Photos by Stacie Joy
TabeTomo, the tsukemen specialty shop, will reopen on Wednesday at 131 Avenue A, ending a 5-plus-month odyssey.
The restaurant has been closed since an early morning fire upstairs on April 24. According to ABC 7, five residents sustained minor injuries while fleeing the six-floor building on the NW corner of St. Mark's Place. Firefighters blamed a recovered lithium-ion battery from a residential unit.
Owner Tomo Kubo (below) gave us a tour of the renovated space this past Thursday as his team prepped for the return ... TabeTomo needed a complete gut renovation, with workers stripping the walls down to the studs. (See this post from May 17.)
Opening-day specials include $5 bowls of Ramen.
8 comments:
Congrats to them! Happy to see they persevered to reopen and hoping they continue to cement themselves as a neighborhood staple
Wow - thanks for the report Stacie - that is a lot of hard work - best to them moving forward
Thanks for the info EV, my gf & I stopped by a week ago and they told us they weren't opened yet. Guess I didn't read the initial post on here through. Nonetheless, $5 ramen sounds amazing, hope it's goods so we keep coming back.
Glad to have Tabetomo back!
Congrats on the renovation and re-opening! I hadn't been yet, but will be sure to check it out very soon. I want to support their dedication to their restaurant.
Beautiful space! Can someone explain what "tsukemen" is? Of course I could google it but I'd rather have my lovely East Village neighbors explain it to me! :)
It's ramen where the noodles are on the side and you dip them in the soup.
This place is really good. Only thing to worry about is pacing yourself when eating the excellent food. It's great to see them return.
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