Per Gael Greene:
Serial restaurant dabbler and assassinator Michael “Bao” Huynh has given up on trying to make money after countless diehard efforts and is leaving tonight for Vietnam, the land of opportunity. Bao III, Obao, Mickey’s Burger, Bia, BaoBQ, Bar Bao, Pho Sure. Nothing really worked for Hunyh, at least not for long...
He left behind quite a trail in the East Village. Such as!
• Baoguette Cafe closed for a few hours back in September and never reopened...
• BaoBQ on First Avenue, which closed in August
• The infamous Barbao-DOB 111 whirlwind on St. Mark's Place back in 2010-11...
Then there was always the promise of something new... like the "Old School Style Philly" cheesesteak place called Mikey's Cheese Steak that never materialized at 23 Third Ave. ... or, better, Bao & Buny, the burger, fried chicken and waffles concept for 125 St. Mark's Place with former Playboy bunny Nicole Van Croft ...
And he probably had more fun with all this than we did.
