Thanks to Lunch’er Blair for sending in this photo, which confirms the news we reported back in June. Onya, the Japanese udon chain owned by the same company that owns Beard Papa, will be taking over the Cafe Zest space on 47th btw. Lex+3rd. No word on an opening day, but here’s hoping that it [...]
Posted: 2:00 pm, August 19th, 2009 under Cafe Zest, Onya.
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We’re hearing rumors that the company who owns Beard Papa, will be bringing a branch of their Japanese Udon restaurant (called Onya) to the now vacant Cafe Zest space on 47th btw. Lex+3rd. There is also the possibility that it could end up sharing the space with a new branch of Beard Papa, who just [...]
Posted: 3:30 pm, June 2nd, 2009 under Cafe Zest, Japanese, Soups.
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Every since Cafe Zaiya (on 41st btw. Mad+5th) severed ties with them we’ve been getting emails complaining about the decline in the quality of food being served at Zest (on 47th btw. Lex+3rd). So it should come as no big surprise that they closed at the beginning of the month (thanks to Lunch’er Gaji for [...]
Posted: 8:30 am, April 16th, 2009 under Cafe Zest, Closed.
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Cafe Zaiya (on 41st btw. Mad+5th), the winner of Best Japanese Take Out in last year’s Readers’ Poll, has severed ties with Cafe Zest, the slightly more upscale version of the grocery store they opened on 47th btw. Lex+3rd earlier in the year. The people at Zaiya didn’t want to discuss the reasons for the [...]
Posted: 12:01 pm, December 10th, 2008 under Cafe Zaiya, Cafe Zest.
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Yesterday Lunch’er Max sent me this photo from the line at Cafe Zest (on 47th btw. Lex+3rd), the new Japanese place opened by the owners Cafe Zaiya (on 41st btw. Mad+5th.) For their grand opening celebration they decided to offer everything for 50% off, yesterday and today, from Noon to 3pm. As you can see from [...]
Posted: 1:59 pm, July 22nd, 2008 under 47th btw. Lex+3rd, Cafe Zest, Japanese.
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A friendly reminder about the grand opening special going on today and tomorrow at Cafe Zest on 47th St. btw. Lex+3rd. Everything is half off from Noon to 3pm, so if you’re a fan of Cafe Zaiya, you may want to be there for this one.
Posted: 10:00 am, July 21st, 2008 under 47th btw. Lex+3rd, Asides, Cafe Zaiya, Cafe Zest, Japanese.
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Finally some big time, super duper exciting news for Midtown Lunch’ers on the East side (yes, I just typed the words super duper.) Cafe Zaiya (41st btw. Mad+5th), winner of Best Japanese Take Out in the Midtown Lunch Readers Poll, has opened “Cafe Zest by Zaiya” in the space formerly occupied by the 47th St. Japanese Convenience Store (on 47th [...]
Posted: 8:00 am, July 18th, 2008 under 47th btw. Lex+3rd, Cafe Zaiya, Cafe Zest, Japanese.
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