Closings

Upper East Side Development Plan Takes Out 4 Restaurants at Once

Some of the pigs at Pig Heaven.
Some of the pigs at Pig Heaven. Photo: Patrick Siggins

A real estate developer has spent $44.8 million for a parcel that now includes six buildings on Second Avenue between 80th and 81st streets, and plans to build an incoming high-rise mean that all the restaurants along the strip are being forced to close and relocate. Relative newcomer Agora Turkish moved out earlier, while Nancy Lee, owner of the 30-year-old Chinese spot Pig Heaven, still hasn’t found a new space. A branch of Cascabel Taqueria and Johnny Foxes will also close; the worn-in Irish pub’s final day is Sunday. [DNAinfo, Related]

Upper East Side Development Plan Takes Out 4 Restaurants at Once