Chat 'N Chew looks closer to reopening on Union Square

Chat ‘N Chew looks closer to reopening on Union Square
EVG reader Harry Weiner shared this photo from Monday… showing Chat ‘N Chew looking as if it never closed three-plus years ago on 16th Street just west of Union Square.Per Harry: “If you peer inside, it looks eerily the same as the old one.”The homespun restaurant has a new Instagram account (as of Sept. 30) with one post…Coming SoonA post shared by Chat ‘N Chew (@chatnchewny) on Sep 30, 2017 at 4:10am PDT//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.jsOn their landing page: “NEW ACCOUNT! A Union Square staple is coming back! Check back for updates on an opening date! Looking forward to see old friends & making new ones!”Apparently they have been teasing a return in their front window dating back to the summer. Now it looks as if they’re ready to open complete with holiday decorations.Anyway, the comfort-food diner first opened in 1994 before quietly closing in July 2014, as Jeremiah Moss first reported. The owners were to revamp the space that fall as a pop-up concept Little Sal’s Italiano. The operating owner, Andrew Silverman, was also behind a variety of concept-y places, such as Steak Frites and News Bar.