East Village

Lit Lounge in East Village is closing soon; Bushwick club still not open (but its cafe is)

East Village party palace and venue, Lit Lounge, will close sometime in the next two months after 13 years in business. EV Grieve noted last month that there was a big “FOR RENT” sign on the building and confirmation came Thursday (7/9) via Clubplanet…

East Village building collapses, huge fire after explosion

“Well an entire BUILDING just collapsed on 2nd Avenue and 7th street in the #EastVillage!!” – mikenouveau Firefighters were on the scene of an apparent explosion on Thursday afternoon in the East Village, and a building at the site appeared to have been partly destroyed while another building was engulfed in flames…

Yaffa Cafe, RIP

East Village / St. Marks institution Yaffa Cafe, which served veggie-friendly food “all nite” to drunk NYU students and others, officially closed yesterday after Department of Health problems and losing the permit for their backyard garden earlier this year…

East Village Radio shutting down for good next week

As we learned last night at a meeting for all their radio hosts (our metal blog Invisible Oranges has a show on the station), East Village Radio will be shutting down after 11 years of online programming…

East Village landmark Odessa Cafe Bar closing for good this weekend (the restaurant is staying open)

In another sign of the times, the Odessa Cafe Bar will close its doors for good, its last day being Saturday, August 31st, notes EV Grieve…

Whole Earth (Vegan) Bakery spot becoming Italian Restaurant

Back in 2007 we were worried that Whole Earth Vegan Bakery on St. Marks was facing eviction, but the East Village landmark survived, for almost another six years at least…

Kate's Joint, RIP

I told you I didn’t make it there very often anymore. Thanks PP for sending in the above, but extremely sad picture which first fully brought to my attention the current state of legendary NYC vegetarian restaurant Kate’s Joint which was apparently seized by the marshal about 10 days ago (the exact day I was last asking about it actually), after a multi-month, unsuccessful struggle to make things work…

Lakeside Lounge closing

NYMD reports:”Lakeside Lounge has been sold and will be closing at the end of April. After just over fifteen years in business, the bar that defined oldschool East Village cool will be replaced by a gentrifier whiskey joint, no doubt with $19 artisanal cocktails and hedge fund nebbishes trying to pick up on sorostitutes when their boyfriends are puking in the bathroom – or out of it…

save Kate's Joint

Admittedly I don’t go there very often anymore (and partially because the service can be sooooooo slow), but I have eaten there many times in my life, and so I’m sad to hear that East Village vegan institution/diner Kate’s Joint is in danger of closing…

someone gave Joe Strummer a moustache...

Close up, via EV Grieve, swastika included, below…
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