A little more than two months after leaving its old dock on First Street, the East Village Yacht Club is back out on the high seas. Initially it appeared that the Club had found a safe harbor in the old Kelley & Peng digs at 325 Bowery (no, Peng isn't a typo, its sibling restaurant on Greene Street was the only real Kelley & Ping). But despite a few private parties and some early press, the club is shoving off once again. According to Eat Rice's Brad Kelley, who owns the building, a new lease is about to be signed with a different tenant. "The East Village Yacht Club is going to sail away," he said.
Kelley wouldn't divulge why the Club couldn't anchor on the Bowery or who would be taking over that space. Reps from the Yacht Club couldn't be reached.