The exterior of the former Simone Martini Bar on First Avenue and St. Mark's Place looks pretty much as it did after closing for good after 15 years at the end of November.
As previously reported, the owners of The Wayland on Avenue C and East Ninth Street are taking over the space… and on Saturday they provided a snapshot of the work going on inside…
No opening date just yet for Good Night Sonny, which will feature a tavern/seafood style menu…
Updated 6:10 p.m.
Wayland partner Robert Ceraso shared more about the name of the new venture — Good Night Sonny.
"It’s named after my maternal grandfather. Our family owned a bar on the corner of Mulberry and Hester for 40 years or so. He sold it in the 1960s. Even though he hadn’t been a bartender in 50 years, my grandfather still always kept our late hours. The name is my grandmother saying good night to him when she would go up to bed. We wanted to honor our elders as well as all the woman in our lives who put up with our crazy lifestyle and schedule."
Great. Another place for bros and hipsters...
ReplyDeleteAaaand of course, the word "tavern" has to come before the word "seafood", so we know where the emphasis will be.
ReplyDelete@EVG - The name we ultimately decided on is "Good Night Sonny" (named after my maternal Grandfather)
ReplyDeleteAnyone that has been to The Wayland during the week knows that the majority of our customers are locals.
Our lack of TVs and music choices tend to set a fairly Bro-less scene.
Good Night Sonny will hopefully have a similar feel.
@Gojira
As far as being a Tavern, we've been very honest that we are opening a bar and not a restaurant. Just the best bar that we can muster.
As far as seafood, we want to do the best that we can out of our small electric kitchen, just like we did at The Wayland before we expanded.
Seafood makes sense under those circumstances.
As far as your opinion, maybe you should hold it until after we actually open.
Best,
Rob