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Restaurant At 4th Avenue And 16th Street: Take Three!

Following Boqueroncito [/blog/business/boqueroncito-which-took-over-country-boys-space-at-568-4th-avenue-is-closed-again] , which filled the space after Country Boys closed [/blog/business/for-salelease-sign-up-at-country-boys], yet again a restaurant has set up shop at 568 4th Avenue. Inside it looks pretty much the same, and outside is the same red-and-white awing — but with a new name stenciled on: 2

Boqueroncito, Which Took Over Country Boys Space At 568 4th Avenue, Is Closed Again

Once home to the restaurant Country Boys [/blog/business/for-salelease-sign-up-at-country-boys], the space at 568 4th Avenue on the corner of 16th Street opened back in May under new ownership [/blog/business/country-boys-returns-under-new-owners] — but the same old Country Boys awning — only to be shut down by the health department [/blog/business/

Construction At 4th Ave-9th St Should Be Done In July

Better late than never! News is that renovation of the 4th Avenue-9th Street F/G/R subway stop is only months away. “The renovations at the 4th Ave-9th St subway station are scheduled to be completed in July 2014,” MTA spokeswoman Marisa Baldeo tells us. The renovations include repairs to

Work At 4th Ave-9th St Subway Station Should Be Complete This Summer

Better late than never! News is that renovation of the 4th Avenue-9th Street F/G/R subway stop is only months away. “The renovations at the 4th Ave-9th St subway station are scheduled to be completed in July 2014,” MTA spokeswoman Marisa Baldeo tells us. The renovations include repairs to

Talking Chalk At Prospect Bar & Grill

They’re all over the neighborhood [/blog/tag/chalkboard]: those simple A-frame signs, advertising happy hours, flavored coffees, and drink specials, often in an illegible chalky scrawl, propped in front of local bars, restaurants, and coffee shops. But in this sidewalk blackboard jungle, 5th Avenue pedestrians have been getting a

New Country Boys Closed By DOH

On Tuesday we reported the reincarnation of Country Boys [/blog/business/country-boys-returns-under-new-owners], which closed at 568 4th Avenue a little while back only to reopen under new management, and, they said, with a new name forthcoming. But now those 4th Avenue taco dreams have been crushed, at least for the

Country Boys Returns Under New Owners

Country Boys is back! Sort of. Attentive pedestrians might have noticed in the last week or so that the “sale/lease” sign in front of Country Boys restaurant [/blog/business/for-salelease-sign-up-at-country-boys] (568 4th Avenue at 16th Street) had disappeared. Today the restaurant was tentatively open for business, still under the

How Freddy’s Bar Is Turning The Neighborhood Into ‘Art Slope’

It was four years ago that the famous Freddy’s Bar [http://freddysbar.com/] was forced out of its old digs [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/30/nyregion/30freddys.html?_r=0] on 6th Avenue at Dean Street by the imminent arrival of the Barclays Center. Three years ago

Meet T. J. O’Connor, The Chef Making Everything From Scratch At Pauline & Sharon’s Pizza

They call him the “Pizza Nazi.” “Yeah, I’ve heard that,” T. J. O’Connor, chef and owner of Pauline & Sharon’s Pizza [http://paulineandsharonsbrooklyn.com/] on 4th Avenue, says with a smile when asked about his neighborhood nickname. “Doesn’t bother me. It means they like the pizza.