Broadway East Fire Sale

A reader sent us a link to a Craigslist post entitled "Opening a New Restaurant?" featuring a sale of restaurant equipment at a familiar sounding address - 171 East Broadway - that made us curious. A quick Google search revealed the sale at none other than Broadway East. It's wrapping up this afternoon but you may be able to pick up pots, pans, toasters, knives and lots more. The listing is clearly written in a tone that worries it may signal impending doom - "we bought too much" - but it nonetheless strikes us as a bad sign for a place that can't be doing well in an off the beaten path location.