new restaurants everywhere!

brooklynpotter

took a stroll down 7th ave today for the first time in about a month... closed places, new places, under renovation places... i see that "noodles on 7th" is toast... what's the place with the nice etched glass doors? and what's going in next to smiling pizza?

geez, you don't walk the nabe for a month and everything changes!

shishkab

i heard that the place next to smiling pizza is going to be some sort of bakery take-away, but i can't confirm that.

i think the "etched glass" place you're talking about may be NoNo Kitchen (north of new orleans). god i hope the food is authentic -- no offense to Two Boots, but i've been looking for real louisiana cookin' ever since Louisiana Bar & Grill near B'way/Lafayette closed in the 90's.

i'm actually planning on eating there sunday night, so i'll report back if you're interested in getting the scoop.

idlewild

Restaurants, stores in general have been opening and closing on 7th Avenue since the late '80's. Restaurants in NYC, in general have a very short shelf life. High rents, mafia shakedowns and mis-management will do that to a business.

brooklynpotter

well i finally had dinner at watana thai this evening, and it was exceptional.

i recommend the shrimp thing i can't pronouce with baby corn, peppers,. mushrooms,onions, scallions and cashews. and sticky rice.

shishkab

i haven't tried watana eat-in, but i did their take-out and wasn't wholly impressed. here in south slope, i order my take-out from tookata thai on PPW -- i love love love their apple salad (got a nice spicy bite to it). but i really like thai food, so i'd be willing to check out watana's eat-in menu and see if there's a difference.

quijibo

Idlewild wrote: Restaurants in NYC, in general have a very short shelf life. High rents, mafia shakedowns and mis-management will do that to a business.

thursday afternoon in midtown i saw a young chinese woman try to shake down
a chinese restaurant by yelling and screaming that the owner was a crook trying
to steal from her and that no-one should do busines with him.
she had been doing this for a week right at the restaurant's busiest time

the owner decided to call the police and the woman left

he said the woman was part of a gang trying to extort protection money
he was worried what the gang was going to do now...

brooklynpotter

shishkab wrote: i haven't tried watana eat-in, but i did their take-out and wasn't wholly impressed. here in south slope, i order my take-out from tookata thai on PPW -- i love love love their apple salad (got a nice spicy bite to it). but i really like thai food, so i'd be willing to check out watana's eat-in menu and see if there's a difference.

lol. honestly, i think these places get different chefs daily... the food at tookata used to be really yummy (i thought) but last time i ordered it was inedible.

finn

Watana was really good when it first opened but it's gotten a bit ordinary since then.

friendlypitbull

Idlewild wrote: Restaurants in NYC, in general have a very short shelf life. High rents, mafia shakedowns and mis-management will do that to a business.

There is no such thing as the mafia

domino

friendlypitbull wrote: [quote=Idlewild]Restaurants in NYC, in general have a very short shelf life. High rents, mafia shakedowns and mis-management will do that to a business.

There is no such thing as the mafia

Next you're going to tell me that there's no such thing as Santa Claus either :twisted:

blackoyster

Is this true? Is the mafia really a force in NYC in 2006? I know a few people from the hood back in the day and have been told how powerful they were, but I always wonder if they really do exist any longer.

Also the north portion of 5th ave is exploding with new joints. There is a makeup place (i'm guessing) and a new Asian place where the dollar store was, a new bar/resturant by the hardware store by Bergen St., and a jerk chicken place close to pizzatown.