One of the more frustrating aspects of the Great Recession is that it bitterly highlights of o'er-hasty actions that rapacious landlords took prior to September 2008, when they were still confident that kicking a steady tenant to the curb was a good idea, because there was bound to be someone around the corner just itching to take the space at twice the rent.
In June 2008, the tiny, endearing Chez Brigitte was forced to vacate its Greenwich Avenue space after half a century, because its lease was up and the rent had doubled. Here it is, nearly May 2009, and the address is still empty and looking mighty sad, too.
Does anyone at the brokerage firm learn, though? No. It's was listed at Walker Malloy $7,500 a month then, and it's listed at $7,500 a month now.
Very very cute space, but the food there was awful.
ReplyDeleteI actually liked the chicken fricasee. But that's a very high rent for a place that could sit 10 people, tops!
ReplyDeleteSome of the best food in the city, prepared with LOVE. My wife and I used to go there every Valentine's Day. It was awesome. I was heartsick the day I walked past and saw that it was gone.
ReplyDeleteThere was also a fantastic Irish bar and grill on Vernon in LIC called McReilly's that was another favorite, also a casualty of the double-the-rent bubble...