Lucky Cheng's will not be calling the former Living Room space at 154 Ludlow St. their new home after all.
The cabaret, originally on this month's SLA licensing committee docket, was hoping to make the move back downtown permanent. (They had been operating out of the DL on Delancey Street.)
However, as Lisha Arino reported at DNAinfo yesterday, the plans fell through.
Lucky Cheng’s was in the process of acquiring the space when the landlord pulled out at the last minute, [general manager Richard Huguenot] said.
“Basically, I don’t think the landlord wanted us over there,” he said.
Lucky Cheng's is now searching for a space big enough to host its new format, which will include circus acts, burlesque, contortionists, and aerialists along with its signature drag show.
Huguenot said the restaurant wants to remain in the Lower East Side, where it first opened in 1993. The ideal space would be about 4,000 square feet and able to accommodate about 150 people, he said.
Lucky Cheng's closed its Midtown location last summer after the death of owner Hayne Suthon. She moved Lucky Cheng's from First Avenue in 2012.
What a drag.
ReplyDeleteIf they want to do all of this circus and club stuff, no probelm, but why would they want to be in a residential neighborhood??? NYC has a long history of such venues -- in commercial and industrial zoned areas! It's like they want to create a big problem with the community. What are they thinking?
ReplyDeleteI agree with bowboy.
ReplyDeleteThe East Village and Lower East Side are becoming more and more residential and these clubs and circus acts belong where the rest of them are in Chelsea and Hell's Kitchen or back in the Theater District. The clubs and entertainment areas are over there.