Four long-running businesses on the same block owned by a single parent company shuttered this weekend.
For a famed East Village cube that had long been known as a destination for Japanese food for thought and culture , this weekend marked the end of an epoch .
locate at 4 Stuyvesant St. between Third Avenue and E Ninth St. , for snug to two decades , it was home to multiple Japanese establishment run by the Yoshida Restaurant Group , including the much - dear speakeasy , Angel ’s Share ; democratic izakaya , Village Yokocho ; supermarket , Sunrise Mart ; and bakery , Pan Ya .
And now , according toNew York TimesreporterAlex Vadukul , all four businesses have officially shuttered due to “ a very old and long - condition term of a contract arrangement in the end coming to an end ” with their landlord , Cooper Union .
Angel’s Share
A interpreter for Cooper Union also told theEV Grieve , “ Unfortunately , the tenant inform us of their decision to renounce the property . They were not expect to move out , despite the fact that they have n’t paid any economic rent since 2020 . We have repeatedly sought to get at a good - religion arrangement . ”
Once fuck for having a large concentration of Japanese restaurants , bars , and store , the closures come at a time as the East Village remain to undergo on-going gentrification and new development , and as local businesses showcasing Japanese culture continue to close .
Especially for pioneers like Angel ’s Share — which opened in 1993 and was ahead of its time before craft cocktails andspeakeasiesbecame mainstream in NYC — be intimate for its romantic ambience , signature wall painting of heavenly baby angel , and lychee martini , the announcement serve as a withering loss for both the neighbourhood and and city .
News on whether any of the musca volitans will reopen is currently unclear , but a glimpse of Bob Hope was give as an Angel ’s Share bartender reportedly toldGrub Street , “ It wo n’t be the same , but we ’re taking the house painting with us . ”
