Monday, April 8, 2024

First sign of Wonder on Stuyvesant Street

"Opening Soon" signage has arrived outside 8-14 Stuyvesant St., here just off Third Avenue and Ninth Street...
As we first reported on Jan. 11, Wonder is opening a delivery and food-hall concept in this space.

Wonder currently operates 10 locations throughout New York City and New Jersey, offering pick-up, delivery, and dine-in (ordered via touch screens) from a collection of chefs that include Bobby Flay, Marc Murphy, Jose Andres, Nancy Silverton and Marcus Samuelsson ... and restaurants such as Tejas Barbeque, Di Fara Pizza and Barrio Cafe. 

While this is primarily a delivery and to-go business, this outpost will include a dine-in option.

A Wonder spokesperson said they are targeting a spring opening.

As previously reported, Village Yokocho, Angel's Share and Panya closed in these spaces in April 2022. Another restaurant, Sharaku, in the corner space at 14 Stuyvesant St., shuttered earlier in the pandemic. (Sunrise Mart in a separate building next door on the second floor also shut down.)

Cooper Union, which leased the buildings from their owners and had subleased them to the Yoshida Restaurant Group for more than 25 years, said it was the tenants' decision to move on. (This post has more background. Yoshida had not paid rent since 2020.) 

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