{"id":275772,"date":"2025-10-03T23:43:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T23:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/275772\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T23:43:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T23:43:23","slug":"ikeas-iconic-swedish-meatballs-may-be-headed-for-soho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/275772\/","title":{"rendered":"Ikea\u2019s Iconic Swedish Meatballs May Be Headed for Soho"},"content":{"rendered":"

Get ready for Swedish meatballs in Soho: Ikea <\/a>is coming back to Manhattan. The Swedish retailer has purchased 529 Broadway, at the corner of Spring Street, for a new store and offices, as reported by the Real Deal.<\/a> The five-and-a-half story, 53,000-square-foot building \u2014 completed in 2016 \u2014 will house an Ikea store across the first two floors, with a lower level for storage and upper floors converted to offices. Meanwhile, all month, Ikea will have a daily meatball happy hour at its pop-up, dubbed the IKEA House Warming Event, located in Union Square at 31 East 17th Street, between Fifth Avenue and Park Avenue South, from October 2-26, Thursday through Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The pop-up promo aligns with the 40th anniversary of its Swedish meatball, and the introduction of another ball, falafels, come January<\/a>. In stores through Tuesday, October 28, the meatball plate is priced as it was in 1985, at $2.99.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Ikea\u2019s first Manhattan outpost since its Midtown Planning Studio, which closed in 2022. The new Soho location is part of the company\u2019s smaller-format urban strategy<\/a>, designed to serve city shoppers who\u2019d otherwise head to Red Hook or New Jersey locations. Eater has reached out to the global furniture store for more information.<\/p>\n

East Village Meat Market<\/a> is bringing back its annual Pierogi Day on Saturday, October 11, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., when dumplings from Veselka, Rosa-Ly, and others will be sold at 139 Second Avenue, between St. Marks Place and Ninth Street, for about $1 each (25-percent off). And in Queens, following the 2017 opening of its stall in DeKalb Market, the Pierogi Boys Market<\/a> and Cafe has been open for a month in Ridgewood at 57-34 Catalpa Avenue at Onderdonk Avenue, as a full neighborhood grocer and dinner spot.<\/p>\n

Tony Shalhoub\u2019s new namesake CNN series, Breaking Bread<\/a>, debuts at 9 p.m. Sunday. NYC-area stops <\/a>include Massara, where he\u2019s an investor; Lebanese Ilili; Orwashers, and pizza spot Razza in Jersey City.<\/p>\n