Sold Tobacco Only

East Villagers love convenience, and they love riddles! That's why the beloved Kasadoro Deli•Grocery on Avenue A sells drug paraphernalia beside the snack food, beside an enigmatic sign:

Drug paraphernalia beside snack food beside an enigmatic sign.

Sold Tobacco Only… in the East Village Today!

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Kasadoro

When writing about the 116th day of the Great Avenue A cigarette price war, I failed to notice that the name of the Sahara Deli•Grocery had changed:

Kasadoro Deli•Grocery.

It looks like they only replaced part of their awning, the part that said Sahara, and in order to display the New York Lottery symbol as large as possible, reduced the size of Kasadoro!

But what's in a name anyway? The important thing is that they sell beer, cigarettes, and lottery tickets — a winning combination… in the East Village Today!

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Cigarette Price War — Day 116

It's Day 116 in the Avenue A Cigarette Price War, and the competition shows no sign of letting up!

I walked by the competing stores this morning on my way to work, and saw that Avenue A Classic Food, the newcomer cigarette-price upstart, had removed their cigarette price sign:

Cigarette price sign removed.

It was only eleven short days ago that their sign advertised their new low price — now, nothing.

Ray's Candy Store, directly next door, still has no sign up, since taking theirs down sign last December:

Cigarette signless since December.

That leaves Kasadoro (formerly Sahara) Deli-Grocery as the only store on this block advertising cigarettes, and they've come down $0.50!

Cigarettes $12.00.

Where will it end?! Stay tuned… to the East Village Today!

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