Papaya King shuttered its iconic hot dog stand on New York City’s Upper East Side last week after 90 years — but it reportedly will reign again.
The venerable venue — whose neon signs had been fixtures on the Northwest corner of East 86th Street and Third Avenue for generations — is reportedly moving to a space across the street at 1535 Third Ave. between East 86th and East 87th Streets.
That’s after Papaya King shuttered its longtime location at 179 E. 86th St. on Friday — a move that frankfurter fiends had dreaded for months, anticipating it spelled the demise of the outfit that introduced the unlikely combination of hot dogs and fruit juices in 1939. Extell Development, headed by property billionaire Gary Barnett, bought the squat building for $21 million in 2021 andThe original Papaya King opened at the corner of East 86th Street and Third Avenue in 1932.News of Papaya King’s new lease appeared on a sign on the old location’s front door and was first reported byOne of the original restaurant’s neon signs “now hangs above the brown paper used to cover the windows” while workers ready the new space, according to the blog.
Workers told Uppereastsite.com that the restaurant could open within a week as signs and the former countertop was removed from the original space into the new one.Papaya had been in litigation with its former landlord since 2020 over non-payment of rent at its last remaining restaurant, according to reports.Founded by the late Constantine “Gus” Poulus
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