{"id":338249,"date":"2021-09-10T21:55:47","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T18:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/fotografiska-shutters-stephen-starr-restaurant-veronika\/"},"modified":"2021-09-10T21:55:47","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T18:55:47","slug":"fotografiska-shutters-stephen-starr-restaurant-veronika","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/fotografiska-shutters-stephen-starr-restaurant-veronika\/","title":{"rendered":"#Fotografiska shutters Stephen Starr restaurant Veronika"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Fotografiska shutters Stephen Starr restaurant Veronika<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Fotografiska, the Swedish photography museum at 281 Park Avenue South, closed the shutter on acclaimed restaurant Veronika this week \u2014 but it won\u2019t say why.<\/p>\n<p>The abrupt closing of Stephen Starr\u2019s beautiful, second-floor venue for modern Eastern European cuisine came only a few weeks after it reopened following a year-long Covid-19-related shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>The unexplained death of the 200-seat fine-dining restaurant with gleaming crystal chandeliers suspended from a 20-foot ceiling was a setback to the city\u2019s rejuvenated dining scene, where many beloved venues \u2014 including The Grill and Barbetta \u2014 \u00a0have come back from the pandemic or plan to do soon do so.<\/p>\n<p>The untimely final curtain left a void in the city\u2019s dining scene where Veronika\u2019s brand of perfectly executed wiener schnitzel, coulibiac and\u00a0other Mitteleuropean classics is hard to find.<\/p>\n<p>A notice on Veronika\u2019s website coldly stated that \u201cownership has made the difficult decision to close\u201d as of Sept. 1. The notice blamed it on \u201cthe prolonged recovery period\u201d from the pandemic and \u201cstaffing challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the restaurant was owned by the museum, not by mega-restaurateur Starr, who ran it under a management contract. Starr owns Manhattan\u2019s thriving Pastis, Buddakan, Upland, El Vez and La Mercerie, and plans to soon reopen Le Coucou and Clocktower.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/fotografiska-shuts-starr-veronika-restaurant2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Stephen Starr and Sarah Starr smiling while standing inside a restaurant\" class=\"wp-image-19414344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/fotografiska-shuts-starr-veronika-restaurant2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/fotografiska-shuts-starr-veronika-restaurant2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/fotografiska-shuts-starr-veronika-restaurant2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Restaurateur Stephen Starr (seen here with Sarah Starr) did not own Veronika, but ran it under a management contract. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for GOOD+<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Starr declined to comment as did Fotografiska\u2019s restaurant-loving landlord, Aby Rosen. The person who answered the phone at Fotografista said she had no information to share and hung up when asked specific questions about Veronika.<\/p>\n<p>In January 2020, The Post praised Veronika \u00a0as \u201cthe finest transformation of a historic, private space into a venue for public consumption \u2014 namely, food consumption \u2014 since Grand Central Terminal\u2019s Campbell Apartment two decades ago.\u201d\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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