Sophie’s Cuban Takes Another Step Backward
The Sophie’s Cuban location on 40th Street btw. 7+8th, which always seemed crowded during lunch, is now closed. This surprising turn of events comes less than six months after being written up by the New York Times, and less than 9 months after opening. The company itself doesn’t seem to be in any trouble (they just opened a new location on 23rd Street btw. Madison+5th) but who knows. If you are a huge Sohpie’s fan, you’ll have to make due with the other two Midtown locations (in the food court on 3rd Ave. btw. 49+50th, and on Lex. btw. 40+41st) or the two former Sophie’s locations, now called Tina’s Restaurant (56th btw. 5+6th and Madison btw. 33+34th), where the food is exactly the same.
All is not lost though- at the very bottom of the sign it says “Look for a new Sophie’s Cuban Restaurant opening in this area in the near future.” But that just makes you wonder why they closed this one. Emails to the company yesterday were not returned. Thanks to Lunch’er Dan for the tip.
Posted: 8:28 am, November 18th, 2008 under Closed, Sophies.
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My heart is saddened by this loss.
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I think this Sophie’s spent more time plywooded than actually open!
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that sucks
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truly dissapointing, they had great fish..
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the food is not the same at the tina’s location on madison bet 33rd & 34th. the green hot sauce doesn’t even have the same texture as sophie’s.
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@darla – oh yeah? that’s good to know. is that Tina’s better or worse?
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That Tina’s location is def not as good. Besides the hot sauce being off, the fried pork chops have been inconsistent and the pernil is not even the same.
That’s insane. Is it going to become a Starbucks/WAMU?