Recently Opened
Asian kitchen MIGHTY bowl, 120 MacDougal Street: This newly opened, reasonably priced spot, already has a number of extremely positive Yelp reviews for its rice (or quinoa or lettuce) bowls topped with a variety of meats and vegetables and finished with a choice of interesting Asian-inspired sauces.
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CVS, 475 Avenue of the Americas: Opened in half of the former Food Emporium space.
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OPPA, 162 West 4th Street: This two-part restaurant opened in the old Kara-vas space at the corner of West 4th and Cornelia. Half the restaurant is a take-out spot with Greek fast food (think gyro and rice dishes), and the other half is a restaurant with a bar and bar food.
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Boom Boom Booty and Brow Bar 2, 30 Greenwich Avenue: This new waxing salon, the second from the Boom Brow Bar folks, offers different bikini waxing options (with saucy names) in addition to their signature eyebrow waxes.
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Beasty Feast, 327 West 14th Street: This is the third location of this West Village family-owned pet store, and is more spacious than the Hudson Street location.
Coming Soon
Juice Generation, 245 Bleecker Street: To open in the old 16 Handles space.
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Tipsy Girl, 45 West 8th: Restaurant/Bar with its own line of wines/spirits and ties to “The Real Housewives of New York”.
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Big Fish Enterprises, 142 West 10th Street: There is an application for a liquor license in the old Louro space. If granted, it will operate as an “American bistro” that will focus on “farm to table food” with “an internationally known chef ”.
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2NDCITY, 525 Hudson Street: This Filipino taqueria, which describes itself as “Amasian”, is currently hiring and expects to open in the old Mexicana Mama space. The chef, Jordan Andino, has appeared on various cooking shows on the Food Network.
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Sweetgreen, 226 Bleecker Street: This rapidly expanding chain of salad shops is opening in the old Avignone Chemists space.
Recently Closed
Sugar and Plumm, 257 Bleecker Street: This excellent pastry and chocolate shop was perhaps forced out by the myriad other sweets options on Bleecker.
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Jeans Unlimited, 492 Avenue of the Americas
All photos by Maggie Berkviste.
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