Friday, January 15, 2016

3 East Village restaurants that are expanding into new neighborhoods


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1) Whitmans at 406 E. Ninth St. between Avenue A and First Avenue is opening its second NYC location ... in the Hudson Yards development on 10th Avenue between East 29th Street and East 30th Street, per DNAinfo. Co-owner Larry Kramer said that he hoped to be serving their style of burgers by the end of the summer or early fall.

2) Flinders Lane at 162 Avenue A between East 10th Street and East 11th Street is bringing their Australian cuisine down to West Broadway in Tribeca. CB1 gave them the OK for a liquor license this week, per the Tribeca Citizen.

3) Two Boots, with its flagship location on Avenue A at East Third Street, already has a fairly large pizzeria footprint ... and now they are adding to that. For starters, the 2 Boots in Grand Central is shutting down at the end of the month, as Eater first reported. Founder-owner Phil Hartman is moving nearby to 337 Lexington in the beginning of March. In addition, Eater notes that Hartman and his son Leon are adding locations in Jersey City, Stamford, Conn., Washington, D.C. and in the Financial District. This will up the 2 Boots total to nearly 20 in the United States.

7 comments:

nygrump said...

Maybe because its a chain now but I never choose to go to 2boots now, its an unconscious thing, their pizza just always looks old and dried up behind the glass, at least over on Ave A. I stopped going there.

Anonymous said...

Two Boots is still my favorite. They're consistently good and non-pretentious.

Anonymous said...

Two Boots now meets the definition of chains so I avoid them and frequent our local pizza shops.

Anonymous said...

It's not a "chain".

And yeah, It's always good. I always make yummy sounds when I bite into a Two Boots slice. Spicy, crunchy, mmmmm.

Anonymous said...

How is 20 locations not a chain? Because you like them? They are a chain and you like and frequent them. Just accept it.

Anonymous said...

Gave up on two boots mainly cause the delivery guys would call and say the buzzer was broken and I'd have to come down stairs... Mind you this was only when I pre-tipped via seamless... The other times, well no shit your not getting tipped if I've got to come down stairs to pick up the pizza...

Anonymous said...

A chain that started and flourished in the East Village. Why do you people hate success?