{"id":327500,"date":"2026-08-22T20:12:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T20:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/327500\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T20:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T20:12:11","slug":"ev-grieve-the-highly-unfortunate-closing-of-the-avenue-a-two-boots-on-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/327500\/","title":{"rendered":"EV Grieve: The highly unfortunate closing of the Avenue A Two Boots, on film"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Photo from May by Stacie Joy<\/p>\n

A documentary about the closing of the longtime Two Boots Pizza outpost on Avenue A is screening again tonight (Saturday) in Tompkins Square Park.<\/p>\n

“Tabby the Great and the Highly Unfortunate Closing of Two Boots Avenue A,” directed by Tabitha Haugen and Billy Waldman, starts at 9 p.m. at the Park’s handball courts. Admission is free, and, per the announcement, there will be cold pizza.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Haugen, who worked at Two Boots for two years, said on Instagram<\/a> that the documentary started as a joke after word came that the pizzeria would be closing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“The film was Billy’s idea,” she wrote. “Billy came in and jokingly said we should make a movie about the closing … I took it as joke for 3 seconds then realized … that could actually be really fun and challenging!”\u00a0<\/p>\n

They shot the film over three weeks, collecting interviews and B-roll, with Two Boots customers contributing music and posters.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The filmmakers attempted a screening in the handball courts last month, but technical difficulties cut the showing short.\u00a0<\/p>\n

They’re returning tonight to try again.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Two Boots closed its Avenue A and Third Street location on May 29<\/a> after nearly 40 years in business. Owner Phil Hartman has said he plans to reopen Two Boots elsewhere in the East Village.<\/p>\n