Earlier this month, the Redbury Lodge, a Manhattan landmark that’s residence to 2 eating places owned by Danny Meyer, started housing asylum seekers in partnership with New York Metropolis. On Friday, Union Sq. Hospitality Group introduced that nine-year-resident restaurant, Marta and Maialino (vicino) — the newly relocated spot that began within the Gramercy Park Lodge — may have their final service on August 25.
It’s a dramatic transfer that comes because the resort is the most recent Manhattan property repurposing as housing for asylum seekers. Town is struggling to handle an inflow of at the very least 90,000 migrants from the southern border since final spring.
Although a spokesperson for Meyer’s Union Sq. Hospitality Group initially acknowledged that the change wouldn’t impression operations at Maialino (vicino) or Marta, the corporate issued a press release late Friday saying the closings.
We’re upset to announce that Marta and Maialino (vicino) will likely be ceasing operations on the Redbury. Our final night time of service will likely be Friday, August 25.
As tenants of the Redbury, our two eating places, which occupy the foyer flooring, have been eagerly anticipating the resort’s full post-pandemic reopening. Now, because the Redbury companions with the Metropolis to deal with asylum seekers, it’s develop into clear that the timeline for that reopening has been prolonged indefinitely. Whereas we admire and respect the Redbury’s choice, the viability of our enterprise depends considerably on hotel-related F&B operations, together with occasion venues and the foyer bar, areas that at the moment are unavailable for our use.
We stay totally supportive of the Redbury’s initiative and can proceed advocating for coverage change that expedites work permits for asylum seekers.
USHG is dedicated to discovering job placements for all workers affected by the closures and can actively search to search out new houses for every of our eating places.
We really feel privileged for the 9 years we’ve been serving company at Marta and extra lately, Maialino (vicino), and are past grateful for the legions of group members and company who’ve introduced a lot spirited life and recollections to each of those areas.
Maialino, a restaurant and wine bar that after operated out of the Gramercy Park Lodge, opened after a hiatus, on the Redbury final fall as Maialino (vicino). Marta, a pizzeria, opened in 2014 when the resort was the Martha Washington: The constructing was bought for $158 million in 2015 and rebranded because the Redbury the next yr.
