
An Avenue B Mainstay © Iman R. Abdulfattah
A fine interview, Making It, can be found at The Local East Village – September 19, 2012. Apparently opening its doors in 1976 on Avenue D, then moving to 208 Avenue B five years later, finally landing at 205 Avenue B, owner Petra Oliveiri tells a story of the gentrification of Loisada and the resilience of a Puerto Rican bodega.