| Liquor License Delays Add to Restaurants’ Pain |
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Featured in The New York Times By: GLENN COLLINS Published: August 4, 2009 ORHAN CAKIR, the owner of Pierre Loti Cafe and Wine Bar in Manhattan’s Gramercy Park, absolutely knew that his two-year-old establishment was quaint enough, romantic enough and popular enough to engender a sibling. Et voilà: his dream was realized last month, when he opened a second diminutive restaurant six blocks west that is also — of course! — slyly named after an Istanbul-smitten French novelist who was elected to the Académie Française in 1891. But it is likely to be six months before Mr. Cakir can secure a liquor license for the new 36-seat Pierre Loti Restaurant on West 15th Street, given current realities at the New York State Liquor Authority. Read the full story |
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