Monday, December 28, 2015

Restaurant news: Mulan East and Banana Leaf now open; By Chloe coming soon on Lafayette

A few items to note from the past week or so...



Mulan East opened earlier this month at 58 Third Ave. between East 10th Street and East 11th Street. One EVG reader gave them high marks after a meal on Xmas Day. (You can find their menu here.) Until this past July, the address housed the Thai restaurant Bodhi Tree.

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Banana Leaf, a Sri Lankan restaurant, is now open at 326 E. Sixth St. between First Avenue and Second Avenue ... taking over the space from Spice Cove (same owners) ... Banana Leaf moved their business here from West 28th Street... find their menu here.

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And slightly outside the usual coverage area... the popular Bleecker Street vegan restaurant By Chloe is expanding... and the signage arrived last Wednesday on Lafayette Street between Spring and Prince... BoweryBoogie noted this storefront previously housed 16 Handles.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

I liked Bodhi Tree.

Haven't tried Mulan East, but the name (and signage) really gives it an Americanized, take-out restaurant vibe, which might be what the neighborhood wants. Not me though.

Anonymous said...

I wish the city would landmark these kind of storefronts, they are disappearing so fast.

Brian said...

Banana leaf was tasty. Check 'em out.

Scuba Diva said...

This is great news that By Chloe is expanding; I haven't even tried going there because I've always heard it's so packed. (And, incidentally, a good many of the reviewers on Yelp preface their reviews of the place with "I'm not vegan, but…")

Anonymous said...

Hey Grieve. Big news add: the Mulan proprietors are the Ymmy House team returned, check it out!

Anonymous said...

Mulan East was good!
Better than the hype that Han Dynasty has!