Once-promising Urban Hawker closes in Midtown soon Urban Hawker, the Singaporean food hall that Anthony Bourdain helped dream up and food critic, host, and writer K.F. Seetoh brought to life in Midtown, will close Friday, July 17. The building at 135 West 50th Street, between Sixth and Seventh avenues, has been sold for redevelopment, ending.
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Once-promising Urban Hawker closes in Midtown soon Urban Hawker, the Singaporean food hall that Anthony Bourdain helped dream up and food critic, host, and writer K.F. Seetoh brought to life in Midtown, will close Friday, July 17. The building at 135 West 50th Street, between Sixth and Seventh avenues, has been sold for redevelopment, ending.
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