Here to report that every single block in my area now has a bakery. There is also a new restaurant, a sandwich joint, a takeout specialty (one with dumplings, another with Korean dumplings, a third with vegetarian Korean dumplings) on more or less every block. Trendy bars! A place that sells only Irish soda bread (loaves or scones, take yer choice)! You certainly wouldn't think of the economy is tanking from all the hubbub in the East Village.