Prime Restaurant Space at 264 Bowery

264 Bowery is a four-story tenement building sandwiched between two active restaurant supply companies – Globe Slicers to the north and Hawaii Restaurant Equipment to the south.  The narrow ground-level storefront has been dormant for years, but was once the home of Sosinna’s Cafe, an Ethiopian-Latin-Caribbean fusion joint, which originally opened back in mid-2001.

[Circa 2002; Photo Credit: New York Changing]

For the past year-and-change, though, a red Ripco real estate banner has been hanging from the marquee of 264 Bowery, advertising a “Prime Turnkey Space.” But now the sleepy storefront is waking from its long slumber.  Part of the McNally effect, perchance?  Pulino’s is only just a half-block north.  Anyway, Friday afternoon, the gates were up, and brokers were busy showing off the space to interested parties.  It won’t be long before a new restaurant opens here.

Here’s a look at the listing:

• Approx. 2,200 sf; 1,000 sf – Basement
• Asking Rent: Upon request
• Currently: Vacant
• Available: Immediately
• Neighbors: Whole Foods, The New Museum, Gemma, Patricia Field, John Varvatos, Blue and Cream, Avalon Bowery, Think Coffee, The Box, Freeman’s Bowery & Vine, Bowery Wine Company, Blvd, Crash Mansion
• Comments:
• Across the street from Whole Foods and The New Museum
• Exposed brick walls
• Turn-key condition for restaurant/bar/lounge