Café des Artistes explained

Café des Artistes
Food-Type:French
Street-Address:1 West 67 Street
City:New York
State:New York
Postcode:10023
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Café des Artistes was a fine restaurant at 1 West 67th Street in Manhattan. New York City. It was owned by George Lang, who closed the restaurant in early August 2009 and announced later that month that the restaurant would remain closed permanently.[1] His wife, Jenifer Lang, had been the managing director of the restaurant since 1990.[2]

History

The restaurant first opened in 1917,[3] at street level of the Hotel des Artistes tower. Café des Artistes was designed for the residents of the Hotel des Artistes, since the apartments lacked kitchens. Artists such as Marcel Duchamp, Norman Rockwell, Isadora Duncan and Rudolph Valentino were patrons.[4] Late in 1985, there was a fire in the kitchen, but the restaurant was able to reopen.[5]

In early September 2009, two years into the Great Recession, Lang announced that the café was closing; shortly thereafter, Lang filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection, claiming debts of nearly $500,000, some of which was owed to a union benefit trust.[6] At the time, he also faced a lawsuit from the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union Welfare Fund.[6]

In 2011, a new restaurant, the Leopard at des Artistes, opened in the location. According to the New York Times, it caters to those in New York society who derive "fame from power rather than the other way around".[7]

The murals

The restaurant's famous murals, retained in the new restaurant's 2011 renovation, were painted by Howard Chandler Christy. Christy was a tenant of the building, Hotel des Artistes, until his death in 1952.[8] [4] There are six panels of wood nymphs, the first of which were completed in 1934. Other Christy works on display include paintings such as The Parrot Girl, The Swing Girl, Ponce De Leon, Fall, Spring, and the Fountain of Youth.[3]

In popular culture

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fabricant . Florence . "Café des Artistes closing" . Dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com . 2009-08-29 . 2017-11-10.
  2. Web site: 212dressingroom Blog . October 1, 2009 . September 4, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090904221823/http://www.212dressingroom.com/blog_more.php?id=5032 . dead .
  3. Web site: Café des Artistes history . 2006-11-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070603024531/http://www.cafenyc.com/cafedesartistes/html/index2.htm . 2007-06-03 . dead .
  4. New York Deco, page 127, Richard Berenholtz, Carol Willis, Maren Elizabeth Gregerson (captions), Welcome Books, 2009, .
  5. News: Anderson . Susan Heller . Dunlap . David W. . 1985-12-18 . NEW YORK DAY BY DAY; Cafe des Artistes Making a Comeback . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-08-19 . 0362-4331.
  6. News: Wells, Pete . Aftermath . . September 9, 2009 .
  7. News: The Leopard at des Artistes. Sifton. Sam. 2 August 2011. The New York Times. 18 August 2011.
  8. Web site: Lafayette College - Howard Chandler Christy Papers - Biographical Sketch . 2013-12-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131224093828/http://academicmuseum.lafayette.edu/special/Christy/Christyonline/bio.html . 2013-12-24 . dead .
  9. Web site: Nine 1/2 Weeks Film Locations - [otsoNY.com] ]. 2022-08-19 . onthesetofnewyork.com.
  10. Web site: Manhattan Murder Mystery . sonymoviechannel.com . Sony/CPE US Networks . 2015-01-12 . January 13, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150113165952/http://www.sonymoviechannel.com/movies/manhattan-murder-mystery/details . dead .

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