Biggest Food Court H Mart has Ever Opened in New York City

The popular Korean grocery store H Mart, located at 48-18 Northern Boulevard in Long Island City, will add a food court to its store, which will make its debut there in 2022. A company spokesperson stated that several stalls might open as early as April, with an expansion featuring more food vendors this summer. In New York City, H Mart operates additional food courts. There is currently a second location in Bayside, Queens, and the first one in Flushing opened in 1989. The company’s upcoming Long Island City food court will be the largest one in the city thus far. On February 17, a brand-new H Mart is scheduled to open at the American Dream Mall in New Jersey.

A restaurant with mushrooms rebrands

&Beer, a tiny vegan restaurant with only 14 seats that specializes in all things mushroom, has made fungi its main theme. On New Year’s Eve, the company closed after services to open a larger location next door under the name Three Kingdom. The new restaurant will feature 50 seats, a long selection of craft beers, and more mushrooms on the menu, according to owner Ravi DeRossi, who owns several vegan businesses in Manhattan. On February 1, it opens at 23 E. Seventh Street, which is located between Second and Third avenues.

Closing time

A startling number of restaurants shut down in the last few weeks of 2023. The trend persisted in the new year: over the weekend, several additional businesses declared their closures, including the five-year-old vegan restaurant Hartbreakers in Bushwick, the decade-old cocktail bar Underdog, Three Maples, which will remain open at the Berg’n food hall, and Bilao, one of the few Filipino restaurants on the Upper East Side.