After 2 bagel shops, Cuban cuisine is next for 238 E. 14th St.

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Signage is up now for Tina's Cuban Cuisine at 238 E. 14th St. between Second Avenue and Third Avenue.

This will be the fourth NYC location for the quick-serve restaurant offering — as the name suggests! — authentic Cuban cuisine. 

The arrival of Tina's marks the end of two consecutive bagel shops at the address.

Bagel Market opened in February before the gate stayed down three months later. In an Instagram message, the owners of the chainlet said there was a leak from the unit above the kitchen, "and it destroyed our oven." They were looking to reopen here.

The previous tenant didn't have much better luck here. The Bagel Boss chainlet opened a location in July 2021, and they closed several months later in October for, per management, "gas and electric problems" in the building. Bagel Boss never reopened here.  

Hopefully, the building issues have been resolved for Tina's.