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Former Gotham Bar and Grill Building Goes Up for Sale at $6.5 Million
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After several closings and rebrandings, Gotham Bar and Grill officially called it quits at the end of last year. Now, Crain's New York reports that the 12 E. 12th Street building is up for sale for $6.5 million — including the 4,220-square-foot restaurant with additional basement storage, plus the 12 floors of condos above it.
Gotham Bar and Grill first opened in 1984 with esteemed chef Alfred Portale; in 2019, the restaurant decided to shake things up, bringing on Victoria Blamey to reimagine the menu. It closed in 2020 as the pandemic hit in New York, before rebooting for a third time in 2021, dropping bar and grill from the name as well. Chef Ron Paprocki, a former Gotham pastry chef, most recently led the kitchen. But, earlier in 2024, the restaurant was a victim of a cyberattack in which it lost $45,000, and the financial drawbacks factored into the restaurant's decision to permanently call it quits.
Comal opened this week from Gaz Herbert, the former executive chef at the King team's Jupiter in Rockefeller Center. Herbert, who is British but grew up in Mexico, serves dishes like lengua al pastor, mussels with corn custard, crispy sweetbread with pineapple and tortilla, and skate wing guiso. He's joined in the kitchen by head chef Scott McKay, an Acru and Atomix alum. The restaurant is located in what was Gem Wine, 116 Forsyth Street, between Broome and Delancey streets.
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