A Personal East Village
Neighborhoods
For a look back at what the neighborhood was like in the day, watch the movie Downtown 81. Like many if not all Manhattan neighborhoods, the EV has seen a lot of gentrification from the days when the so-called "Alphabet City" lived at the fringes. Today the EV is coming back from the COVID pandemic with signs of flourishing spring. The neighborhood has 33 community gardens or about a third of NYC's 90-plus publicly owned gardens which are community operated, volunteer affairs. Restaurants and bars are reopening. There are bookstores of note and some art galleries and small theater companies. Many people are drawn here because of its punk stories, the former triumphs that were Wigstock and the East Village art scene, and of course the grunge fashion embodied in stores like Trash and Vaudeville and Search and Destroy. For the old EV, look past Starbuck's and go instead to get your coffee at Porto Rico or your Italian goods at Russo's instead of Whole Foods. Keep your eyes and ears open for what's going on in the park on a given warm afternoon. Or head to East River Park and take in the view of also rapidly gentrified Brooklyn (Williamsburg) right across the water.
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East Village
For a look back at what the neighborhood was like in the day, watch the movie Downtown 81. Like many if not all Manhattan neighborhoods, the EV has seen a lot of gentrification from the days when the so-called "Alphabet City" lived at the fringes. Today the EV is coming back from the COVID pandemic with signs of flourishing spring. The neighborhood has 33 community gardens or about a third of NYC's 90-plus publicly owned gardens which are community operated, volunteer affairs. Restaurants and bars are reopening. There are bookstores of note and some art galleries and small theater companies. Many people are drawn here because of its punk stories, the former triumphs that were Wigstock and the East Village art scene, and of course the grunge fashion embodied in stores like Trash and Vaudeville and Search and Destroy. For the old EV, look past Starbuck's and go instead to get your coffee at Porto Rico or your Italian goods at Russo's instead of Whole Foods. Keep your eyes and ears open for what's going on in the park on a given warm afternoon. Or head to East River Park and take in the view of also rapidly gentrified Brooklyn (Williamsburg) right across the water.
Food scene
Takahachi
85 Avenue AGood Japanese at a manageable price point.
In the EV on St. Mark's Place (8th Street between Ave. A and 1st Avenue) since 1983. Food is delicious, vibe is great, and you can get a small jar of the terrific harissa to go.
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Cafe Mogador
133 Wythe AveIn the EV on St. Mark's Place (8th Street between Ave. A and 1st Avenue) since 1983. Food is delicious, vibe is great, and you can get a small jar of the terrific harissa to go.
Is our nextdoor neighbor restaurant with a serious Serbian menu and a serious meat lovers' choice. I think it's still cash only, be sure to check.
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Kafana
116 Loisaida AveIs our nextdoor neighbor restaurant with a serious Serbian menu and a serious meat lovers' choice. I think it's still cash only, be sure to check.
Great food, great service, all around a treat if you are looking for extremely well-curated Italian.
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Via Carota
51 Grove StGreat food, great service, all around a treat if you are looking for extremely well-curated Italian.
Pylos
128 E 7th StExcellent Greek food on nearby East Seventh Street.
About three doors down on the east side of Avenue C, a huge selection of beer and also my favorite bread delivered fresh daily. You can order a beer and sit outside too.
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Alphabet City Beer Co.
96 Loisaida AveAbout three doors down on the east side of Avenue C, a huge selection of beer and also my favorite bread delivered fresh daily. You can order a beer and sit outside too.
Owner Vicky owns a slew of restaurants all of which are good:
Vic's
Cookshop in Chelsea
A Mexican place whose name escapes me on Second Ave and 2d Street
All good, trendy, good food, good atmosphere.
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Vic's
31 Great Jones StOwner Vicky owns a slew of restaurants all of which are good:
Vic's
Cookshop in Chelsea
A Mexican place whose name escapes me on Second Ave and 2d Street
All good, trendy, good food, good atmosphere.
My favorite Japanese. Have been going here since the 1980s. The late great Susan Sontag ate here. Patti Smith eats here. Or they used to.
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Hasaki
210 E 9th StMy favorite Japanese. Have been going here since the 1980s. The late great Susan Sontag ate here. Patti Smith eats here. Or they used to.
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If you are tired of walking, take the bus! The 14D bus stops on Avenue D between 6th and 5th Streets and on Avenue C between 10th and 11th Streets. You need a Metrocard which you have to purchase at a subway station. Nearest one for Metrocard is the L train station at 14th Street and 1st Avenue.
I like the bus though it is slow. That is just the point. The other bus that stops very close by is the M9. It will take you right to the F train (subway) station at Delancey and Essex. Be sure to use your MTA maps to see stops and times.
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Sunday Greenmarket at Corner of 7th Street and Avenue A
Easy to get to. Also there are several weekly Greenmarkets at Union Square and a bigger Sunday Farmer's Market in Stuyvesant Town accessible through entrances at 14th Street and Avenue B or A.
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Museums
New York is never better than for its art.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Morgan Library
The Whitney
MOMA
International Center for Photography
The New Museum
There are tons. Check the New Yorker or NYmag or other art guides online. Hyperallergic has a round up of new art to see every week (that's an online magazine.) Theater is slowly coming back but hard to say precisely when. And of course, the NY Yankees! in the Bronx.