HOT POT Bowery?

Question

Hey all
While busing past Congee Village Bowery last week I noticed the name had changed to Hot Pot Bowery. I assume this has something to do with the closing/renovation they did last April. 
 
To save me some shoe leather does anyone know the answer to any of these

1. Is this just happening to Bowery, or did/is Congee Village Allen and Flushing going to be doing the same thing.

2. If anyone has been there since the change, has anything changed EXCEPT the name (I note they have kept the bowl logo). I'd hate to go on a new resto quest simply to find out it's all the same.

Answer

The other two locations are the same as they always were, no changes. (Or, no changes yet. It wouldn't surprise me if the Flushing location went through some alterations)

I guess having two identical restaurants within a two-minute walk of each other wasn't working anymore. They're just diversifying their portfolio, so to speak - and Hot Pot is VERY on-trend right now. The explosion of HP places in Flushing, Sunset Park, etc over the last few years is almost bordering on absurd. But if there's a big enough market... 

The menu is pretty basic - it's on the new (though still kind of bare-bones) website: http://hotpotvillage.business.site/

Answer

Yeah I suppose they were a little too close (though somehow Wonton Garden is still managing the same trick as I suppose are several of the various descendants of Wing Wong) But I suppose those may have loyalties to a given branch. I certainly know that, if I want ginger scallion steam lo main, I go to to the Wonton Garden on Mulberry, not Mott since they have better broth, and I have my faves among the Wongs as well (just don't ask me to hard which as I keep getting the names of them confused. I know I like one of the ones that still uses the bats logo, so that narrows it down to two.)

In any case, it doesn't look like I need to go running there in a hurry. Thanks you all; you saved me some leg work.

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