Streetlevel: Nigerian, Not Thai, for Lafayette
As Easy Being Greene noted last week, the storefront at the corner of Lafayette and Cumberland Avenues is slated to become a Nigerian restaurant, not Thai as originally posited last Spring or the 7-Eleven that almost happened a year ago. Will the new restaurant, to be called En of Africa, strike a chord with local…
As Easy Being Greene noted last week, the storefront at the corner of Lafayette and Cumberland Avenues is slated to become a Nigerian restaurant, not Thai as originally posited last Spring or the 7-Eleven that almost happened a year ago. Will the new restaurant, to be called En of Africa, strike a chord with local diners? If you believe one commenter from the thread last May, there’s little reason to be optimistic: “The owner of [this] building is an old timer who really has no ability to understand the new neighb[orhood]. His dry cleaner services sucked as well.” We’re not holding our breath but let’s hope the new place can exceed expectations.
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I didn’t think they ate much in Nigeria.
Should cut down on overhead.
What is Nigerian food anyway? I have a dear friend from Nigeria and we have been to a party or two where it was all nigerian food. Can you say boiled meat? and uncooked bread? Not to dis my friend – she is quite gracious – but seriously I almost broke a tooth
hey 2:59, i don’t care what you say, the decor at speakeasy SUCKS!
looks like an ideal spot for a methadone clinic.
A restaurant in a former dry cleaner sounds like a recipe for eating carcinogens unless the site has been cleaned really well (which I doubt, judging by the sight of the space over the past few months). And especially dangerous for the new restaurant employees.
Ethiopian would be a much more popular choice than West African, but I agree that it’s more exciting to see a Nigerian place open than another French bistro/ other standard neighborhood fare.
Nothing against Nigerian food–just think the combo of the sloppily hung sign and the location’s rocky recent history don’t bode well. Hope we’re wrong.
4:19
I stand corrected. 🙂
sg
Service at keur n deye = sloooooooooooow