{"id":219921,"date":"2021-04-06T05:08:39","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T02:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/manhattan-restaurants-on-the-rebound-following-pandemic-lows\/"},"modified":"2021-04-06T05:08:39","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T02:08:39","slug":"manhattan-restaurants-on-the-rebound-following-pandemic-lows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/manhattan-restaurants-on-the-rebound-following-pandemic-lows\/","title":{"rendered":"#Manhattan restaurants on the rebound following pandemic lows"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Manhattan restaurants on the rebound following pandemic lows<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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More than a year after the coronavirus lockdowns slammed the Big App<\/a>le, life appears to be returning to parts of Manhattan, which is helping the island\u2019s struggling restaurant industry bounce back.\u00a0<\/p>\n

While areas dominated by office towers continue to struggle, people are returning in droves to residential areas like the Upper West and Upper East sides, real-estate sources said. And that\u2019s boosting business for area restaurants.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cBusiness is coming back in all neighborhoods,\u201d said Simon Oren, a restaurateur with 15 eateries across Manhattan, including in the Flatiron District, on the Upper West and Upper East sides and in Hell\u2019s Kitchen. \u201cIt is nicer out, so people are getting out more and sitting outside. And now there is 50 percent indoor-dining capacity, which is a fantastic boost.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThat combined with nicer weather is helping every neighborhood \u2014 although we are very far from our 2019 numbers,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

While Oren is seeing a boost across the board, he acknowledges that the biggest rebounds have been at his restaurants on the Upper West and Upper East sides, which emptied out last summer as well-off residents fled to the Hamptons and the city\u2019s suburbs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But now people are flocking to those areas. The Upper West Side saw 655 real-estate contracts signed between January 2021 and March 2021 \u2014 a 62.94 percent jump in over the same time last year, according to John Walkup, co-founder of real-estate data firm UrbanDigs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Diners enjoying a meal at Dagon on the Upper West Side on April 3, 2021.<\/figcaption>
Matthew McDermott<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ditto for the Upper East Side, which saw a 54.65 percent jump in real-estate contracts to 757.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Downtown Manhattan, by contrast, has seen only 757 new contracts signed, up 52 percent from last year, despite encompassing multiple neighborhoods, including resident-friendly Tribeca and Greenwich Village.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The boom in residents tracks with a boom in restaurants for select neighborhoods. At least a couple dozen new eateries have either recently opened or are slated to open in the coming months on the Upper West Side, including Oren\u2019s Dagon, an Israeli restaurant at West 90th Street and Broadway dubbed the city\u2019s best pandemic opening by The Post\u2019s Steve Cuozzo.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Diners enjoying a meal at Dagon on the Upper West Side on April 3, 2021.<\/figcaption>
Matthew McDermott<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While Dagon has been in the works since before the pandemic took a knife to the economy, other restaurateurs have been lured to new opportunities by cheap rents.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For example, Leticia Skai Young-Mohan of LoLo\u2019s Seafood Shack in Harlem and her husband, executive chef Raymond Mohan, have signed a lease to take over the former Cascabel Taqueria space at 2799 Broadway near Columbia University, also on the Upper West Side.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Diners enjoying a meal at Dagon on the Upper West Side on April 3, 2021.<\/figcaption>
Matthew McDermott<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThere are now a ton of restaurants on the market,\u201d Young-Mohan said. \u201cRaymond saw this sign \u2018restaurant for rent\u2019 while he was on his bike, and that\u2019s how we found it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can actually get cheaper rents on the Upper West Side than in Harlem now,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The restaurant-owner couple are planning to open a 1,500-square-foot LoLo\u2019s Taco Shack there, inspired by their travel<\/a>s to the Yucatan and Leticia\u2019s family roots in Belize. They hope to open on June 19, which holds significance as Juneteenth, a holiday commemorating the emancipation of slaves in the United States.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Other new restaurants in the area known for its town houses and proximity to Central Park include omakase spots Kissaki and Sushi Nonaka, as well as Blue Marble Ice Cream from Brooklyn, and Le Pecora Bianca, which taking over the spot where Isabella\u2019s used to be.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Leticia Skai Young-Mohan and Raymond Mohan outside of their restaurant LoLo\u2019s Seafood Shack in Harlem.<\/figcaption>
James Keivom<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There\u2019s also Izzy\u2019s BBQ Smokehouse, a kosher barbecue spot from Brooklyn; and Noi Due Cafe, which offers kosher Italian food; as well as Joe\u2019s Steam Rice Roll, which has spots in Flushing, Chinatown and on St. Mark\u2019s Place; and Mimi Cheng\u2019s Dumplings, from the East Village.\u00a0<\/p>\n

SA Hospitality Group, which operates the popular Italian restaurant and wine bar chain Felice, is also planning to open on the Upper West Side at 240 Columbus Avenue, in a 4,000-square-foot space previously occupied by Oxbow Tavern, which closed down last June.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The restaurant is slated to open next summer.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have always looked for the perfect location for a Felice on the Upper West Side,\u201d SA partner Jacopo Giustiniani said, noting that the pandemic provided a perfect opportunity. \u201cThe Upper West Side is an iconic neighborhood, and we hope this opening will help in its recovery.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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