NY NEWS: Aigo Arrives this Month

[NY News Team]

Aigo, a new Mediterranean restaurant, takes up residence on the Upper East Side this month. Chef Richard Farnabe traveled uptown after spending some time at Lotus and Mercer Kitchen. The 65-seat room was designed by Mico Sopic (Balthazar, Union Pacific, and Il Buco). Attire is “dressy casual.” I’m still not sure what that means. If the food and service are good, Aigo’s outdoor garden will be prized by Upper East Siders this summer.

---- Joseph Bavuso

Source: News Release from KB Network News, dated June, 2003

[robert brown]

What's the address?

[Fat Guy]

Aigo (with two dots over the "i")

1608 First Ave. (83rd/84th)

212-327-4700

[Suzanne F]

NY News Team? KB Network News?

Okay, Welcome ®

[Fat Guy]

The NY News Team arises from our call for volunteers last week. They'll be posting news items from a variety of sources, and they'll specify their sources unlike most newspapers and magazines. KB Network News is the name of a New York-based public relations firm that represents the restaurant in question, and has no connection to the NY News Team.

[Bux]

Nice. I mean nice work overall, but I have a suggestion or two. I have no problem publishing press releases, but could we identify them as press releases and not as news releases. Could we also better identify sources so we know they when they are PR firms and when they are news syndicates.

Richard Farnabe was with Daniel before he went to work with Jean-Georges at Jean Georges and then the Mercer. Before opening Aïgo, he was chef at Bruno Jamais' private club. The pastry chef is Greg Gourreau. Greg worked at Daniel a long time ago and has been pastry chef at The Dining Room at the Ritz-Carlton in San Francisco. None of this guarantees anything, but these guys know how to cook, so my expectations are high in terms of the food.