Pulino's Bar and Pizzeria, which apparently tripled nearby rents and caused men to urinate in the co-ed sink, will close in January to make way for a new Keith McNally concept, Eater is reporting.
The McNally-owned Pulino's will reopen in March as a French restaurant called Cherche Midi, which was also the name of a French military prison in Paris.
Eater quotes McNally:
Through no one's fault but my own Pulino's hasn't fully worked and I've decided to change it quite radically.
Pulino's opened on the Bowery at East Houston Street in March 2010.
25 comments:
Well, Cherche-Midi is a street in Paris, so there are restaurants, hotels--and indeed there was a prison--named for being located on the street.
I was very excited to not go to Pulino's, but I'm even more excited to not go to the new place!
I feel the same way, 11:27! Haha!
I always hated how huge and red and bright the Pulino's signage was. It is an affront to the eyes. Hopefully the frog place will have a more delicate look to it.
It's crazy, CRAZY how these places exist as neighbors to two homeless shelters mere feet away.
A more appropriate name for the new french trendeatery would be Charenton.
Anon. 11:27 AM, you deserve a cronut for that comment. Or maybe you prefer a ramen burger? Froyo in a hoof, perhaps?
You didn't get 11:27's joke, 11:57. Or understand where he/she was coming from.
I feel bad for Mr. and Mrs. Pulino. What're they gonna do now?
So now McNally's gonna throw Steak Frites with Béarnaîse at the wall to see if that sticks.
In other neighborhood news. Is there ever anybody in the ridiculously over-priced East 12th Osteria?
Oh, i got the 11:27's joke. Perhaps you didn't get mine, 12:28 pm.
Go Anony 11.27 AM! BTW, has anyone who posts here actually gone to Pulino's? Such a turnoff, including the crowd that flocked to it. F*** this new place, patronize Lucien and 26 Seats instead.
Hmmm! Someone's cranky pants are fitting a bit too tight!!!! (2:39)
Asti Pouli mou!
It's a b#*%ch when the initial huppla wears off and there's nothing left but behind-the-curve tourists to pay your bills. Seems the only option is to sell something at double the price with half the partons: french cusine. In a year or 2 the buzz of that will wear off, too, so keith should have another re-invention in his pocket.
It's no different with 90% over the restaurants in this over-saturated area. Look at poor Bowery Diner - you expect these places to be empty sunday through thursday, but it's next to empty on Fri and Sat, too. Just not enough buyers to support most LES places expecting the big $ eaters.
Apparently the FAA will have to change their flight patterns now that the big red beacon on Houston Street is going dark. I just hope none of the airplanes trying to find NYC gets lost in the darkness....
Very sad. Signor Pulino was such a pleasant Italian immigrant with his old-world charm.
- East Villager
I hate it when you get a stuck note on a gig and have to send the "ALL NOTES OFF" command.
- East Villager
I liked Pulino's food and service. Guess I'm in the minority.
so you got an englishman closing his italian restaurant with asian chef to make way for his french restaurent with an Irish chef..how could you go wrong? again.
This is the last straw. I'm leaving the East Village.
MORE "bums" on the Bowery....
Abandon all hope for Le Bowery, and anon. 4:19 pm.
@ BB:
Best punch line I've seen in a while: "Irish chef ... how could you go wrong?"
French Restaurant @ Bowery is an oxymoron...well, it used to be, anyway.
No matter what the "concept," this isn't the best location for a restaurant with all the traffic whizzing by on Houston. Whenever I am on that corner, I want to get the hell out of there.
I am always amazed at the locations the people will go for outdoor dining where the seating is just a few feet from major traffic on huge avenues. The idea of eating next to all these buses, trucks, screaming ambulances and fire trucks, millions of racing cabs, construction vehicles, etc., seems insane to me. All those outdoor seats along Second Ave, man why not picnic on the divider on the Gowanus while you're at it. Outside on a quiet side street, great, but on these noisy stinking highways?
chris flash said...
MORE "bums" on the Bowery....
Bring back the bums!
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