First Look at Gansevoort 69, Open Today in the Former Florent Space
A look at the menu and the space.
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Boxes were being carried out of the basement yesterday.
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One month after taking over from Florent, R&L Restaurant is without booze, and without customers.
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Yesterday brought a new basement lounge. Today, a rooftop bar.
Florent ended its 23-year run early this morning with an intimate wrap party. 'New York''s David Amsden was there.
If Florent is to reopen as a Florent-type diner just two days later, we have to question the emotional roller coaster of the past few months.
The restaurant's unlikely savior of sorts? The landlord!
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At about 9:30 this morning, only a dozen people were eating at Florent. That may be because the gas has been out since Monday. Or is it because the restaurant is still in step four of the Kübler-Ross model: Depression?...
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