's parting shots

EVG's Stacie Joy spotted Jason Birchard, the third generation owner of Veselka, today before a screening of the documentary "Veselka: The Rainbow on the Corner at the Center of the World" at the Village East by Angelika.The compassionate and compelling film will be playing all we … | Continue reading


@evgrieve.com | 1 month ago

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a photo on Avenue A by Stacie Joy)... • Façade repairs next door have prevented kids at this East Village school from using the playgound (Tuesday) • Addressing the asylum seeker crisis; city to update Community Board 3 next week (Thursday) • A … | Continue reading


@evgrieve.com | 1 month ago

Ad week in review

This past Thursday, workers removed the new floors-tall Peter Jarema Funeral Home from the north-facing wall at 108 Avenue B and Seventh Street... prompting several reader emails and photos... This removal came after a new ad appeared here on Feb. 9. (Back story: During exterio … | Continue reading


@evgrieve.com | 1 month ago

HBD Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin's double studio album Physical Graffiti was released 49 years ago today — Feb. 24, 1975. Some details via Village Preservation: Led Zeppelin immortalized the twin tenements at 96 and 98 St. Mark’s Place between First Avenue and Avenue A on the Physical Graffiti album … | Continue reading


@evgrieve.com | 1 month ago

EVG Etc.: Fighting to preserve and protect the Merchant's House Museum; mapping out the Lunar New Year Parade

• A look at the fight to preserve and protect the Merchant's House Museum on Fourth Street from new development next door (The New York Times ...official website... previously on EVG)• Osakana on St. Mark's Place sues Wegmans over a "confusingly similar" fish market on Astor Plac … | Continue reading


@evgrieve.com | 1 month ago

RIP Flaco

Photo from November on the LES by @Vinweasel_Sad news from the Upper West Side last evening.To the Associated Press:Flaco, the Eurasian eagle-owl who escaped from New York City's Central Park Zoo and became one of the city's most beloved celebrities as he flew around Manhattan, h … | Continue reading


@evgrieve.com | 1 month ago

Say cheese: chizza pop-up continues to rule the roost at the East Village KFC

Today is Day 2 of the two-day "Chizzeria" pop-up at KFC on the SW corner of 14th Street and Second Avenue to promote the U.S. release of its chizza, the brand's chicken-pizza hybrid. Some chizza history per Food & Wine: The chizza, a mashup of fried chicken and pizza, has been on … | Continue reading


@evgrieve.com | 1 month ago

'Rat' trap

 Brooklyn's Nara's Room is one of the many bands you'll see during the New Colossus Festival, taking place in LES/EV venues from March 6-10. The video here is for "Rat." Nara's Room is at the Knitting Factory at Baker Falls on Avenue A on March 8 (7 p.m.!). Find t … | Continue reading


@evgrieve.com | 1 month ago

Boris & Horton hopes to raise money through subscription boxes and crowdfunding to stay open

Photo and text by Stacie Joy The owners of Boris & Horton have put in motion an ambitious crowdfunding and subscription plan to help keep the city's first dog-friendly cafe open.On Feb. 16, daughter-father co-owners Logan Mikhly and Coppy Holzman announced that the cafe was c … | Continue reading


@evgrieve.com | 1 month ago

Openings: Tacos El Porky on Avenue A

Photos and reporting on Wednesday by Stacie Joy Tacos El Porky is set to debut today (Friday) at 151 Avenue A between Ninth Street and 10th Street. As we first reported last month, the Miami-based El Primo Red Tacos was changing over to another restaurant in its family, Tacos El … | Continue reading


@evgrieve.com | 1 month ago

In case you want to go to this Stop 'N' Swap Saturday

GrowNYC is hosting one of its Stop 'N' Swaps near Union Square on Saturday afternoon.Info! GrowNYC's Stop 'N' Swaps are our free Community Reuse events that invite the public to take home something new to you or add items to the swap for others! You don't have to bring something … | Continue reading


@evgrieve.com | 1 month ago

Addressing the asylum seeker crisis; city to update Community Board 3 next week

Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy On Feb. 9, a few dozen city administrators, local elected officials and community leaders came together for a 90-minute meeting to discuss the ongoing crisis of serving asylum seekers at the former St. Brigid School.The gathering occurred before … | Continue reading


@evgrieve.com | 1 month ago

'Something big is happening' at Boris & Horton, the dog cafe set to close next week

Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy It has been a week of lows and highs at Boris & Horton.Last Thursday, the city's first dog-friendly cafe announced that it was closing on Feb. 26 after six years of anchoring the NW corner of Avenue A and 12th Street. The newer Williamsburg outp … | Continue reading


@evgrieve.com | 1 month ago