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Chinese restaurant New City Kitchen renews lease stays in business

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March 3, 2015 By Christian Murray

The owners of the Chinese restaurant on Vernon Blvd have been able to negotiate a short-term lease and will remain in business for the foreseeable future.

New City Kitchen Express, located at 47-31 Vernon Blvd, will continue to operate for at least three years as the owners were able to negotiate a three year lease.

In September Jennifer Cheng, whose family owns New City Kitchen, said that the restaurant was closing since the family was unwilling to pay the $10,500 month rent and $200 in monthly taxes that was being asked. However, after having signs in the window stating it was closing, the family struck a deal about two months ago.

The Cheng family has run the Chinese restaurant for the past 7 years. About 50% of the restaurant’s business comes through deliveries.  New City Kitchen is one of the few inexpensive Chinese restaurants in the area.

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wow

Ok, so we gave this place a shot. I am all for supporting local (non-chain) businesses, but I am pretty bummed that I supported this one – greasy, gross and really not worth it.

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chinese in LIC

im Chinese and agree this place sucks and needs to be replaced by a cleaner, better tasting, take out spot. just saying

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will try

Also never been, my go to is in Greenpoint – Shanghai Lee – soo yummy (and they deliver!).

Will give it a shot, was glad to see the sign that they got to stay! Never want the greedy landlords to win out

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Mel

Good to hear they extended their lease! I personally haven’t eaten there yet but I’ll try it! My go to Is Fortune Cookie on 21st street. Sunrise Chinese Restaurant in Astoria is good, on 33rd and Broadway

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F**kJames

Who cares if it’s family run if the food tastes like garbage and the store looks dirty.

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Mike

the food sucks at this place you must be a transplant

im very happy now go fuck yourself james

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ME!

nice folks. food’s hit or miss, but for the price, can’t complain.

glad they’re staying around.

same w/ fortune cookie. they do some dishes really well… but the new $20 min delivery policy is BS.

might as well get a delicious pork chop sammy and a small glass noodle soup from cyclo, and you still come up under $20.

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james

Great news. A lovely, family run business survives.

@Mike–What a sad person you must be. My condolences.

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r185

There’s also Fortune Cookie that reopened on 21st Street & 44th Drive. Very good and reasonable.

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LICmode

I love cheap chinese. I want like fortune cookie so badly-it’s across the street. And people rave about it here and on yelp. But time and time again, it proves to be the worst cheap chinese food I have eaten in NYC. Tastes unclean, bland and like it’s cooked in old dirty laundry water. I just don’t get it.

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LICmode

Broadway Chinese in Astoria (seamless), is as good as anything for cheap unhealthy awesome chinese

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