Showing posts with label XEO Cantina. Show all posts
Showing posts with label XEO Cantina. Show all posts

Thursday, June 29, 2023

Is 334 Bowery now officially a doomed location for restaurants?

Xeo Cantina has been dark for the past month+ at 334 Bowery between Great Jones and Bond.

There's nothing about a closure on the restaurant's website or social media... they are no long on Resy. No one responded to our queries about their status.

Xeo, described as serving "Vietnamese food with Tequila," opened last June
 
It was the latest spot to try the space... Gia Trattoria closed after just four months in December 2021. Oddly enough, there was already a restaurant called Gia Trattoria from different operators at this address several years earlier. 

To recap: Between November 2014 and June 2015, when the storefront was divided into two spaces, we had Forcella, Espoleta, Gia Trattoria, Slice of Naples, SRO and Bowery Pizza come and go over six months. 

This space was later Gino Sorbillo, the first U.S. pizzeria from "the Neapolitan celebrity super-chef" of the same name. The "temporarily closed for renovation" sign arrived here in early January 2021 after a November 2017 opening — so not a bad run considering everyone else's tenure.

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

A soft opening for Xeo Cantina on the Bowery

Tonight marks the soft opening for Xeo Cantina at 334 Bowery between Great Jones and Bond...
In a Facebook post, hospitality vet Mike Khuu described the concept as "Vietnamese food with Tequila." 

Khuu also co-owns The Boil (with locations on Chrystie Street and Waverly Place, not to mention Jersey City) that serves creole and Cajun-style cuisine, and Saigon Shack on MacDougal. 

No sign of a menu or other particulars at the moment for XEO Cantina.

Gia Trattoria closed here late last year after just four months in business.