Hip+Hop+ Soda+Shop=Union Square
To some people it just doesn’t seem to add up. Rapper Juelz Santana and H3 Enterprises plan to open up a second HipHop SodaShop in Union Square this fall. We started following the launch of this chain of hip hop themed restaurants back in February and have seen the addition of celebrity investors and partners grow each month. Presently Santana and NBA star Ben Gordon are named as the top two investors.
Originally, H3 Enterprises was slated to start the franchise with a flagship location on 125th Street near the Apollo Theater. However, last week’s Crain’s reported that they will first launch a 3500 square foot location in Union Square, a full 1000 square feet larger than the location in Harlem. According to a company spokesman, the Union Square location will need less renovation. The projected date of the grand opening is in two months, although the Crain’s article stated that neither location had finalized their leases yet. H3 Enterprises has already invested more than a million dollars into this project and has their sights set on a location in Florida next.
- General, Below 125th Street, Multi-use, New, Uptown/Downtown | Time: 9:47 am (UTC+8)
there is construction going on now at a location on 125th right a few steps away from the A train that I suspect is the Hip-Hop Soda shop. It’s being built in Harlem USA. They don’t have any signs up yet but if your nosie you can see the floor plan of the spot. I’m still not sure if that’s it or not but I can’t think of anyplace else on 125th they would be building it at. And I suspect that the article is correct because they place is BARE
Comment by GreasyGuide — June 26, 2006 @ 10:32 am