We hear that Alfred Portale ducked out of a celebration forGotham Bar and Grill’s 25th anniversary to welcomeNum Pangto the neighborhood last week. We would’ve done the same, but when we went there on Saturday at 3 p.m. there were a daunting ten people in line. AFlickr photouploaded on Sunday shows seventeen people waiting, and aGrub Street commenter等了40分钟,但认为这是值得的。Blogger Adam Schwartz found that the linemoved quickly, but another Internet scribebailed outand opted forStandinstead. Yet another found the place“overwhelmingly crowded”on Friday. So will Num Pang become the newRainbow Falafel? Perhaps in an effort to figure out crowd control, the shop istaking the day offand reopening tomorrow. Anyway, Martha Stewart’s show about sandwiches (featuringRuss & Daughters,Marlow & Sons, andBaoguette, which opens anoutpost on St. Marks本周)将大量及时的假名n itairs tomorrow.
