Monday, April 1, 2013

[Updated] Reader report: biscuits and jams for former Habibi Lounge space on Avenue A

[First, I assure you that this is not an April Fool's gag...] Reliable sources tell us that the former Habibi Lounge space on Avenue A near East 12th Street .. will soon be home to a ... 24-hour biscuits-and-jams place. (Possibly English or Scottish?) And no liquor license.

We just heard from the folks at Empire Biscuit, which is what the space will be called.

"Just wanted to let you know that we'll be serving Southern-style biscuits and biscuit sandwiches 24/7 beginning (hopefully) early this summer. We will not be serving the Scottish cookie. (It's an honest mistake. Enough people have been misdirected by our name that we might find a recipe and bang out a batch of Empire Biscuits now and then.) It's true that we will not be serving alcohol."

Updated 3:30
DNAinfo posted a piece with the Empire Biscuit crew this afternoon... noting that the owners, Yonadav Tsuna, 22, and Jonathan Price, 33, met in 2009 while working as waiters at Bouley in Tribeca.

Previously on EV Grieve:
'No bar/restaurant' for former Habibi Lounge space
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6 comments:

  1. JohnApril 1, 2013 at 8:27 AM

    Kick Out the Jams!

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  2. GojiraApril 1, 2013 at 10:06 AM

    Crap. There goes my diet.

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  3. Patrick...April 1, 2013 at 1:51 PM

    God I love biscuits! I hope there is good as the ones at Northern Spy…

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  4. AnonymousApril 2, 2013 at 7:10 PM

    I am all for biscuits! Welcome to the neighborhood, and thanks for not being a bar.

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  5. AnonymousApril 5, 2013 at 1:41 PM

    Why does it say this at the top of their website if they're not a bar?

    http://empirebiscuitnyc.com/

    or is it just for drunk people?

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  6. Empire BiscuitApril 7, 2013 at 5:37 PM

    We're open 24 hours. If you're out at 3:00 AM having drinks, we hope you'll stop by Empire Biscuit for a snack.

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