Foodoo is open, but no longer serving dinner

Don’t believe those rumors: Foodoo, the five-month-old vegan cafe and juice bar at 3605 Broadway, is not closing. It  has, however, stopped serving dinner.

Co-owner Carlos Mortera, who opened the intimate dining venue in June with help from chef-consultant Bryan Merker, says the dinner business for a meatless restaurant in this stretch of midtown was too hit-or-miss to continue evening hours.

“Our lunch business is very strong,” Mortero says. “It’s always been much more consistent than dinner. So we’re only doing private events and receptions in the dining room doing the evening hours.”

So the restaurant isn’t closing?

“Listen, if someone came into the place and offered me a pile of cash to buy it,” Mortera says, “I guess I’d consider that. But no, we have no plans to close. Lunch business has been profitable.”

Foodoo’s new hours are 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and noon to 3:30 p.m. Saturday. The restaurant is closed Sunday.