Bright Food Shop (1990-2007) and Kitchen/Market (1985-2007)
Two more of the businesses which have shaped the special, unique character of Chelsea are gone.
Overnight, signs appeared in the window of Bright Food Shop (circa 1990) announcing that it, and its sister, Kitchen/Market (circa 1985), would close. Also, by the time I passed by this morning, a makeshift memorial had started to form.
Both businesses have been fixtures in the neighborhood, two of the original businesses on the 8th Avenue strip that made Chelsea Chelsea, both serving unique, delicious food, which Brian and I love. Some of our earliest dates included meals at Bright Food Shop. The signs emphasized how much the owners loved doing what they did, and they encouraged us to patronize locally owned businesses. Click the picture (above) to open a larger image, and read the signs.
Update #1: BlogChelsea reported this news yesterday.
Update #2: The NY Sun has an article about this.
That's really terrible news. There are few places with reliable food on Eighth Avenue. I have one typo correction -- I don't think you meant to type "makeshit memorial"!
Posted by: Barry | June 01, 2007 at 10:38 AM
Thanks. Corrected.
Posted by: Larry | June 01, 2007 at 10:43 AM
hey - what other local spots should we hit before they disappear??? unfortunately i've never lived in chelsea and never even knew this place existed... sounds amazing.
Posted by: | June 01, 2007 at 11:49 AM
Just found out about this last night when we went to order burritos.
I will miss Kitchen Market very very much. It was like a little bit of San Francisco in NYC.
Posted by: Nif | June 14, 2007 at 03:37 PM
This sucks!!!! Hopefully another crappy clothing store or Nail salon does not open in its place. Please, no more trendy eateries playin' techo.
Posted by: Max | June 17, 2007 at 10:59 PM