Southeast Asian restaurant Baoburg (614 Manhattan Ave.) is closing permanently on October 31 after serving noodles, buns, and more to North Brooklyn for nearly 12 years.
Baoburg first opened in Williamsburg in 2013 and then moved to Greenpoint in 2016. The eatery serves Southeast Asian comfort food like short rib ramen, crispy pork belly rice, and their signature bao buns from the self-described “queen of noddles,” Chef Suchanan Aksornnan, also known as Chef Bao Bao,…
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Not my cup of tea. Went there with senior friends and was not impressed with the food, no a.c. and warm water in the summer.
Nevertheless apparently it was successful with the new young people in the area and lasted awhile.
Sorry to see it go and good luck to the owners in the future.
Good riddance. Worst food I ever had in a horrific environment.