The Plan When the New York Beer Company opens for business at 321 West 44th Street this March, patrons will be able to invest in the alcohol consumption of their peers. Loosely inspired by the New York Stock Exchange, the latest enterprise by restaurateur Brian Connell will feature brews priced according to how popular each [...]
Lease Beat YOUNGWORLD 30,000 Square Feet A children’s clothing company, already accustomed to the hustle and bustle of Corona’s thriving retail corridor in Queens, is moving to a larger retail space located at a building that recently rose from the ashes…literally. Youngworld, a retailer that reportedly has 16 stores located throughout six states, including Maryland [...]
When the Asian fusion restaurant Fushimi sought to expand into a third New York location early last summer, its proprietor leaped at the chance to strike out in Williamsburg, a Brooklyn neighborhood with more than its fair share of modern Japanese eateries. What most pleased the restaurateur, however, was that the location allowed him to [...]
When the restaurateur Danny Hodak began exploring locations for a new eatery last year, the initial plan was to spin off his lauded Hell’s Kitchen Mediterranean hotspot Taboon into a second outpost. Upon further discussion with Israeli business partners, however, Mr. Hodak chose, instead, to open a fast and casual, lunch-crowd accessible restaurant under a [...]
Lexington Retail Back on the Market It’s a veritable debutante ball for the spruced-up retail space at 1270 Lexington Avenue that will be coming to market for the first time in 30 years, The Commercial Observer has learned. After Emigrant Bank’s lease at the space on 85th Street and Lexington Avenue ended, Winick Realty’s Kelly Gedinsky said that owners Moin Development and The Moinian Group decided to completely [...]
Barbecue to Marry Beer in New York Observer Building What goes good with beer? Barbecue, we’re guessing (and hoping). Hell, we’ll make it work The New York Observer Building at 321 West 44th Street will welcome the second of two new commercial tenants with the signing last week of a Japanese Barbeque restaurant at its [...]
Red-Sauce Sushi Joint Raw fish is a dish we generally prefer with a side of irony. Thus, in our second-favorite reason this week to mock BroBillies, the nabe is getting that snooziest of cuisines, an Asian fusion restaurant. Indeed, the press release contains more signs of the Apocalypse than we can count. To wit: ”Fushimi offers a family-friendly, [...]
What the Pluck? Manhattan’s First Wild Bird Sanctuary Notwithstanding the seemingly thousands of pigeons that have occupied Bryant Park, Manhattan is getting its first wild bird sanctuary. The Wild Bird Fund will be an 800-square-foot roost for all manner of feathered friend at 565 Columbus Avenue, between 87th and 88th streets. “This will be a [...]
Oh, Hell Yes: Beer Bar for Observer Building Can a newspaper with an editorial staff of 15 people sustain a bar by itself? The answer, we strongly suspect, is yes, as a 5,000-square-foot watering hole is set to open in the New York Observer Building. Moreover, the New York Beer Company will serve only local [...]
High-End Suitcase Outfit to Unpack on 55th We’re not quite clear why people buy new luggage on vacation. But to each his own, as high-end luggage store Mitsosa Group opens a second Manhattan location in prime tourist territory. The 1,150-square-foot store, with 35 feet of frontage on 55th Street, is expected to open in late [...]
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