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Mercury Dime

  1. Closings
    Mercury Dime Surrenders Alcohol-Free ExistenceSasha Petraske’s coffee shop will close in June.
    By Alexandra Vallis
  2. Shea’s Stadium
    Will Cru’s Shea Gallante Be Doing His Own Thing in the East Village?A community-board agenda has him taking over the former Sea Salt space.
    By Daniel Maurer
  3. Community Bored
    CB3 Snubs the Box, Mercury Dime, and Mercadito, Shows Some Love to SeymourSasha Petraske’s coffee shop may not be getting wine; E.U. looks good for outdoor booze.
    By Randi Eichenbaum
  4. Petraske Empire
    Milk and Honey Number Is Kaput, Petraske Drinks May Soon Come to Mercury DimeThe latest news on the Sasha Petraske front.
    By Daniel Maurer
  5. Mediavore
    Gordon Ramsay’s Flaws Are Not His Own; Cockroach Drops In at WaverlyA cockroach shows up at the Waverly Inn, New York is running out of plutocrats, and KFC plans to sell grilled chicken. What is the world coming to?
  6. NewsFeed
    David Bouley Stymied by Community Board 1 in Move That’s Increasingly CommonAs Grub readers know, community-board-meeting shitshows end up determining what you eat, drink, and, in the case of the abandoned Forty Deuce space (which will now house Chris Eddy’s sushi spot), what sort of celebs and semi-nudity you may or may not be able to feast your eyes upon on a Monday night. Consider the case of recently opened Mercury Dime, which wanted wine, but ended up serving coffee. Or the plight of Death & Co., which now has to close at midnight and may end up gone for good. Or David Bouley’s attempt to open Brushstrokes, which Eater reports was again stymied by Community Board 1 last night, though Bouley will have one more chance to plead his case later this month.
  7. Openings
    Inside Sasha Petraske’s Mercury DimeA couple of weeks ago the magazine offered a peek into the Mercury Dime, Sasha Petraske’s latest venture in the East Village. A year after the community board shot down its bid for a wine-and-beer license (not even the proprietor of ultraquiet Milk and Honey can get a liquor license in this town), the venture is now up and running as a coffee shop — and though we’re dismayed to know we won’t be able to enjoy a nice cava here anytime soon, some strong gourmet coffee should perk us up. Anyhow, seems time to take a closer look inside.
  8. NewsFeed
    A Tantalizing First Look at Momofuku Ko A couple of much-anticipated East Village joints are coming out of the shadows — last week the magazine published first photos of Sasha Petraske’s new coffee bar, Mercury Dime, and today on Flickr an aficionado serves up some glorious pics from deep within friends-and-family night at Momofuku Ko. Chances are this is as close as you’ll get — for a while, anyway — to planting your butt in one of those fourteen seats, and luckily the snaps are primo quality: Even the house-made chicharrón looks leaps and bounds above what you’d find at a Bushwick bodega, never mind the kimchee consommé with Malpec oyster, pork belly and braised cabbage. Don Lee’s Momofuku Slideshow [Flickr via Eater]