Even if Ray's has soggy pizzaor not, to each their ownEast Houston dwellers should eat their fill in these coming months: rumor has it that Ben "the Sledgehammer" Shaoul bought the strip of single-floor stores from 196-198 Orchard and 187 East Houston that includes Ray's Pizza, Bereket, and Empanada Mama, a source close to the developer told Bowery Boogie. BB reports that buyouts were offered to merchants operating these stores, who were given until May to vacate. A 2008 rezoning of the area on Houston west of Essex allows the building of 12-story structures with inclusionary housing. [Bowery Boogie; previously]
Filed under: