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.