Top photo by Vinny & O
Yesterday, workers removed the plywood from the SE corner of Second Avenue and 12th Street (188 Second Ave.), completing the full reveal of Five Guys, which has been in the works since November 2023.
The plywood has been up at least back to last spring.
The burger chain, which started in Washington, D.C., in the 1980s, now has 1,700 outposts worldwide, including more than 30 locations around NYC.
According to the door signage, the 5G opens this week (the photo was from yesterday, so three days!)...
As previously noted, the restaurants at 188 Second Ave. haven't fared well since old-timer Shima was rent-hiked out of here in January 2014. Lumos Kitchen lasted three months in 2018. Later, Hot Pot Central, DumplingGuo, and Dumpling Go also departed quickly.
Strings Ramen, which closed in April 2022, did OK, with a tough two-year-plus run after opening just before the start of the pandemic.
2 comments:
Nice...looking forward to burning $25 for a burger, fries, and drink!
I'd be surprised if that brickwork wasn't already defaced
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