"Pay What You Feel" as a concept is great, and it works just fine in some places, but sadly not all. For instance, Williamsburg. Last November, the Santorini Grill there started a "pay what you feel" policy for in-restaurant diners (delivery and to-go was still full-price). We certainly enjoyed it and New York named it one of their reason to love New York this year. But sadly, four months later, the restaurant has closed. And despite what the signs in the windows say, it is for good.
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New York's Only "Pay What You Feel" Restaurant Closes
The Algonquin's Oak Room Has Sung Its Last Torch Song
Sad day for fans of smooth jazz crooners: When the current cat-displacing renovations at The Algonquin Hotel are over, one of the famed hotel's many famous features will not be coming back. No, we aren't talking about the round table. According to a hotel spokesman, "The once popular cabaret Oak Room will close to make room for an expanded Blue Bar which will still serve up its classic Dirty Martinis and Manhattans."
Blame The Anorexic Clientele: Hipster "Hotspot" Kenmare Calls It Quits
Less than two years after it opened Zagat Buzz is reporting that Paul Sevigny and Nur Khan's briefly inescapable hotspot Kenmare has closed. In its place a new concept will launch in the coming months. But where will the skinny models go and not eat now?
One Man Fights To Keep H&H Bagels On The Upper West Side
In a crisis for the Upper West Side that began only yesterday, the beloved retail location of H&H Bagels on 80th Street and Broadway announced that it's closing today. We were moved to visit the store this morning after NYC Deputy Mayor Howard Wolfson made a tweet about waiting on a long lines for one last H&H. By the time we got there around 11:30 or so, however, the line was neatly contained, stretching roughly the length of the small store and moving jauntily. Many of the customers were lining up for their first, and last, taste (at this location).
What Happens When A Restaurant Loses Booze? It Closes
The real prohibition didn't last, so it isn't that surprising that the prohibition party at the pop-up "experimental restaurant" What Happens When isn't lasting either. In the wake of the SLA's decision to strip the well-regarded restaurant's liquor license, chef and owner John Fraser has decided to simply shut the joint down after Saturday's service.
City's Longest Bar To Become a Chipotle
After 22 years Gonzalez y Gonzalez, the constantly happy hour-ing Mexican on Broadway with the giant sombrero, is shutting its doors after losing its lease, according to its website. The spot stretches from Broadway to Mercer and boasted the longest bar in the city. Nachos NY is reporting the space will soon become a Chipotle. Which raises the question, who has the city's longest bar now?
So Long, Scobee: Queens Diner's Demise Shocks Locals
Looking for a late-night pizza burger, Greek salad, or milkshake in Little Neck, Queens? For the past 50-odd years the go-to spot was the Scobee Diner. Not any more, though: the 24-hour hangout, best known for its massive menu, great breakfasts and unapologetic greasy-spoon fare, closed its doors for good yesterday after a tearful farewell. In a million years you'll never guess why they closed!
Brooklyn's Oldest Black-Owned Gay Bar To Close
Part of living in a city with a respectable number of tolerant, non-discriminating establishments is learning how to say goodbye to them. The Starlite Lounge, a somewhat incongruously-located gay bar, has been a fixture in Crown Heights since the 1960s. After months of rumors, its closure was confirmed by Brownstoner, with the bar's last day set at July 31st.
Post Office Death Count Down to 5
Yesterday the US Postal Service announced they would save 9 of the 14 branches that were set to shutter, due to a decrease in business. CityRoom reports that the five still being shut down are in the Bronx and Queens.
Over a Dozen Catholic Schools to Close in Brooklyn, Queens
14 Catholic elementary schools in Brooklyn and Queens will close by this time next year due to plummeting enrollment, and other schools will merge in an attempt to adapt with changing trends nationwide. If the proposal announced yesterday by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn (which also includes Queens) is carried out, the diocese will have shut down nearly one-third of the elementary schools it had just half a decade ago, the Times reports.
Pot of Gold Looks Empty at the End of the Rainbow Grill
With the recession only getting worse, now a guy doesn't even have anywhere to turn to get a $40 bowl of pasta while taking in the best view of Manhattan. The Rainbow Room has announced that while times are tough, it will close its doors on the restaurant portion of the 65th floor landmark, the Rainbow Grill. Operators of the Rainbow Room, the Cipriani family, told WNBC, "We are currently planning on temporarily closing the Rainbow Grill, which will operate as a bar only...due to the current economic crisis in New York and around the world, on top of an ongoing dispute with our landlord.” The Ciprianis applied for landmark status for the Rainbow Room back in August for fears that their landlord Tishman Speyer could try to transform it into office space. A source connected to the Ciprianis recently was quoted saying that Tishman Speyer has been disgusted with the shabby state of the Rainbow Room since the Ciprianis took over. The historic club that sits on "Top of the Rock" above Rockefeller Center turns 75 this year.
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