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!

#eastvillage #saharadeli #kasadorodeligrocery #avenuea

Cigarette Price-War Update

The Avenue A cigarette price-war took a new turn recently, when Avenue A Classic Food lowered their price from $12.00 to $11.95:

Cigarettes $11.95.

Here is a close-up:

Close-up.

I don't know if there's a vitamin water price-war too — I'll keep my eyes open!

Cheap cigarettes and vitamin water… in the East Village Today!

New Twist in Avenue A Cigarette Price War

A new twist has emerged in the Avenue A cigarette price wars!

For a quick update: read this.

I was walking up Avenue A the other day, when I saw this:

Cigarettes 12.50.

The Sahara Deli, a little further up Avenue A from Rays and Classic Food, now sells cigarettes for $12.50!

I'm sure they're not trying to position themselves between Ray's and Classic Food, as the moderate alternative. They probably see their customers as coming down from St. Mark's Place rather than up from East 7th Street, and willing to spend the extra 50¢ to save the time and effort of walking through the derelict section of Avenue A, to the end of the block:

Derelict section of Avenue A, below Sahara Deli.

It's funny, the thinking that goes into something like pricing cigarettes… in the East Village Today!

#eastvillage #avenuea #avenueaclassicfood #cigarettes #rayscandystore #saharadeli

Sahara Deli

I've mentioned before that East Villagers like to take drugs. Here is a picture of a window at Sahara Deli/Grocery on Avenue A:

Sahara Deli window display.

Where else but in the East Village does a deli sell drug paraphernalia?!

#eastvillage #saharadeli #avenuea #drugparaphernalia