The Food Network star still operates Gato downtown in NOHO, a bar and restaurant devoted to Spanish and Mediterranean cuisine. Back in 2013, he ceased operations of his flagship restaurant Mesa Grill, which explored his love of Southwestern flavors and helped propel him to stardom. This isn’t Flay’s first closure in the city. So after lunch service on Wednesday, Flay and his investors served their last meal and called it a day. “My partners and I were in agreement that in order to take on another long term commitment that would take us into the next decade or two, Bar Americain would need a full renovation that would be prohibitively costly,” Flay said in a statement. But the cost of doing business in Manhattan is becoming prohibitive to restaurants, as legendary Le Cirque and George Mendes’ Lupulo can attest to, both of which closed at the end of 2017. And it wasn’t like he was just cashing in on his name like Fieri was accused of doing he served food to which the New York Times gave two stars, a full five years into its run. On its menu were elevated versions of dishes you’d find across the country, from the gluttonous Hot Brown from Louisville, to Cioppino in San Francisco, to crab cakes in Maryland. ![]() ![]() Why Wealthy Families Are Snapping Up N.Y.C.'s Empty Office Buildingsįlay opened the restaurant back in 2005 as his ode to America. The 9 Best Gourmet Chocolates to Buy Right Nowīrad Pitt Is Launching a New Gin With a Famed French Winemaker
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