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[marauder]

New venture for USHG down in Battery Park City. Look for an "informal American style bar and grill...with a focus on seafood."

I'm glad to see Floyd land on his feet, as he is a great guy. Not sure this is the right sort of venue for his talents, but the guy has kids to put through college. lol.

Additionally, King Meyer will be opening a Shake Shack and a Blue Smoke in the same building. Ah, to have discovered a license to print money...God Bless America!!!

from the NYT

[Suzanne F]

Having Cardoz down here makes me very happy. I've always loved his stuff (even tried out to work at Tabla; met Chika Tillman there, iirc). And since that side of West Street is pretty much a wasteland, I'm sure all the ventures will do just fine -- especially with the tourists and businesspeople who stay at the Embassy Suites or whatever the hotel is there.

BTW: I was told that Cardoz will be competing against Suvir Saran on Top Chef Masters. Is this true? I might try to find a place to watch if it is.

[oakapple]

Having Cardoz down here makes me very happy. I've always loved his stuff (even tried out to work at Tabla; met Chika Tillman there, iirc).

Danny Meyer made the same point as a number of others who've opened places downtown: the demographics suggest that good restaurants ought to be able to make it here --- recent history notwithstanding.

And since that side of West Street is pretty much a wasteland, I'm sure all the ventures will do just fine -- especially with the tourists and businesspeople who stay at the Embassy Suites or whatever the hotel is there.

It makes sense, but then again, there is no history of success in the area.

BTW: I was told that Cardoz will be competing against Suvir Saran on Top Chef Masters. Is this true?

Yes, it's true.

[plattetude]

BTW: I was told that Cardoz will be competing against Suvir Saran on Top Chef Masters. Is this true? I might try to find a place to watch if it is.

Plus George Mendes rounding out the NYC contingent.

[g.johnson]

And since that side of West Street is pretty much a wasteland, I'm sure all the ventures will do just fine -- especially with the tourists and businesspeople who stay at the Embassy Suites or whatever the hotel is there.

It makes sense, but then again, there is no history of success in the area.

IIRC there was a pretty successful (and good) restaurant in 3 (I think) World Financial Center before 9/11. Something Grill?

[taion]

The other building on the block is the GS building, so there's that. I'd think there's some sort of subsidy going on.

[Anthony Bonner]

no squid may be served

[splinky]

The other building on the block is the GS building, so there's that. I'd think there's some sort of subsidy going on.

investment bankers have to eat, too

[Anthony Bonner]

The other building on the block is the GS building, so there's that. I'd think there's some sort of subsidy going on.

investment bankers have to eat, too

seamless web weeps

[splinky]

The other building on the block is the GS building, so there's that. I'd think there's some sort of subsidy going on.

investment bankers have to eat, too

seamless web weeps

at least once a week they are let loose from their desks and the invisible fence lets them go beyond the corporate gym.

[Daisy]

The other building on the block is the GS building, so there's that. I'd think there's some sort of subsidy going on.

investment bankers have to eat, too

seamless web weeps

at least once a week they are let loose from their desks and the invisible fence lets them go beyond the corporate gym.

I miss the corporate gym. And free laundry service. And no one had better fuck with my free lunch. Of course I am in midtown so North End Grill no option for me.

[Sneakeater]

When your job gives you free laundry service, you know the price is too high.

[splinky]

The other building on the block is the GS building, so there's that. I'd think there's some sort of subsidy going on.

investment bankers have to eat, too

seamless web weeps

at least once a week they are let loose from their desks and the invisible fence lets them go beyond the corporate gym.

I miss the corporate gym. And free laundry service. And no one had better fuck with my free lunch. Of course I am in midtown so North End Grill no option for me.

i miss the free feminine hygiene products. i saved a small fortune on that stuff, over the years.

[oakapple]

It makes sense, but then again, there is no history of success in the area.

IIRC there was a pretty successful (and good) restaurant in 3 (I think) World Financial Center before 9/11. Something Grill?

When I lived in that neighborhood, I dined in all of the WFC restaurants. The fact that neither of us can recall the name is significant. By and large, the restaurants there had no media footprint outside of the immediate vicinity; their openings and closings were practically unnoticed. Nobody was drawn to them, unless they happened already to be nearby. They weren't reviewed, except perhaps in the Battery Park broadsheet.

[Suzanne F]

And since that side of West Street is pretty much a wasteland, I'm sure all the ventures will do just fine -- especially with the tourists and businesspeople who stay at the Embassy Suites or whatever the hotel is there.

It makes sense, but then again, there is no history of success in the area.

IIRC there was a pretty successful (and good) restaurant in 3 (I think) World Financial Center before 9/11. Something Grill?

If oakapple's memory is the measure of success, then I guess there's "no history of success."

However, there were several high or high-ish end restaurants around the Winter Garden or nearby: Hudson River Club (Waldy Malouf), which I still miss; The Grill Room (Larry Forgione iirc; it's still there although he's not, of course); Au Mandarin (still there); Manhattan Prime (definitely Larry Forgione, in the Embassy Suites; long gone); Coco Marina, previously Sfuzzi (Pino Luongo, closed after 9/11); Johnney's Fish Grill, which only went out of business a couple of years ago; SouthWest NY (still there), which actually had a pretty well-known French chef when it opened (he didn't last long, though). Too bad I just tossed my collection of NY Times reviews, or I would be able to tell you when they were, in fact, acknowledged by the wider world.