The restaurant formerly known as Banania, then Porchetta and last but not least Carniceria is closed again. One of the first Smith Street locations to be turned into a restaurant, its recent past has been more than troubled. What's next? Who will take a chance? And what will it turn into: another restaurant, another boutique, the sixth "Area" store on the strip or something that we can actually use?
Click here for a New York Magazine article on the last incarnation
And another one bites the dust. This one does not surprise me though it was open no more than 5-6 months. It never really too off.
And at 157, a more optimistic store owner is renovating . I don't even remember what was in that storefront before. Was it a dry cleaner/laundromat? Does anyone remember?
*Notice the little sliver of alley between the two buildings. I swear I was never aware of it until last week.
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