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Pommes Frites lost its Second Avenue home of 18 years in the deadly gas explosion this past March 26.
The owners wanted to reopen somewhere in the East Village, but couldn't find anything affordable, DNAinfo's Lisha Arino reports today.
“We looked at so many spaces that didn’t work for one reason or another,” said co-owner Omer Shorshi.
Shorshi and his partner, Suzanne Levinson, looked at more than 50 locations, mostly in the East Village, but found that spaces similar to their 500-square-foot former home were at least double the $5,000-a-month rent they paid at their 123 Second Ave. location, he said.
The owners ultimately signed a lease at 128 MacDougal St. near Washington Square Park. The new space will be much bigger at about 800 square feet, and will cost about $9,000 a month in rent, Shorshi said.
The owners said that they hope to be up and running this fall.
H/T EVG reader Pinch!