Lumos Kitchen is now in soft-open mode on Second Avenue at 12th Street...
Per the restaurant's website: "Lumos Kitchen is proud to bring the best modern Chinese to you, our customers. Our signature baiju cocktails will also be making a splash into our menu."
Lumos was previously (until April 2017) a cocktail bar on West Houston Street between Thompson Street and LaGuardia Place. As New York magazine noted, "Lumos ... is likely the only [bar] in America that specializes in baijiu, the ancient Chinese liquor that's probably the most surprising, divisive thing you can drink in the whole city."
Perhaps Lumos Kitchen will add some stability to the corner. Three restaurants — Hot Pot Central, DumplingGuo and Dumpling Go — all came and went since March 2015.
... and next door on 12th Street, Dunhuang East Village is now serving its take on northwestern Chinese cuisine in a family-style dining room ...
This is the fifth location for the owners. You can check out their menu here.
The address, 300 E. 12th St., was previously Angelica Kitchen, which closed almost one year ago to the day.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Lumos Kitchen bringing the baijiu to 2nd Avenue
Cows, pigs and chickens now adorn the walls at the former vegan favorite Angelica Kitchen
