Monday, October 14, 2024

After 5-month closure due to fire, a renovated TabeTomo reopens on Wednesday

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.)
The TabeTomo staff is pleased to be back... opening-day specials include $5 bowls of Ramen.
Opening-day specials include $5 bowls of Ramen.

And here's a look at the interior after staff continued opening-day preparations...
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8 comments:

  1. MTA614October 14, 2024 at 9:52 AM

    Congrats to them! Happy to see they persevered to reopen and hoping they continue to cement themselves as a neighborhood staple

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  2. AnonymousOctober 14, 2024 at 11:24 AM

    Wow - thanks for the report Stacie - that is a lot of hard work - best to them moving forward

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  3. AnonymousOctober 14, 2024 at 2:29 PM

    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.

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  4. AnonymousOctober 14, 2024 at 4:35 PM

    Glad to have Tabetomo back!

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  5. AnonymousOctober 14, 2024 at 8:45 PM

    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.

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  6. AnonymousOctober 14, 2024 at 8:48 PM

    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! :)

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    1. AnonymousOctober 15, 2024 at 10:45 AM

      It's ramen where the noodles are on the side and you dip them in the soup.

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  7. AnonymousOctober 15, 2024 at 12:07 PM

    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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