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?

Just into the inbox: Chubo, long reported to be for sale, has finally closed up shop as of February 29. As regards the future of the space, directly from the Chubo folks: "The premise has been sold to Japanese cooking school, which will open its flagship cafe/pastry shop this summer."

Despite Eater's very-confirmed-sounding report that Pizza Bar in Meatpacking District has closed for good, I noticed this sign in the window last night. Paper was up in the windows, but I could peek through enough to tell that something was going on. Is this just the old ruse of "Closed for renovations ... until we announce the new name/concept" or are meat-heads really getting their postparty pie spot back?