Thursday, October 17, 2013

Report: Pulino's closing to make for new French restaurant on the Bowery

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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.
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25 comments:

  1. WilfridOctober 17, 2013 at 11:10 AM

    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.

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  2. AnonymousOctober 17, 2013 at 11:27 AM

    I was very excited to not go to Pulino's, but I'm even more excited to not go to the new place!

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  3. AnonymousOctober 17, 2013 at 11:56 AM

    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.

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  4. 11:57 amOctober 17, 2013 at 11:57 AM

    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?

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  5. AnonymousOctober 17, 2013 at 12:28 PM

    You didn't get 11:27's joke, 11:57. Or understand where he/she was coming from.

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  6. Legitimate GolfOctober 17, 2013 at 12:44 PM

    I feel bad for Mr. and Mrs. Pulino. What're they gonna do now?

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  7. Ken from Ken's KitchenOctober 17, 2013 at 2:08 PM

    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?

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  8. 2:39 pmOctober 17, 2013 at 2:39 PM

    Oh, i got the 11:27's joke. Perhaps you didn't get mine, 12:28 pm.

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  9. Crazy EddieOctober 17, 2013 at 3:57 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.

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  10. AnonymousOctober 17, 2013 at 4:19 PM

    Hmmm! Someone's cranky pants are fitting a bit too tight!!!! (2:39)

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  11. AnonymousOctober 17, 2013 at 4:29 PM

    Asti Pouli mou!

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  12. bowery boyOctober 17, 2013 at 4:30 PM

    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.

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  13. GiovanniOctober 17, 2013 at 4:41 PM

    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....

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  14. AnonymousOctober 17, 2013 at 6:17 PM

    Very sad. Signor Pulino was such a pleasant Italian immigrant with his old-world charm.

    - East Villager

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  15. AnonymousOctober 17, 2013 at 6:20 PM

    I hate it when you get a stuck note on a gig and have to send the "ALL NOTES OFF" command.

    - East Villager

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  16. AnonymousOctober 17, 2013 at 6:21 PM

    I liked Pulino's food and service. Guess I'm in the minority.

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  17. BBOctober 17, 2013 at 6:50 PM

    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.

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  18. AnonymousOctober 17, 2013 at 7:32 PM

    This is the last straw. I'm leaving the East Village.

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  19. chris flashOctober 17, 2013 at 8:53 PM

    MORE "bums" on the Bowery....

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  20. CharonOctober 17, 2013 at 9:11 PM

    Abandon all hope for Le Bowery, and anon. 4:19 pm.

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  21. DrGeckoOctober 17, 2013 at 9:19 PM

    @ BB:

    Best punch line I've seen in a while: "Irish chef ... how could you go wrong?"

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  22. Uncle WaltieOctober 17, 2013 at 9:21 PM

    French Restaurant @ Bowery is an oxymoron...well, it used to be, anyway.

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  23. AnonymousOctober 17, 2013 at 11:30 PM

    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.

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  24. moeOctober 18, 2013 at 8:01 AM

    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?

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  25. Scuba DivaJune 12, 2014 at 12:20 AM

    chris flash said...

    MORE "bums" on the Bowery....

    Bring back the bums!

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