Restaurant Eighty-One Closing?

[LilianNY]

does anyone have details? i LOVE this place. will they try another resturant here? oops--sorry about the caps. don't know how to edit that

Edited March 30, 2010 by LilianNY (log)

[LPShanet]

The rumors are true. Here's a link to Cuozzo's article on it: http://www.nypost.com/p/lifestyle/food/upper_west_side_eighty_one_closing_rQmYEMyucVAzx4KZLYM3OJ#ixzz0jInRghDOMy link

[oakapple]

does anyone have details? i LOVE this place. will they try another resturant here? oops--sorry about the caps. don't know how to edit that

Ed Brown is too talented a chef to remain on the sidelines for long, and I can't imagine that consulting for Jeffrey Chodorow (at Ed's Lobster Bar) is the extent of his ambitions.

As the Cuozzo article noted, Eighty One was a victim of bad timing, a not-so-great location, and early perceptions that it was an "occasion place". In fact, the menu at Eighty One carried similar prices to nearby Dovetail, and the food at Eighty One was better. But Dovetail successfully created the impression that it was a "drop in anytime" kind of place.