At the Post today, Steve Cuozzo reports that Andrew Carmellini and business partners Luke Ostrom and Josh Pickard have taken over 325 Bowery, which housed Peels until its sudden closure last week. Per Cuozzo:
The new eatery, likely to be an Italian trattoria in some form, reflects the Carmellini-Pickard empire’s swift growth.
The chef also operate Manhattan hits Locanda Verde, The Dutch, Joe’s Pub, The Library at the Public, and the newest, Lafayette.
Eater first reported this Peels rumor on Jan. 14.
Updated 11:45 a.m.
Oh! Eater has the scoop on exactly what's next here — a "casual pasta shop" called Bar Primi.
Just what we needed, another pretentious place on the Bowery to sip wine @ $ 15.00 a glass. Très chic. You're going high-end on us, EV Grieve.
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ReplyDeleteHa! Just reporting what is taking over the address. It's not my kind of thing.
Damn. Peels was actually a great place to hang with pals after work.
ReplyDeleteI can make pasta at home quite easily and sit casually in my underwear and eat it.
ReplyDeleteI feel very relieved.
ReplyDeleteIn case they need signage I hear there's a sale on bright red neon signs, slightly used, from Pulinos which also just closed down.
ReplyDeleteRemember when businesses on the Bowery were stable and they stayed open for 20, 30, 40 or more years? Now they close down within minutes even if they are busy, like Peels and Pulinos and Veselka. it's the curse of CBGBs,
In other news I hear Dojos West is reopening, anyone get over there yet? I hope they make it and reopen in the EV real soon, they have great soy burgers and yakisoba, and at least we're affordable unlike all this new concept foodie nonsense.
If I were Gemma @ the Bowery Hotel I'd be worried!
ReplyDeleteMom and pop and family restaurants last for generations not restaurants conceived by graphic artists and ad agency types with money from wall street guys. These projects getting boring for these guys if not enough hot chicks show up. The EV not only has more transient neighbors but transient businesses than ever before.
ReplyDeleteDebating whether I could open a casual pasta place in my apartment!
ReplyDelete@Giovanni 3:11 PM:
ReplyDeleteThere's a Dojo's in the East Village on First Avenue between 6th and 7th Streets. They've been open maybe a month or so. Looks very good from the outside, haven't checked it out yet. It appears authentic. I don't know if that's the Dojo you're looking for, but here's a link:
http://sushidojonyc.com/
@Anon. 5:44 - I'll stop by to have a plateful! Garlic bread?
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ReplyDeletethere used to be a dojo on saint marks place, 2nd to 3rd (and also the west village)
it was pretty inexpensive
i don't think this is the same dojo
Definitely not the same place. The original Dojo was not a sushi joint, wasn't even on their menu
ReplyDeleteI dunno, I like very serious and loyal. Not into this one night Zitti thing.
ReplyDeleteI can't imagine that this new place will last any longer than Peels, Pulino's, Veselka, etc. All of these Bowery "hot spots" are priced for the tourists, and then they are surprised when the tourists only show up 2 nights a week. Ya can't stay open more than a couple of years if you're losing money all week long. Every night I leave the gym, I check in on the new Paulaner Bräuhaus -- it's always a ghost town in there. I can't believe that Dojos is the only place priced for locals who want a place they can go to regularly, and not just on birthdays.
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