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Let's hope this is an April Fool's joke: the Columbia Spectator is reporting that The West End has been sold, and will soon be replaced by a Cuban-themed restaurant!
After serving burgers and beat nostalgia for seventeen years, the owners of The West End say they will sell the location to Havana Central, a chain of restaurants with branches in Greenwich Village and Times Square.The bar, a legendary haunt for Columbia students off and on since 1911, will be converted into a Cuban bistro by the new owners, according to Katie Gardner, J ’81 and current owner of The West End.
“The West End has its own life,” Gardner said. “It has ghosts, and it has spirits. You’re caretaking it. It’s been here 100 years. No matter who runs it, in the end, the ghosts will rise.”
The date of the final sale has not yet been confirmed, but Gardner indicated that it would occur in the near future.
As much as we love arroz con pollo and lechon, this is sad news for the neighborhood, and sad news for Columbia.
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get a grip - the West End is a dump.
All those restaurants up there are dumps. I live in the Columbia area and when I first moved there it seemed like I wouldn't have to travel far for good restaurants. Guess again. Everything up there is basically an upscale diner pretending to be something it's not. Case in point: The West End, The Heights Bar & Grill, Deluxe, Toast, etc. The only decent restaurant is Le Monde, and for the location, service and quality, the food is way overpriced there.
agree with DKNY. Le Monde is good, but pricey. Although I must say that Lime Leaf is excellent and cheap Thai - and Abby Pub has great pub food and atmosphere (far enough away from CU to avoid the frat boys)
lime leaf? are you serious? try blue angel between tiemann and la salle, it's at least a little bit better
The Columbia Spectator reports a fake story for April Fool's every year. On April 1, 2004, they ran an editorial endorsing Bush for election.
Oh give me a break. Le Monde is terrible. And by terrible, I mean terrible. People just eat there because they are attempting to maintain the illusion of class, not that Le Monde is particularly classy. The food is abysmal.
Not an April Fool's joke. Sorry.
Stop acting like you only eat/look for gourmet fare. Such hoity-toity whores, I swear. Let's face it; if you live in the area, chances are you'd have had their $5 cheeseburger plate with some cold ass beer. And liked it.
It's a landmark for pete's sake!
the spec always prints april fools editions (which are much funnier than the fed...). this isn't news.
Sorry, not a joke. This is confirmed by the New York Times in today's edition:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/04/nyregion/04bar.html