• UrbanSpace to bring fresh business to NYC’s Union Square amid COVID-19

    UrbanSpace to bring fresh business to NYC’s Union Square amid COVID-19

    In a welcome step forward for the retail- and restaurant-ailing Union Square area, major food-hall operator Urban­Space has signed a long-in-coming lease for 10,000 square feet at Zero Irving, a 21-story mixed-use tower rising at 124 E. 14th St. The $200 million project by RAL Development Services stands on city-owned land leased to RAL for …
  • Lisa Vanderpump hit with class-action lawsuit for allegedly not paying SUR employees

    Lisa Vanderpump hit with class-action lawsuit for allegedly not paying SUR employees

    Life is still not all rosé and diamonds at SUR. Lisa Vanderpump and her husband Ken Todd were hit with a class-action lawsuit on Friday for allegedly failing to pay overtime wages to her employees at SUR, their restaurant made famous by “Vanderpump Rules.” In the filing obtained by Page Six on Tuesday, former hostess …
  • 83 percent of NYC restaurants, bars unable to pay full rent, survey reveals

    83 percent of NYC restaurants, bars unable to pay full rent, survey reveals

    The coronavirus pandemic continues to impose a severe economic toll on New York City’s eateries and pubs – with 83 percent of establishments saying they’re unable to make their full July rent and 37 percent unable to pay at all, a survey released Monday reveals. The NYC Hospitality Alliance poll of 471 restaurants, bars and …
  • NYC’s Nello has liquor license suspended for COVID-19 violations

    NYC’s Nello has liquor license suspended for COVID-19 violations

    Upper East Side restaurant Nello has lost its liquor license for violating COVID-19 regulations. The New York State Liquor Authority posted the suspension on the doors of the exclusive eatery on Wednesday for violating three executive orders that Gov. Andrew Cuomo had put into place amid the pandemic. Investigators with Cuomo’s task force “observed at …
  • Hamptons Il Mulino, six other non-NYC locations file for bankruptcy

    Hamptons Il Mulino, six other non-NYC locations file for bankruptcy

    Celebrity-magnet Hamptons restaurant Il Mulino and six other outposts of the glamorous Italian eatery empire have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy – the latest big dining-world name victimized by the Covid-19 pandemic. Il Mulino owner Jerry Katzoff said the step was needed to prevent lenders from trying to take over the trendy trattorias following a …
  • Graydon Carter giving up helm at posh Monkey Bar after 12 years

    Graydon Carter giving up helm at posh Monkey Bar after 12 years

    Graydon Carter’s 12-year stint at the helm of Monkey Bar has come to an end. The celebrity magazine editor — who ended his 25-year run as editor of Vanity Fair two-and-a-half years ago — is handing over the keys to the famous Midtown eatery, leaving its fate up in the air, The Post has learned. …
  • Celeb haunt Cipriani Downtown loses liquor license over COVID-related concerns

    Celeb haunt Cipriani Downtown loses liquor license over COVID-related concerns

    Celebrity haunt Cipriani Downtown — known as a fave for models such as Kendall Jenner, and a reported “hunting ground” for now-incarcerated movie mogul Harvey Weinstein — has lost its liquor license for not adhering to coronavirus-related regulations. On Friday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that a task force led by the State Police and New …
  • McDonald’s will require all customers to wear masks starting next month

    McDonald’s will require all customers to wear masks starting next month

    McDonald’s on Friday announced that all customers will be required to wear face coverings when entering one of its fast-food restaurants. The change, which kicks in Aug. 1, is part of a number of new safety measures being implemented by the Golden Arches. The burger chain is also pausing dining room reopening for another 30 …
  • Arthur Ave. staple Mario’s resiliently carries on after owner dies of COVID-19

    Arthur Ave. staple Mario’s resiliently carries on after owner dies of COVID-19

    When the iconic Mario’s Restaurant — a 101-year-old Arthur Avenue institution — reopened for outdoor dining at the end of June, it was a bittersweet return to the family business for Regina Migliucci-Delfino. She lost her father, Joseph Migliucci, 81, the longtime face of the Bronx restaurant, to COVID-19 in April. The night before the …
  • James Gardner throws socially distanced party for Gitano Garden of Love re-opening

    James Gardner throws socially distanced party for Gitano Garden of Love re-opening

    James Gardner threw a socially distanced party for the official reopening of his Soho restaurant Gitano Garden of Love on Tuesday, and it doubled as a benefit for LGBTQ organizations the Marsha P. Johnson Institute and Destination Tomorrow. “Pose” star Dominique Jackson and model Connie Girl Fleming hosted, and Jason Wu, Patricia Field, Leigh Lezark …