The August 1984 edition of monthly downtown arts newspaper the East Village Eye featured a cover story on Lou Reed timed to the release of his New Sensations LP.
The article includes this photo of a cool-looking Reed taken in front of an anonymous pizza shop somewhere in New York City, with a great chalkboard menu beside him (“veal and peppers parm $4.75”).
A very close look reveals a phone number under “Free Delivery.” And that number turns out to still belong to . . . Big Nick’s Burger and Pizza Joint at Broadway and 77th Street.
Tags: Big Nick's Burger and Pizza Joint, East Village Eye, East Village in the 1980s, Lou Reed, New York City 1984, old pizza parlors New York City, Upper West Side in the 1980s, Velvet Underground
Ephemeral New York 
June 5, 2010 at 10:04 pm |
Good detective work. Lou Reed took a walk on the upper west side.
July 3, 2014 at 5:24 am |
Unfortunately, Big Nick’s is no longer there of course (closed a year ago due to rent increases), though the other Big Nick’s is still going on 71st east of Columbus.