Rainbow Room
Photo: Jessica Torossian for BizBash
- The Cipriani Group filed a lawsuit against Tishman Speyer to bar the landlord from evicting it from the Rainbow Room. [BizBash]
- And real estate brokers are speculating that restaurateurs like Drew Nieporent and Danny Meyer could successfully operate the space should the Cipriani family lose the fight. [NYO]
- A new, temporary venue pops up for Fashion Week shows. [BizBash]
- On Wednesday, B.R.Guest Restaurants announced that it will close its SoHo restaurant Fiamma and turn it into an event space. [Eater]
- Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz told the Atlantic Yards developer that the Frank Gehry-designed project is no longer feasible and it should look for less costly ways to build the arena and surrounding buildings. [NYDN]
- Matt Levine, owner of Lower East Side lounge the Eldrige, tells BlackBook that "I do not think there is much hospitality in the hospitality business." [BlackBook]
- Community Board 4 approved Noah Tepperberg's request for a liquor license for the spot that formerly housed Earth NYC. [NYP]
- The Zipper Factory Theater and Tavern shuttered its doors on Tuesday. [Playbill]
- On Wednesday, Steve Walter and Chris Noth closed the Cutting Room bar and music lounge. [NYP]
- Upper West Side newbies West Branch and Bar Bao each get a star from Frank Bruni, who claims both have "real talent in their DNA and bring serious food to a patch of Manhattan that, for all its recent strides, could still use more of it." [NYT]
- For Adam Platt, the John Dory's menu is "limited and slightly uneven" and the room is "overamped by an octave or two," but like its sibling restaurant the Spotted Pig, the eatery has a "vibrant sense of fun in the air." [NYMag]
- Steve Cuozzo returns to the Four Seasons Restaurant to try the new $59 special, but feels the "kitchen's heart isn't in its bargain menu." [NYP]
- At Rouge Tomate, Jay Cheshes explains that the healthy dishes are actually tasty, "deftly seasoned," and "bountifully portioned." [TONY]
