{"id":392309,"date":"2022-01-11T04:05:27","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T01:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/restaurant-owners-warm-to-a-supportive-mayor-adams\/"},"modified":"2022-01-11T04:05:27","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T01:05:27","slug":"restaurant-owners-warm-to-a-supportive-mayor-adams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/restaurant-owners-warm-to-a-supportive-mayor-adams\/","title":{"rendered":"#Restaurant owners warm to a supportive Mayor Adams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Restaurant owners warm to a supportive Mayor Adams<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/author-jennifer-gould.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Jennifer Gould\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/author-jennifer-gould.png?w=152 152w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/author-jennifer-gould.png?w=114 114w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/author-jennifer-gould.png?w=76 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/author-jennifer-gould.png?w=38 38w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/author-jennifer-gould.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/>     <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>It was a long, brutal run for restaurants under Bill de Blasio \u2013 and some that survived are hoping they finally have a friendly ear in the mayor\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>Eric Adams \u2014 an outspoken vegetarian with a taste for fancy food \u2013 celebrated his Nov. 2 election at the posh hangouts Zero Bond and Casa Cipriani. Just before and after his swearing in \u2013 on Dec. 25 and Jan. 4, respectively \u2013 Adams was twice spotted at Nello, the pricey celebrity hangout on Madison Avenue.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The latter occasion was the day Adams infamously called cooks and dishwashers \u201clow skill.\u201d But some restaurant owners say that Adams, a former restaurant worker himself, already has done more to listen to their problems than De Blasio did in eight years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was able to talk to [Adams] twice about what restaurants need, and he was also the first mayor to go into our kitchen and talk to the staff,\u201d Thomas Makkos, owner of Nello, told Side Dish.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Makkos is among a growing number of restaurateurs who are hoping that it\u2019s a turning point for the industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt feels like this mayor is looking to keep us in business instead of putting us out of business, which is how it felt in the past \u2013 like we weren\u2019t working together,\u201d said Lure Group CEO Aristotle \u201cTelly\u201d Hatzigeorgiou, who owns Slate in Chelsea as well as Clinton Hall, which has locations in Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx and Staten Island.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/eric-adams-restaurants-nyc-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Jordan Coleman and Forest Whitaker chat with Mayor Adams\" class=\"wp-image-20786596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/eric-adams-restaurants-nyc-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/eric-adams-restaurants-nyc-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/eric-adams-restaurants-nyc-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Actors Jordan Coleman and Forest Whitaker rub elbows at the Mayor-Elect Eric Adams Celebration Party at Zero Bond.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Haute Living<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hatzigeorgiou, who hosted a fundraiser for Adams last fall, said he hopes Adams\u2019 administration will give \u201cmore warnings before bombarding restaurants with thousands of dollars\u201d in violations.<\/p>\n<p>More broadly, restaurateurs have begun to float the idea of Adams <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ointing a \u201crestaurant czar\u201d to help them cut the city\u2019s red tape \u2013 particularly when it comes to opening a new location.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are a lot of good people working really hard within the city right now, and this would help empower them to support the restaurant and nightlife sectors as effectively as possible,\u201d Andrew Rigie, director of NYC\u2019s Hospitality Alliance, said of the \u201cczar\u201d idea.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Reps for the mayor\u2019s office didn\u2019t im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely respond to requests for comment on Monday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/eric-adams-restaurants-nyc-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Exterior of Nello with red awning\" class=\"wp-image-20786674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/eric-adams-restaurants-nyc-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/eric-adams-restaurants-nyc-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/eric-adams-restaurants-nyc-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Adams impressed Nello owner Thomas Makkos by visiting the kitchen to talk with the staff.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Seth Gottfried<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In particular, a restaurant czar could better coordinate between the city\u2019s department of small business services and the food and beverage partnership within it, as well as the office of nightlife within the mayor\u2019s office of media and entertainment, Rigie said.<\/p>\n<p>At the moment, Rigie added, the Department of Buildings and the FDNY often give conflicting information on restaurant buildouts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCoordinated inspections could help ensure better clarity about what owners need to do in order to get their businesses open,\u201d Rigie said. \u201cWe need to streamline the process to open restaurants, cutting red tape and coordinating better so restaurants can open faster.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/eric-adams-restaurants-nyc-06.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Exterior of Clinton Hall restaurant\" class=\"wp-image-20786682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/eric-adams-restaurants-nyc-06.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/eric-adams-restaurants-nyc-06.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/eric-adams-restaurants-nyc-06.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Lure Group CEO Aristotle \u201cTelly\u201d Hatzigeorgiou, owner of Clinton Hall, gives Adams high marks.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Stefano Giovannini<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt can take months to open a restaurant. It\u2019s rough, and every postponement and delay costs money,\u201d\u00a0 Hatzigeorgiou added. \u201cWe need to keep people safe but we also need to open faster. We are trying to create jobs and pay taxes and get people employed.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Adams signed an executive order mandating city agencies who have been insufficiently \u201cbusiness friendly\u201d to scale back their regulations to \u201creduce needless fines and penalties\u201d and also \u201cslash red tape.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you just open a business, you make a mistake, you should not be hit with a fine that\u2019s going to prevent you from keeping your doors open,\u201d Adams said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/eric-adams-restaurants-nyc-05.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Ja Rule embraces Adams\" class=\"wp-image-20786684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/eric-adams-restaurants-nyc-05.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/eric-adams-restaurants-nyc-05.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/eric-adams-restaurants-nyc-05.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption> Rapper Ja Rule embraces the then-mayor-elect at Zero Bond.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Paul Martinka<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Adams is also one of 28 mayors who signed a letter to Congress urging federal lawmakers to refill the Restaurant Revitalization Fund \u2014 especially as global supply chain issues and omicron chaos has hurt an already struggling industry. Around 100,000 restaurants and bars received funds, averaging $272,000.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That was before it ran out of money \u2014 leaving 177,000 additional applicants high and dry. In New York, only 28% of the 5,500 restaurants that received awards were in low or moderate income communities, according to a report from state comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I become mayor of this city, this is going to be the city where nightlife lives and grows,\u201d Adams said during his election-night stint at Zero Bond, with Ja Rule, Forest Whitaker, Chris Rock and Eric Schmidt in attendance. \u201cNot only Manhattan. We\u2019re going to the South Bronx, South Jamaica Queens, Staten Island. Exposing all the people to the great nightlife because it\u2019s jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/eric-adams-restaurants-nyc-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Mayor Adams speaks at his victory party at Zero Bond.\" class=\"wp-image-20786687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/eric-adams-restaurants-nyc-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/eric-adams-restaurants-nyc-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/eric-adams-restaurants-nyc-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Some eatery owners are floating the idea that the mayor \u2014 a vegetarian who loves to dine \u2014 should appoint a restaurant czar.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Haute Living<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Restaurateurs like Hatzigeorgiou also want to see the to-go cocktail program return.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt creates a critical revenue stream for many restaurants,\u201d Hatzigeorgiou said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For now, restaurants \u2014 those that have so far survived the pandemic, including the new Omicron wave\u00a0 \u2014 need all the help they can get.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBusiness is down 50 to 60 percent in the past three weeks. People are afraid to go out or they are infected,\u201d Makkos said, adding that supply chain issues have caused food prices to double.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dover sole, for example, is up from $16 to $31 \u2014 but he\u2019s eating the cost as his prices are famously stratospheric as is.\n                        <\/p><\/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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