{"id":87868,"date":"2020-10-13T05:13:37","date_gmt":"2020-10-13T02:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/new-queens-beachfront-eatery-has-stayed-open-through-pandemic\/"},"modified":"2020-10-13T05:13:37","modified_gmt":"2020-10-13T02:13:37","slug":"new-queens-beachfront-eatery-has-stayed-open-through-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/new-queens-beachfront-eatery-has-stayed-open-through-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"#New Queens beachfront eatery has stayed open through pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#New Queens beachfront eatery has stayed open through pandemic<\/strong>”
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\n When lawyer-turned-restaurateur James Mallios picked Arverne for his newest eatery, Bar Marseille, the narrow strip<\/a> of oceanfront land in between Far Rockaway and Breezy Point was already going through a renaissance.<\/p>\n

The Queens beachfront locale \u2014 long home to many fourth-generation cops, firefighters, plumbers and electricians \u2014 has become hot with surfer dudes, young families, vegan hipsters and Cond\u00e9 Nast staffers.<\/p>\n

The perfect spot, thought Mallios, for a French restaurant.<\/p>\n

Mallios, his partners and chef Dominic Rice jetted off to France, pre-pandemic, to find inspiration \u2014 bringing back things like a salad they discovered at LouLou\u2019s in Saint-Tropez. There\u2019s also grilled oysters, crispy artichokes, trout with miso butter and asparagus, moules frites and chicken provencal, plus a 100-plus wine list and Frenchy cocktails.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Rockaways are like Marseilles \u2014 a mixed bag of ethnicities on the water,\u201d said Mallios, who also owns Amali in Midtown and Calissa in the Hamptons.<\/p>\n

But construction shut down during the pandemic. Bar Marseille missed the summer season and couldn\u2019t open until Oct. 1.<\/p>\n

When asked if opening during a pandemic made sense, Mallios laughed like a crazy man \u2014 and didn\u2019t stop laughing for some time.<\/p>\n

His team had sunk $1 million into the restaurant, including more than $200,000 of their own money.<\/p>\n

\u201cSadly I didn\u2019t have another $200,000 lying around to double down and wait it out,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The eatery has been filling up on weekends. During the week it varies, depending on the weather. But Mallios says the crowd keeps him optimistic.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s kind of surreal. Truthfully, it is so eclectic that it defies any normal demographic study. It\u2019s like a 1970s nightclub. Steve Rubell, of Studio 54, once said you never want a nightclub to be the same. That\u2019s our dining room. Cops mixed with young families beside six vegan hipsters and surfers from Bushwick, all beside a group of sixty-something ladies from Breezy who go to Mass together every Sunday,\u201d Mallios said. \u201cIt\u2019s not the Upper East Side.\u201d<\/p>\n

The restaurant seats 45 people at tables and 30 at the bar during normal times, but only 18 people under COVID guidelines. The ground floor, outside, adds another eight social<\/a>ly distanced seats. And the rooftop, which can hold up to 85 people during normal times, now seats up to 55 socially distanced people.<\/p>\n

Popular during the summer, the area thins out during icy winters. But Bar Marseille, at The Tides at Arverne by the Sea, a new residential development, is part of a revival that includes The Rockaway Hotel, designed by top architect Morris Adjmi.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe believe in the neighborhood,\u201d said hotelier Jon Krasner, who says his friends in the city come out to the Rockaways \u2014 40 minutes from Midtown by subway and also reachable by ferry \u2014 to surf before and after work, and then stay for dinner.<\/p>\n

He also believes it will become \u201cthe place\u201d for people in the tri-state area who want an upscale fun \u201cstaycation,\u201d especially during the pandemic, when travel options have narrowed to the extreme.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the same white sands and wide beaches as the Hamptons,\u201d says Krasner, who also the co-owns Hero Beach Club hotel and Shagwong Tavern, both in Montauk. \u201cAnd where else can you look at the ocean and the city skyline at the same time?\u201d<\/p>\n

Will they survive the winter?<\/p>\n

All the regular worries, like making sure his staff have \u201clook books\u201d of reviewers who try to sneak in, are out the window \u2014 replaced by fears of how to contact-trace workers during a pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything is upside down. Normally you worry about reviewers, not seating. It\u2019s like Alice in Wonderland,\u201d Mallios said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were crazy enough to open as we try to build our customer base \u2014 it\u2019s very different from people who had loyal customer bases reopening after the shutdown,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnyone who says their restaurant will assuredly survive is lying or kidding themselves. We have some advantages, like outdoor space and a supportive landlord. I\u2019ve named my to-do list \u2018Gloria Gaynor\u2019 to remind myself that dozens of families, including my own, rely on us not to quit.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo much \u2014 like the election and passing a stimulus bill \u2014 is beyond our control. All I know is that we won\u2019t quit.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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