Racines will close on 7/30.

[Jeff Grossman]

 

[MarkS]

Restaurants are so temporary anymore...

 

[Zachary Ross]

Alas and alack.

One hopes that the next incarnation of 94 Chambers Street will be as great.

 

[VLM]

originally posted by Zachary Ross:
Alas and alack.

One hopes that the next incarnation of 94 Chambers Street will be as great.

Yeah, it's a bummer but also potential for a new Spring. I think when it was being gestated it was envisioned as more of a laid-back wine bar type of spot and less of a Michelin * kind of restaurant. There s a hopeful note about the continued involvement of David and Pascaline, especially, that gives hope.

 

[MLipton]

Is Arnaud no longer involved? I see no mention of him in the announcement. I’m glad I got to visit while it was still in operation and I look forward to seeing what will follow.

Mark Lipton

 

[Bill Lundstrom]

originally posted by MLipton:
Is Arnaud no longer involved? I see no mention of him in the announcement. I’m glad I got to visit while it was still in operation and I look forward to seeing what will follow.

Mark Lipton

he moved back to France. currently working at LeGrand in Paris.

 

[Jayson Cohen]

originally posted by Bill Lundstrom:

originally posted by MLipton:
Is Arnaud no longer involved? I see no mention of him in the announcement. I’m glad I got to visit while it was still in operation and I look forward to seeing what will follow.

Mark Lipton

he moved back to France. currently working at LeGrand in Paris.

Yes. He was with his family in France during COVID last year and decided to accelerate his planned permanent move back to France.

I’m very sad about this, especially since I don’t think I’ll get the chance to go before they close, but I’m also hopeful for good things to come in a next incarnation, hopefully. I am hopeful.

 

[Jeff Grossman]

I spoke with Pascaline last night. She said that they actually just signed a new 5-year lease but with both Arnaud and Diego gone that it didn't feel like Racines now and, anyway, the pandemic has caused them to re-think what they want to offer. There will still be wine, of course, but that's the only given.

For what it's worth, the neighborhood is still very depressed from the pandemic shutdowns. Assuming the vaccinations hold the line against new variants, it is up to the banks and the landlords to make it possible for people to start new businesses.

 

[Rahsaan]

originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
For what it's worth, the neighborhood is still very depressed from the pandemic shutdowns...

I haven't been down there in a while. I assume that means retail is closed/vacant? But prices/values remain sky-high on residential? Even if some of those Tribeca folks are still camped outside the city (which would of course be one reason that retail is struggling, along with fewer office workers).

 

[Jeff Grossman]

originally posted by Rahsaan:

originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
For what it's worth, the neighborhood is still very depressed from the pandemic shutdowns...

I haven't been down there in a while. I assume that means retail is closed/vacant?

Right.

But prices/values remain sky-high on residential? Even if some of those Tribeca folks are still camped outside the city (which would of course be one reason that retail is struggling, along with fewer office workers).

I don't know what prices are; I hope they are falling, at least for a while.

Around my office, near Penn Station, many lunch places are gone because there simply aren't enough daily workers around.