Midtown Lunch

As reported earlier OBAO is in fact open for lunch, and is already slammed. There’s eat in and take out (although there have been reports of 45 minute wait times) and a lunch menu that is slightly different than the dinner menu. Not everything is being offered at lunch, but the 3 meat dishes, 3 [...]

OBAO, which opened for dinner on 53rd btw. 2+3rd on Monday, said they wouldn’t be open for lunch until next week. But according to The Skinny Pig (via Eater), today is the day! AND word is, there is a special lunch menu with prices that are cheaper than the dinner menu. As soon [...]

This sad info just in from the OBAO folks: “The opening hours will be dinner only for about a week (5pm-11pm).” That suuuucks. They did however send us the Salad, Appetizer, and (Midtown Lunch friendly) Wok portion of the menu. It’s been added to this morning’s post>>

When it rains it pours! Last week we got a taste of what’s to come from Ma Peche, Momofuku’s Vietnamese inspired restaurant opening in the Chambers Hotel (on 56th btw. 5+6th). This week it’s O-Bao, the latest project from Michael “Baoguette” Huynh, another slightly upscale, Vietnamese inspired restaurant supposedly opening today on 53rd btw. [...]

Despite reports that it might open yesterday, O Bao (the new Vietnamese noodle shop on 53rd btw. 2+3rd) is still not open. We’ll check again next Monday (since that’s the only day of the week the owners find lucky enough to open a restaurant on.)

The Michael “Baoguette” Huynh train continues to plow across New York City.  O Bao, his Pan-Asian noodle shop moving into the old Bunchberries space on 53rd btw. 2+3rd, was supposed to open yesterday but it’s been pushed back to next Monday, 11/9 (apparently there is something about Mondays being a lucky day.)  It will be [...]