Akhtar Nawab will leave the La Esquina restaurants at the end of the month. The chef was just tapped by the EMM Group to helm the kitchen at the Latin revamp of the Abe & Arthur's space, which should open this fall. In other chef shuffle news, former Roberta's cook Nick Subic is opening a "pan-Asian noodle" restaurant in Bushwick next month called King Noodle. [DJ/NYT]
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