Friday, August 27, 2021

Quick-serve veteran China Town closing on East Houston after 32 years in business

Sunday is the last day for the quick-serve China Town Restaurant at 250 E. Houston St. between Avenue A and Avenue B.

However, you may see them again this fall. Ownership of the 32-year-old establishment there told EVG contributor Stacie Joy that they are negotiating to buy A & C Kitchen on Avenue C between Eighth Street and Ninth Street. 

Door signage for patrons hints at this...
As we've been reporting, the businesses in the unrenovated section of this retail strip have been announcing plans to move or close. 

The FedEx Office Print & Ship Center and Kapri Cleaners are moving into remodeled storefronts along No. 250. The Subway (sandwich shop) and Dunkin'/Baskin-Robbins combo are closing soon without plans for new locations. The Mattress Mart previously shuttered along this corridor. 

Multiple sources along this corridor have said a new residential building is in the works here. Four sources have told Stacie that the one-level row of storefronts is facing demolition. 

This is still speculation: Nothing about a new building or demolition has shown up in DOB records. (We're told that plans will be revealed once all the businesses have left. The photo below is from 2018.)
The 13-floor residential building at 250 E. Houston St., the former Red Square, changed ownership in the fall of 2016 ... and underwent extensive renovations.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Any rumors about whether the corner is part of this looming demo too?

Grieve said...

I haven't heard anything about 6 Avenue B being part of this [potential] new development. The building has been tenant-free for what seems like eons. People have told me how much the landlord makes from the cell tower rental on the roof.

Anonymous said...

Oh crap no. A&C is my favorite cheap Chinese joint in the neighborhood.

Anonymous said...

RIP this was the best cheap american-chinese spot in the hood

Ronnie said...

the last tenant I remember in the vacant building on the corner of Houston and B was a sketchy liquor store which if I remember correctly the older couple that worked there lived above the store

Six Lowa said...

I'm gonna miss Betty������������

Anonymous said...

this takeaway chinese is my favorite, and i wish them the best in the future. as for the "sketchy liquor store" that used to be on houston and b, it was maybe twenty years ago now- one of the owners died (followed by the wife or husband) and the son or some relative owned it. i remember back in the 90s, my friend tried to buy that building while the couple was still around but his offer was turned down.