Altered image: This mural, one of many draped along a construction barrier, echoes the look and feel of the bar-restaurant behind it. Perhaps to avoid a seeming endorsement by New York's Department of Transportation, however, almost all the text has been edited. The come-on "wings, burgers, ribs, salad," for example, has been transformed into "fries, shrimp, pulled pork, BBQ." Only two essential elements are unchanged: the street number, 126, and (current as of March 2014) the Department of Health letter grade, A.
As of May 2014, the construction barrier and mural have been removed, but the A grade still stands.
Mudville 9
126 Chambers St. (West Broadway-Church Sts.), Manhattan
212-964-9464
www.Mudville9.com
