Multiple readers shared the closing news on Tuesday about M & J Asian Cuisine (
seen below in better days), a budget-friendly Chinese restaurant and sushi bar on the SE corner of 14th Street and Avenue B.
No word on why it closed. The restaurant arrived in the fall of 2014,
so perhaps the lease was up... and how much longer can a prime corner like this continue with single- and two-level buildings.
Thanks to EVG reader Patrick for the top photo!
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I have fond memories of various diners & coffee shops there over the years, and I think late 1970's a sort of pie & cake bakery type place.....
Tragedy!!!! However, word on the street is that they just hadn't been the same since they got rid of their General Tso's Soy Protein.
Maybe something else good will move into the space.
They were rather expensive for mediocre food. I'm sure that limited their sales
The place that was there before - Dynasty - had the name "Die nasty" from the people in my building that was nearby... that was before the Health dept letter codes. I've sorta (probably unfairly) lumped the new place into that old reputation
Damn, that place was in my opinion the best Chinese around here, and suprinsgly more than decent sushi!
That's a good description for most of those so called budget Chinese these days.
I lived across from the “Die Nasty” diner in the 90’s. It had somewhat of an unfair reputation. It changed hands as a diner a few times and steadily declined in quality and service.
I've lived across the street for 25 years now and regularly frequented M&J for delivery. I found it to be reliable for a "fast food" type Asian restaurant...clearly not great, but again mostly reliable. In all fairness though, what I really miss is the old "Alphabet Cafe" that used to occupy that space. There's just something about a Greek diner where you can grab a quick and inexpensive breakfast! I was sad when that closed. Hopefully we can bring back another neighborhood diner!
The diner before them. Oh man. I broke up with at least 2 guys at that place. M&J was just what we had after akina left. The Saint pizza, btw, is incredibly good. I resisted for a long time now I crave their pizza.
Please find for me one inexpensive breakfast diner in Manhattan
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