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The Bean Opening Hypes the East Village; City Swiggers Brings Growlers to the UES (nymag)
**East Village**: The Bean opened this morning to eager customers at Second
Avenue and 3rd Street. [EV Grieve]
Vietnamese restaurant Sao Mai opened at 203 First Avenue on Saturday, offering
a 79-item menu that also features a vegetarian section. It’s open daily, 11
a.m. to 11 p.m. [Local/NYT]
Former chef of Cafe 81 opened Bar Kada, a pop-up Filipino restaurant operating
out of Ugly Kitchen at 103 First Avenue, Saturdays from 11 a.m. until
midnight. Although fellow Filipino pop-up Maharlika (now a permanent
restaurant) differs in its definition of Filipino food, both restaurants
praise the friendly competition. [Local/NYT]
**Financial District**: Taiwanese dumpling vendor A-Pou’s Taste Cart (located
at Liberty Street at Broadway) debuts a second cart on the east side of Water
Street, between Maiden Lane and Pine Street. [Midtown Lunch]
**Lower East Side**: Bowery Boogie reports the plywood was removed from
122-124 Ludlow Street last week, to reveal the front of what’s soon to be
Caffe Vita and Via Tribunali. The Seattle coffee shop and pizza restaurant
imports are scheduled to open January 5; see a sneak peek of their interior
here. [Bowery Boogie]
**Meatpacking District**: The team behind the Mulberry Project opens the
Vinatta Project in the …
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