I agree, Karen. It will expand and succeed more than any other local UC residents and/or family business has ever done. Of course I am not just saying this because I taught them ESL at the Lea School when they were little kids, but I hope so.
I wished they had opened their Chinatown Restaurant back in the early 80¹s here. On 12/4/09 4:20 PM, "Karen Allen" <kallena...@msn.com> wrote: > I don't think that lunchtime in a residential neighborhood is a fair gauge of > how well a full-service sit-down restaurant is doing. Most potential customers > are at work outside the neighborhood at that time of day. > > I live across Warrington Avenue from the new Vietnam Restaurant, and I usually > look in the windows as I'm passing by on my way home from work. On any given > evening (except for a few Tuesdays or Wednesdays) the place is very busy, and > on weekends it's packed (and the thing to remember is that it is even larger > than the old Abbraccio, because the Abbraccio porch was enclosed and made part > of the main dining room). I ate there twice, most recenty last night at about > 6:45 pm. By the time we left at 8 pm, the main dining room was full. > > I think that Benny Lai and his family will do very well with this restaurant. > If anything, some of the other restaurants in the neighborhood may have > difficulty competing with it. > > Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 15:58:48 -0500 > Subject: [UC] re: Vietnam Cafe recommended > From: annm...@gmail.com > To: univcity@list.purple.com > > I went for lunch at the revamped and expanded Vietnam Cafe on 47th St. on the > old premises of Abbraccio. > > The food and service were as nice as they were in the former quarters, but the > place was practically empty > at noon. Fewer patrons than they used to have at lunch in the old place, > which was relatively small. > > Not sure what is going on. > > I hope that this pleasant and affordable restaurant will have enough support > from the community to stay in > business! > > Ann > > >
