of eulogizing the past 12 months. In 2020’s final days, Eater NY will be posting questions about New York City’s restaurant scene in the past year, with answers from food writers, photographers, chefs, restaurateurs, entrepreneurs, and even a few local legislators who helped to support the industry through this enormously difficult year. Now, we ask: What was 2020’s saddest restaurant closure?
Eric Adams, Brooklyn Borough President: There are too many to count.
Clay Williams, food photographer and co-founder of
Black Food Folks: Honestly, I’ve tried not to keep an eye on the ongoing list of closures, it’s all too terrible. But, hearing about The 21 Club, Blue Smoke, and Franklin Park, just this month has been pretty awful. They all have particular places in my personal history as a diner and in covering the industry. It’s hard to imagine this city if they hadn’t been there, or what could possibly take their places.
Santa cruises in a convertible in Greenwich
Tyler Sizemore
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GREENWICH - Is it Greenwich resident Victor Samuelsen - or is that Santa Claus?
Samuelsen is famous in town for substituting a 1965 Cadillac DeVille for a sleigh as he cruises around town during the holidays.
For many, it s not Christmas until they spot Santa in a convertible driving down Greenwich Avenue or taking the loop around Greenwich Point Park. For us, we spotted Santa at the pump. It s not just reindeer that need fuel to fly.
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Greenwich resident Victor Samuelsen, dressed as Santa, and his elf, Jessica Redi, of Riverside, wave while filling up at the Shell gas station in Old Greenwich, Conn. Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020. I usually have my reindeer with me but they re on strike this year, said Samuelsen. After filling up his tank he joked That should be enough to get me to the North Pole!
Remembering Dot and Joe Dunleavy
Goshen. It was love at first for these young people from Queens, but it was in Goshen where they raised their family and left their marks. | 22 Dec 2020 | 12:49 Dorothy Ann Zimmer and Joseph T. Dunlevy on their wedding day on May 15, 1943, in Queens. Photos provided by the Dunleavy family. Joseph Dunlevy was assigned to this Coast Guard cutter, the U.S.S. Spencer, that cleared the way through the North Atlantic for large ships that brought equipment to Europe. The U.S.S. Spencer was recently retired. The Joseph T. Dunlevy family in 1968. From left to right, Eileen, Patricia, Brian, Michele, Dorothy, Joseph, Kathleen and Janice.
Health inspections reveal violations at Greenwich restaurants, some serious
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A health inspector found a can of window cleaner on a shelf above a food-surface area at Fiorentino’s Pizza in Cos Cob./ Robert Marchant / Hearst MediaShow MoreShow Less
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Tengda was cited for food items held at an improper temperature by a health inspector./ file photoShow MoreShow Less
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Pasta Vera was cited by a health inspector for “dirty equipment” and “dirty floors.”file photoShow MoreShow Less
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Ada’s Kitchen and Coffee did not have a properly trained member on staff, according to a health department write-up.Robert Marchant / Hearst MediaShow MoreShow Less
One of the city’s most vocal small-property owners, who recently warned the pandemic could lead to a “catastrophic loss” for independent landlords, has parted ways with the West Village rental building that’s been in his family for nearly 100 years.
Jimmy Silber last week sold the 138-unit building at 1 Christopher Street that his family has owned since the early 1930s for $95 million, brokers on the trade told The Real Deal. The buyer is a high-net worth family office out of Europe named Carmine Limited, which owns a handful of small rental buildings in the city.
Joe Koicim of Marcus & Millichap