At tonight’s meeting of Community Board 3’s State Liquor Authority Committee, we should find out some new details about the Market Line, a centerpiece of the big Essex Crossing project. Several vendors in the subterranean shopping pavilion are going for liquor licenses (beer & wine only).
Here’s what we know based on documents already filed with CB3.
Contra masterminds Jeremiah Stone and Fabian von Hauske Valtierra will outline their plans for Cubmare, a small plates/wine bar. Food items on a preliminary menu include oysters, cured meats, marinated anchovies, fluke crudo, etc. Stone and Von Hauske Valtierra have found great success with Contra, their flagship restaurant on Orchard Street, as well as Wildair and Una Pizza Napoletano.
Schaller & Weber, the Upper East Side-based purveyor of sausages and German-style smoked meats, is also seeking a beer and wine permit. On the Lower East Side, they will be serving up brats, sliced knackwurst, sausage platters and, of course, German beers.
Essex Pearl, from the owners of Aqua Best in Chinatown, is also on CB3’s agenda for a seafood counter and restaurant. The family-run business will have three tables and a counter for 28 customers. There will be a raw bar, plus lunch and dinner service.
The local institution, Veselka, plans a scaled-down version of its Second Avenue restaurant. The menu at the Market Line includes some of the Ukrainian coffee shop’s standbys, including pierogi, borscht, kielbasa and stuffed cabbage. There will be one large table with 10 seats, and a bar with 5 seats.
Also seeking permits are Kuro-Obi, the latest project from ramen specialist Ippudo; and Tortilleria Nixtamal, an outpost from the Queens-based Mexican restaurant.
The Market Line will eventually stretch across three buildings on Broome Street. The first segment opens later this year beneath a newly expanded Essex Street Market. The initial phase of the facility will feature about 70 vendors. Only a few operators have been publicly announced.
Tonight’s meeting takes place at 6:30 p.m. at Perseverance House Community Room, 535 East 5th St. See the full agenda here.
