Image via Bang Bar.
David Chang’s Bang Bar just opened on the third floor of the Time Warner Center in Columbus Circle, serving Korean wraps using grilled bread called ppang. “A breakfast sandwich could be mortadella topped with American cheese, onion relish, and mustard, or one filled with Zabar’s smoked salmon, cream cheese, and capers,” Eater reports. “Other menu items include a spread of dips such as charred greens, spicy eggplant, chickpea, and sweet-potato mash, as well as a twisted doughnut made with fermented-chickpea Hozon cream cheese glaze and butterscotch drizzle.” Grubstreet also has info and photos. Hours to start will be Monday to Saturday for breakfast from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m., and lunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Tasty Cafe at 71st and Broadway suddenly closed and was emptied out this week. “When I moved into the South Pierre in 1986, the building was known as The Bagel Nosh building,” Susan wrote. “For the past many years, we have all called our building The Tasty Cafe building. The staff was friendly and it was lovely to have them in our building. When I walked by this morning, the equipment was being labeled for auction and the cafe was closed. They will be missed.”
Salon West has expanded with a second location at 625 Amsterdam at West 91st Street, opening Nov. 3.
The Bagel Nosh rocked.
I haven’t seen you guys mention this yet, but McAleer’s on Amsterdam between 80th & 81st finally reopened as Frank Mac’s a few weeks ago. The place looks wonderful and the food menu has been pared down and updated with some interesting new offerings.
Unfortunately it is terrible. $14 for a mediocre chicken sandwich with no sides. No thanks.
It’s also really lame how they shut down the old bar with so much fanfare, thanking everyone for coming in for 60 years, and then just reopened with a worse rebranding a few months later.
But more importantly, why would I ever pay $14 for a piece of chicken on bread? I can go to Keelys or literally any other bar and get a better sandwich or burger for the same price including a side.
I went to Bang Bar for lunch today and they had run out of food at 1 pm. Yesterday they ran out of food at 12:30. It seems the vertical spits take 4 hours to cook and they don’t want to waste food so they have been underestimating what they need to cook and can’t do anything about it when the food runs out. The manager suggested the next time I come for lunch, to come at 11 am (?). My recommendation – if you go there, have a backup plan.
How can a restaurant run out of food for the day at 12:30pm? Tells another customer to be on the safe side to come for lunch at 11am? Yes, we should all reschedule the times we eat just in hopes that you still have food. Why don’t we all stop there for lunch at 9am & hope for the best. IDIOTS!
Went to Frank Mac’s pub – what a disappointment. The wings were not a patch on what they used to be and gone are the steak fries.
Very limited menu and the toilets are still as dreadful as before
Metis states –> “they had run out of food at 1 pm. Yesterday they ran out of food at 12:30.<–
I say its time to find a manager that recognizes they keep running out of food in the middle of lunch. Unless this is their Marketing "strategy". That would be bizarre but who knows…..
Really surprised about Tasty. They were always busy, had decent stuff at very reasonable prices. Guessing the landlord hiked the rent to make it impossible for them to stay. A shame.
The landlord is Chairman of the Board of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The South Pierre could use a little refresher.
FYI everyone, I went to Tasty Cafe’s website to see if they posted any notice, and the site is still up & running & taking orders. Guessing the customers who like to order online will find out they closed when their food never arrives.
Oh, well…Say La-vee?…Say Levy?…whatever!
Maybe Tasty will be replaced with a proper French restaurant serving stuff like Mouse au Chocolate…err…sorry..that’s Mousse…and Macron…oh, wait, isn’t he the French president or something?
But it would be nice to have a restaurant for my type of people to relax in after shopping at the “Rochee-Bowboys” place I’m told is just down the block