Poon Kee (Temporarily) Closed?

[Chandavkl]

I don't think I've ever had so much trouble trying to sample a restaurant as with Poon Kee on Monroe St. I think I've tried six times and every time they were closed, though my fellow hounds cleared that up with reference to their short business hours. However I went by yesterday at 11:30am and it was still closed. And perhaps more telling was a brown cardboard sign with the words "re-open soon" scrawled on it. And the sign looked pretty old and worn. Has anybody eaten there recently?

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Poon Kee
39 Monroe St, New York, NY 10002

[Lau]

poon kee is supposedly open again
http://www.yelp.com/biz/poon-kee-new-...

[Chandavkl]

Missed it by that much! And just back from my third New York visit since February, I guess it's wait until next year for me.

[Lau]

yah its one of the better places in manhattan chinatown...fairly similar to waht u get in HK

[DannM]

Just wanted to confirm Poon Kee is open. I stopped by yesterday and ordered the Tripe. I ordered a medium size. The price went up by 50 cents to $5.50 from $5.

[Lau]

its been renovating for quite sometime, i really hope it opens again as it is one of the better places to eat in chinatown (its fairly similar to stuff in HK)
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/818038