Restaurants & Bars
Levante Due To Reopen In March, 2 Months After Fire Next Door
Italian restaurant Levante will reopen next month, after a fire devastated the Xi'an Famous Foods next door and left Levante with damage.
LONG ISLAND CITY, QUEENS — Italian restaurant Levante is due to reopen in early March, after a fire last month devastated the building next door, home to a Xi'an Famous Foods location, and left Levante with residual damage.
Repair work is underway at the Jackson Avenue eatery and is scheduled to wrap up early next month, according to a sign posted in the restaurant's window.
Next door, at 26-19 Jackson Ave., Xi'an Famous Foods faces a more uncertain future: The popular restaurant chain's website says only that the Long Island City location is closed until further notice.
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The Jan. 9 fire destroyed the roof of the Xi'an Famous Foods building, damaged the building next door and left one person with minor injuries, according to the FDNY.
It's unclear how the fire started, but a Xi'an Famous Foods representative said on Twitter that the blaze didn't start in its kitchen.
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