Saturday, March 27, 2010

Mini Thai Cafe and Avenue A Sushi still closed

Mini Thai Cafe and Avenue A Sushi are still closed on Avenue A between Sixth Street and Seventh Street...



...though there's a note on Avenue A Sushi...



Of course, this doesn't make it clear if the place is opening as something different.... or the same restaurant...

3 comments:

  1. My very first conversation about gentrification is still clear in my mind as the concept was a revelation to me. It was soon after Avenue A Sushi opened (1989 or 90??). The argument was that the first crack in the neighborhood's decaying veneer was sushi on Avenue A ("yuppie food"). The result would be high rents and an even higher cost of living that would drive artists away.

    At the time I didn't understand it. I thought, how can sushi hurt? I love sushi. I understand it now.

    My lack of understanding then mirrors what I hear from those new to the city - why fight progress; shiny new things are good.

    It takes a lifetime for it to make sense, and then it is too late.

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  2. Does this make 42 empty storefronts along Avenue A, between Houston and 14th Street?

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  3. Seems like that many, Chris! That fancypants salon on A near Second moved away...ditto for Monk on A near 10th... and with these two... wow.

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