The big news from the October CB3/SLA committee meeting agenda is that Artichoke Pizza has designs on taking over neighborhood staple El Sombrero (aka The Hat) on Stanton and Ludlow. CB3 released the agenda last evening.
BoweryBoogie quickly reported the following:
We spoke with the Mexican restaurant and confirmed that the Hat, on the block since 1984, is indeed set to close. However, the Artichoke deal is reportedly not yet finalized. Apparently the owner has, in so many words, had enough and simply decided to cash out the business.
Sad but not surprising news... going back to
Jeremiah Moss' post in February, in which he spoke with Regina Bartkoff, a waitress at The Hat since 1988.
"The rent has been steadily going up and they have a lease for a few more years, but in 2012 we took a nose dive. We have been losing our regular customers steadily, due to them not being able to pay the rents on the LES and being forced out. It just keeps going down."
We asked Bartkoff via Facebook last night for an update. She said she originally heard that they'd close in November. But the end will likely come sooner. "I think it's just the last days and I'm going down with the ship."
On the topic of Ludlow Street mainstays closing ... there is an application on the agenda for
the Max Fish space. Not much is known right this moment about the mystery applicant:
• To be Determined, 178 Ludlow St (op)
Know anything about the applicant? Let us know via the EVG
email.
Updated 10:18
Oh! And there's also a taker for the former
Motor City space. Missed that on the first pass. (H/T
The Lo-Down!)
Here's the info for now on that:
• JMDR 127 Ludlow LLC, 127 Ludlow St (op)
As for the meeting:
SLA & DCA Licensing Committee
Monday, October 7 at 6:30 pm and 8:30pm (two sessions)
Community Board 3 Office - 59 East 4th Street
We'll take a look at the rest of the agenda later...
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