Showing posts with label The Cardinal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Cardinal. Show all posts

Friday, March 6, 2015

The Cardinal has apparently closed on East 4th Street



Not too many signs of life over at The Cardinal, the Southern-style restaurant from chef-owner Curtis Brown at 234 E. Fourth St. just west of Avenue B.

The restaurant hasn't been open of late. The phone is not in service. The website domain is available for sale.

Plus, last month, in a sale of assets, CB3 gave the OK to a "a full-service Spanish-influenced international restaurant" in the space. (You can read a PDF of the applicant's paperwork here.)

The restaurant, which opened in August 2011, received positive notices. (Robert Sietsema liked it when he was over at Fork in the Road.)

But it wasn't easy here. Brown, who previously worked at Bubby's in Tribeca, told The Local in September 2012 that he spent an estimated $35,000 to upgrade to a full liquor license via CB3 for the space. (Brown said that it was a handicap to not have a full-liquor license, particularly at brunch.) Then there was the increased competition, with Root & Bone, also serving Southern fare such as fried chicken, opening last June a block away on East Third Street.

All of which didn't go unnoticed at The Cardinal.

Here's their last Facebook post, a doozy from Jan. 8:

Best fried chicken in nyc? while walking around the east village yesterday i noticed three separate restaurants with the claim "the best fried chicken in nyc" displayed on sandwich boards in front of their respective establishments.

How can this be?? How can there be three restaurants with in three blocks of one another all claiming to have "the BEST fried chicken in nyc"? Now I understand there is no accounting for taste and that people's idea of the best fried chicken in new york city may vary, that being said our fried chicken IS the best in new york city.

While our service may be touch and go and maybe you can say our music is a bit too funky from time to time and we could be accused of not necessarily being "kid friendly", there may times when your waiting on a drink and our waiters are outside smoking a joint, but in a straight up chicken battle we SLAY all competitors.

Monday, August 22, 2011

The Cardinal opens today on East Fourth Street


We've been keeping an eye on The Cardinal, the incoming Southern-style restaurant on East Fourth Street near Avenue B. According to UrbanDaddy (via Grub Street), the place opens today.

As Daniel Maurer at the Local first reported, former Bubby's chef Curtis Brown is behind the bi-level space; that American Apparel CEO Dov Charney is a backer.

And, via UrbanDaddy, here's a look at the menu ...


We're very confident the BBQ will look better than this.

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Southern American restaurant opening on East Fourth Street

[Updated: Sorry, I had "South American" restaurant rather than Southern American]

Amaya thai eatery on Fourth Street near Avenue B closed last summer around this time... Workers are currently renovating the space. A few readers noted that the rumors pointed to a southern restaurant opening here.

The restaurant will be called The Cardinal, and as Eater reported, the CB3/SLA committee OK'd a beer-wine license for the place on Monday night. (A new license within a resolution area too.)

According to the questionnaire The Cardinal reps gave to CB3 (PDF here), the restaurant will serve Southern American Cuisine ... the place can seat 74 people. No word just yet who the owners are here.