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Kuma Inn to Open Outpost in Brooklyn
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Hugh Merwin
Published Feb 6, 2009
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Hugh Merwin
Published Feb 6, 2009
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An old, shuttered Laundryland next to a Crown Fried Chicken at 433 DeKalb Avenue on the border of Clinton Hill and Bedford-Stuyvesant is set to be renovated into a restaurant. It will be an outpost of the hugely popular Kuma Inn, owner King Phojanakong told us in May. We got an exclusive first look at the raw space yesterday.
Phojanakong, recently the subject of an Edible Manhattan profile, said that the new restaurant’s menu will follow Kuma Inn’s small-plate format with a “heavy Filipino and Thai emphasis.” Some staples of Kuma Inn’s menu, like the Chinese sausage and sticky rice dish, will also be on the new space’s menu.
At lunchtime the kitchen will switch to sandwiches and noodles. Phojanakong, who is also the co-chef of Talay in Harlem, plans to serve beer and wine, and will feature 20 sakes by the glass. We’ll be checking in a few more times before the as-yet-unnamed restaurant gets closer to its May 1 target opening.
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