Eddie Huang Looks at Restaurants in the East Village

In this series, “Looking to Settle,” Eddie Huang chronicles his search for a downtown restaurant space.

After being open-minded led me to the debacle on Bleecker Street, we narrowed our space search the following week to second-generation restaurants — locations that already had built-in kitchens, venting, the gas turned on, and perhaps even a liquor license in place. It sounds straightforward enough, but finding a place like this in a neighborhood where your concept can succeed is next to impossible because everyone is hunting for these deals.

On our broker’s list of…