Talk about twisting the knife--it was bad enough that Mexican-fusion favorite Bright Food Shop was replaced by Chipotle wannabe Qdoba, but now Bright Food's adjacent takeout spot Kitchen Market looks like it's becoming a Subway. Chelsea officially wins "the new Upper West Side" award this week.

And yet, as one chain goes up, it looks like a smaller, aspiring chain must go down. Union Square sausage spot Mandler's (which never quite took off as the franchise its website promised) has the ominous "closed for renovations" in its papered window. What, are they remodeling the mustard bar?