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GREENWICH VILLAGE— According to @KarolS and a walk by this morning, the West Houston Street location of Yama Sushi has closed: "Yama on Houston is closed! It feels like the end of an era or something...whole building housing yama is for sale. Wonder if if has anything to do with the poker club that used to be upstairs." [ShutterWire]
CHELSEA— On Saturday, June 6, SVA Theater in Chelsea will screen "Florent: Queen of the Meat Market," a documentary about the famed, now shuttered 24 hour MePa diner. Julianne Moore, Isaac Mizrahi, and Christo and Jean-Claude will make special appearances. For tickets ($14), call 646-290-8136 or email boxoffice@newfest.org [EaterWire]
EAST VILLAGE— EV Grieve finds out that a fire broke out last night at Stay the lounge on Houston and A: "As the witness described: 'The NYFD arrived quickly and put out most of the flames, but it took them a few hours of sorting through the trash and chainsawing through discarded tables and other debris to get everything to stop burning.'" [EV Grieve]
LOWER EAST SIDE— Grub Street and Serious Eats report that New York Vintners have launched a program delivering wine to BYOB restaurants as well as homes and offices. They want to expand to a number of restaurants, but for right now they're working with LES tapas joint Kuma Inn. [GS; SE]
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