Many of the city’s most high profile establishments have already shuttered as the city announced a mandatory 50 percent cuts to bar and restaurant capacity, a policy designed to cut down on the spread of disease.
“Our mission has always been ‘Make People Happy’ but we can no longer do that without jeopardizing the well being of our family of staff, our purveyors, and our guests,” Colicchio wrote on a note posted to the restaurants’ websites.īobby Flay, the nationally recognized chef and Food Network personality, announced on Instagram that he was closing his Noho restaurant Gato because of “the obvious and unprecedented circumstances threatening our world.” Tom Colicchio - who said last week that his businesses saw a 70 percent drop - has temporarily closed Craft, Temple Court, and Riverpark as an act of “collective, coordinated action.” The employees have been laid off. Missy Robbins, one of New York’s top Italian chefs, closed both of her impossible-to-get-into Brooklyn spots Lilia and Misi. Chef and humanitarian José Andrés also closed his sprawling Mercado Little Spain food hall at Hudson Yards, pledging to turn the space into a takeout only venue. Thomas Keller’s Per Se and Jean-George Vongerichten’s namesake flagship, two of the city’s priciest culinary establishments, have temporarily closed.
Six of the country’s most high profile culinary figures have become the latest to begin shuttering their New York restaurants amid the novel coronavirus outbreak.
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