The name of the restaurant is NO NO. They’ve got the French doors painted white. To me that says New Orleans or French bistro. Well, HC has the scoop:
"It’s a French bistro, southern-style hybrid restaurant called No No" going in where that awful Indian place was (Seventh Avenue between 7th and 8th – next to Michael’s Hair Salon).
"It looks nice. The interior looks pretty much done. There was a huge flurry of activity there on Thursday. Obviously they were in some sort of "panic" about an opening deadline. A real big crowd of people working on it."
No No – stands for New Orleans, New Orleans (that’s conjecture). "North of New Orleans (that’s a fact). "That’s all I could glean when I was coming home late last night wanting to get home to my lovely family before they bite me," says HC.
I know Greg (the chef) from his years at Delta Grill in Manhattan, great to see him headed out on his own. From what I recall speaking with Greg (Delta has been buying my pies for many, many years, and we’ve been doing the 9th Ave. Food Fest together as well), he worked for and trained under Paul Prudhomme. I’m looking forward to their opening, pie sales aside.
The NO NO stands for “North of New Orleans”, according to the signs on their windows. ;) Their logo actually has the words written out in it (although admittedly it doesn’t stand out).