Arched Eyebrows and Wishful Thinking
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A previous post of ours briefly suffered from a scary bit of misdirection, as noted by Lockhart in the comments below.
Despite the initial impression we got from an email sent to us by New York Commercial Realty Services (NYCRS) that Zozos and Pizzeria De Santo are available for lease, this does not mean that these restaurants are closing now or anytime soon.
When we spoke to Zozo’s, they told us they are actually now working towards a liquor license, so we’re not certain why the real estate agency’s ad indicates that their space can be “Delivered with FULL liquor license” (their emphasis).
Yesterday I received a random email from a New York realtor. I am not really sure when I got put onto this mailing list. In fact, it was sent to an alias email address that connects to my work account, making it all the more random. But anyway, I learned some interesting news in receiving this email.
Apparently two Lower East Side eateries are going out of business:
The short lived Pizzeria De Santo on Ludlow apparently couldn’t compete with Rosario’s on Orchard and Stanton or Ray’s on Houston between Orchard and Ludlow, because the business is up for sale, liquor license and all. You’d think with the amount of bars and restaurants surrounding the location they’d be able to pull it together and make a profit. Apparently not.
Another potential fatality on the Lower East Side is Zozo’s on the corner of Orchard and Stanton: up for sale with its full liquor license. When they arrived in the ‘hood a few years back they were the go-to place for tasty sandwiches. Now, well, apparently people realized they could get tasty sandwiches for cheaper pretty much anywhere else.
Link to the real estate postingIf you’ve got a great idea for a small restaurant and a couple of grand to drop this could be the opportunity for you to open up your dream place on the LES. Act now. Space is limited, and the hipsters are starting to consider Brooklyn a viable alternative.
(With specific questions, you can reach broker James Famularo at http://www.nycrs.com. Check out his arched eyebrow!):
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June 26th, 2007 @
According to Lock Steele over at Eater.com:
These listings have been circulating for awhile; dude spams us weekly
with them. Neither place is going out of business per se; just marketing
their leases in search of the ever bigger sucker.
-Lock
November 5th, 2007 @
[...] %Back in June we wrote about Zozo’s and Pizzeria De Santos being advertised by a real estate p…. After a couple of phone calls and some chats with people we retracted our original statement that the end was close for them and moved along on our merry way. [...]