A well-liked diner near Columbia closes up shop, as some highly anticipated eateries get set to open.
Deluxe Luncheonette at 2896 Broadway between 112th and 113th appears to have finally succumbed after 17 years of dishing out diner food to Columbia students and others. There was an auction on Tuesday and all the furniture was sold, Kate tells us. No one was answering the phone on Wednesday. Last year, the restaurant briefly closed and then reopened, promising to open a new concept in the space eventually.
Sean, the French men’s boutique at 224 Columbus (70th) is having a final sale, Terry tells us. “I joked with the salesman, ‘What did they quintuple the rent?,’ and he smiled and answered, ‘No, just tripled it.’ He told me that they are looking for another location to move on the UWS. In the meantime, they are having a sale of 50%-75% off.”
Orwashers Bakery is planning to open on September 1 at 81st and Amsterdam in the former home of Pet Health Store. Julie tells us it’s the 100th anniversary of the opening of their Upper East Side store. Looks like they’re still looking for employees. Thanks to Ashley Pagnotta for the photo above and Julie and Arif for the photos below.
It may still feel like summer, but a Halloween pop-up store is already getting ready to open at 2688 Broadway: (102nd-103rd). Thanks to Stefan for the photo.
Butcher shop and restaurant White Gold from April Bloomfield and Ken Friedman is set to open in September at 78th and Amsterdam, Grub Street reports. Apparently they’ll be serving breakfast too — mmm, sausage. “White Gold, named after the old-school-butcher term for those precious flavor-enhancing ribbons of animal fat, will also serve three meals a day, executed by Bloomfield’s chef de cuisine, Robert Flaherty. ‘We’ll introduce diners to steaks they may never have heard of by cooking them perfectly in the restaurant rather than yammering on about them at the display case,’ says Nakamura. Non-steak stuff includes a smoked-tofu bánh mì, hot dogs, and rotisserie chicken.”
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“Sean, the French men’s boutique…”
hey sean, weren’t you looking for some “very, very, very expensive yoga pants”?
I grew up on Orwasheer’s breads on the UES. Love it!
I don’t think you need to identify the location of Orwasher’s as “the former home of Pet Health Store” any longer.
Although not yet opened, I think Orwasher’s has been there probably longer than Pet Health Store was.
Touché! VERY FUNNY!
aha … so another restaurant tries to make a go on the corner of 78/Amsterdam … that gluten-free place was good and it went belly up in no time … good luck to the high end steak place
KUDOS to WS Rag for keeping us on top of all the changes. Love your impartial presentation (and, PS the layout of the whole Rag), leaving the entertainment to the comments section.
Sean has nice clothes but the sizes are too small for anyone but rail thin boys. This is the UWS, not Chelsea
Yup. We like cake on the UWS. Will the real Sean please stand up?
Yo.
Ditto!
cut that out!
Is there any action at the Planet Sushi location. Thanks.
Same question for me. I miss Planet Sushi. I liked the low key, relaxed vibe.
Still working on the “new concept”
None
Sad about Deluxe. Seemed like a perfect component of the neighborhood – I wonder what the problem was.
No one eats that kind of food anymore.
Maybe, maybe not. But places like Sweetgreens are packed especially with the after work/take-out crowd.
And no one makes broad generalizations like that anymore, either.
Well, I guess *some* do….
There are two kinds of people in the world: people who divide people into two kinds of people, and people who don’t.
Benchley!
Coffee shops and diners are dropping like flies on the UWS.
“Coffee shops and diners are dropping”
…due to the flies
As are high end restaurants (Ouest, Telepan), Starbucks, supermarkets, and “French men’s boutiques” (like Sean, above).
Your point is?
…only because no one serves it
Apparently “something” has been going on since last year. The place closed down back in November 2015 only to reopen a in a few weeks.
https://www.westsiderag.com/2015/12/06/openings-closings-deluxe-redux-boltons-bubble-tea-suite-stuff
My guess is like many restaurant owners lately faced with ever increasing costs and decreasing profits just wanted out.
Any place that has been in the same location for nearly twenty years is likely facing lease renewal about now; which surely means a new higher rent these days. If you were barely making money before who can afford an increase.
For the record restaurants are dropping like flies in NYC. https://www.amny.com/eat-and-drink/nyc-restaurant-closings-1.9655294
The menu (at least for breakfast/brunch) was not very different from any typical diner but the prices were significantly higher, quality either on par or below. The service was pretty terrible too, I’m actually surprised it lasted as long as it did.