Mentioned in the forums, and confirmed by the photo, Panda Restaurant (the Chinese food/Italian food mashup on 46th btw. 5+6th) has closed. It always saddens me to see a Chinese food place of any kind fail, but this isn’t much of a surprise- Panda just wasn’t really that good. And if I’m [...]
Posted: 3:45 pm, June 10th, 2009 under Closed, Panda Restaurant.
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This was not a good week for Mom and Pop, old school Midtown Lunch spots. Following the sad report that Fashion Soup (on 41st btw. B’way+5th) is now closed, and unloading all of their equipment- comes this expected, but still hard to take, news. “This morning there are two for rent signs on the front [...]
Posted: 8:30 am, June 4th, 2009 under Closed, Milant.
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It’s only fitting that with Fashion Week set to leave Bryant Park next year, Fashion Soup (on 41st btw. 6+B’way) would run into some problems of their own. Anybody know what’s going on with this place? They were closed last Friday (the 22nd), and then again yesterday. The last time specials were [...]
Posted: 9:15 am, June 2nd, 2009 under Closed, Fashion Soup.
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Profiled Midtown Lunch’er Julia will be upset to hear about this one. Bunchberries, the slightly upscale/slightly healthy leaning Midtown deli on 53rd btw. 2+3rd has closed. (She really liked their scallion pancakes and mac and cheese.) [Grub Street]
It’s outside the Midtown Lunch boundaries, but the shockwaves from this will be felt through NYC. The Papaya Dog on 42nd Street and 9th Ave. has closed. While this isn’t as upsetting as the Papaya King on 14 St. being put up for sale (or anything happening to one of the beloved Gray’s Papaya [...]
Posted: 1:19 pm, May 19th, 2009 under Closed.
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If I had to give out a “Strangest Midtown Lunch Place” Award, it would have to go to the Times Pub on 40th btw. 7+8th. And now it’s closed. From former Profiled Lunch’er and current New York Times writer Jennifer 8 Lee via Twitter:
“times pub (formerly korean buffet deli) on 40th has been reposessed by [...]
First Zen Burger and now this… Midtown vegetarians have lost another of their beloved East side spots, with Grub Street breaking the news yesterday that Uncle Marky’s Organics (on 53rd btw. 2+3rd) has been forced to close. According to the post on GS, the owner is looking for a new location in the area.
Posted: 8:30 am, May 5th, 2009 under Asides, Closed, Vegetarian.
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Kosher-NY is reporting that Dougie’s Express, the weird Kosher BBQ place above El Rincon Del Sabor on 47th btw. 5+6th in the Diamond District, has closed. It was the last Manhattan location of Dougie’s still around. [Kosher-NY]
Posted: 8:30 am, May 4th, 2009 under Asides, Closed, Kosher.
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I hate silly franchises just as much as the next guy (Bubba Gump anybody?), but this one is kind of sad when you think about. The original “Soup Nazi”, who had an incredibly popular soup business in Hell’s Kitchen immortalized by Seinfeld, can’t seem to find success in Midtown with his “Original Soup Man” [...]
Posted: 8:30 am, April 29th, 2009 under Closed, Mendy's.
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Hakata Ramen from Menchako Tei. Posted to the ML Flickr Photo Pool by Pabo76
This is starting to get ridiculous. The branch of Menchanko Tei (on 55th btw. 5+6th) that was closed by a fire in December is still “closed for renovations”. They had originally said they were going to reopen a week after the fire- [...]
Posted: 1:30 pm, April 28th, 2009 under Closed, Menchanko Tei.
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