Friday, January 25, 2013

We won't have Michael 'Bao' Huynh to blog about anymore

Via Eater, we learn that Michael 'Bao' Huynh is leaving town...

Per Gael Greene:

Serial restaurant dabbler and assassinator Michael “Bao” Huynh has given up on trying to make money after countless diehard efforts and is leaving tonight for Vietnam, the land of opportunity. Bao III, Obao, Mickey’s Burger, Bia, BaoBQ, Bar Bao, Pho Sure. Nothing really worked for Hunyh, at least not for long...

He left behind quite a trail in the East Village. Such as!

• Baoguette Cafe closed for a few hours back in September and never reopened...


• BaoBQ on First Avenue, which closed in August


• The infamous Barbao-DOB 111 whirlwind on St. Mark's Place back in 2010-11...


Then there was always the promise of something new... like the "Old School Style Philly" cheesesteak place called Mikey's Cheese Steak that never materialized at 23 Third Ave. ... or, better, Bao & Buny, the burger, fried chicken and waffles concept for 125 St. Mark's Place with former Playboy bunny Nicole Van Croft ...

And he probably had more fun with all this than we did.

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5 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 25, 2013 at 4:08 PM

    Take a bao, sir. Farewell.

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 25, 2013 at 4:30 PM

    Ummm I don't think he's moving to Vietnam, he is annoying and think shes so cool because he's "swaggy" or whatever, but he seems to have a solid life in NY and a career going with Vice and a book out, etc.

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  3. abrodJanuary 25, 2013 at 4:40 PM

    For a second I thought this was about Eddie Huang, which surprised me because he seems to be rising in prominence these days.
    All these "Bao___" restaurants are starting to run together...

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 25, 2013 at 4:57 PM

    @anon 4:30 (me)...whoops...I was thinking of that douche Eddie Huang too! ha. my bad.
    very rude of me and quick to comment.
    This whole time I thought all the Bao's were his!
    wow!

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 26, 2013 at 3:12 PM

    The first Bao restaurant on Avenue C was quite nice.

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