☞ INTRODUCING: More Shop Options on Lenox

Back in January, the Wall Street Journal reported that Les Ambassades would open their second branch on the block between 126th and 127th Street but it now seems that this information might not be so accurate: LINK.  Harlem Bespoke revealed that 341 Lenox Avenue on the next block north originally had permits up for a bistro called Skillet Pie (DOB paperwork have been issued as recently as February 2011) but the apparent former owner of that business has just informed us that this space will be the new Les Ambassades location (top photo).

With that piece of the puzzle solved, we figured that the shop further south at 325 Lenox must be prepping for some other business (lower photo) since Les Ambassades was not arriving on that block. Previous work permits already comfirmed that the storefront will be an eating and drinking establishment but it wasn't until later on in January that the name Cove Lounge appeared in the DOB files. Skillet Pie is apparently not going to happen but at least another business is coming along to fill up some of the empty shops on this side of the avenue in the mid 120's.