Stop it stop it stop it.

[serinde]

It was bad enough when Kiev was bought out, closed for a bit, and reopened with a hideous pink and shiny-brown-wood interior with the name changed (and clearly a global search & replace had been done on the menu, which meant "Chicken Kiev" was then "Chicken Whateverthefuckitwas"). The food was still the same. Then they sold it again and it was still hideous pink but at least it was Kiev again.

Now, I understand, it's been sold again...and "updated". Asian fusion and ginger creme brulee all over the menu. At KIEV! Because the city needed another goddam Asian fusion place, suffering a terrible deficiency in them as it is. King Missile did not write about having a dainty breakfast of lemony mushroom-and-leek pierogi, I do know that. Bring back my potato pierogi and blintzes and cranky Ukrainian waiters, you corpse-raping baby-killing bastards.

Update: A quote: "We're trying to lighten it up and make it more interesting," explained John Mudd, one of Kiev's owners. "The food and décor were so heavy and bland before." KILL KILL KILL

For those of you who have no idea what I'm screaming about, a rough equivalent is Hasbro's chief designer, after buying Avalon Hill, saying that any game worth playing should take less than an hour.

Comments

[rainbear.livejournal.com]

I felt the same way when Mayflower (more-than-decent Chinese cuisine) closed in Morristown and was replaced with Yet Another Chinese Takeout place.

Mayflower was the kind of place you could go, take over a couple of booths, and be willing guinea pigs for their vegetarian menu.. and if you didn't like it, it was free.

It was the first place I had ever been to where they had things like mock duck, General Tso's Gluten, Crispy Gluten in Orange Sauce... *sigh*

Then they closed for renovations.. the father got sick or died, I forget which, and they closed permanently. :(

I feel your pain.. :-/

[catling.livejournal.com]

*screams of horror*

Nooooooooooooooooo! Bring it back! Make them stop!

Nononononono!!!!!!

[tactisle.livejournal.com]

Dammit, ever since the yuppies started migrating to Avenue B, the whole neighborhood's gone straight to hell. Next thing you'll tell me they've had to move Rocky Horror up to Chelsea.

We should get together a group of like eight people to walk into Kiev with a #10 can of sauerkraut and five pounds of kielbasa, camp out at a front table, order coffee, and start distributing the goods. Preferably right before STOMP lets out.