![]() ![]() We’re lucky to live in a neighborhood that DOES understand the value of (most people, at least sometimes) shopping locally.īut we need to go beyond a Peter Pan-like “close your eyes and cross your fingers.” BHBUX – people essentially buying a neighborhood multi-store gift card – would be literally put money where our mouths are (mouths saying that we want to hear and see more store openings than closings) is something that the BHA could bring to pass if it chose to. ![]() I doubt that ANY of them have come to pass. Their survey last year indicated lots of things people wished for in terms of retail. Maybe, the BHA (more likely eager to keep good relations with brokers & landlords than caring about the “streetscape”) thinks we’ve already turned the corner. But it’s equally true that if things HAVE CHANGED … and you don’t recognize that and adjust, you dig a hole for yourself by NOT reducing the cost p.s.f. True, if you are making a 10-year commitment (both parties), trying to fill a space more quickly by lowering the price is a tough call. I’ve been known to bash landlords – mostly, for inflexibility. I predict that “the new normal” will have a whole lot fewer restaurants – especially in places like ours, where one can argue that we have “too many” (just in terms of demographics.) Certainly, a tough field to do well in has gotten a lot tougher. resident, I think) focuses on why WORKING in a restaurant is pretty unpalatable these days, and it goes beyond people being “out of sorts” or worse…. Perhaps, though, just as the papering over of Heights Café’s windows betokened its transformation into Giulia, this papering foretells Buon Gusto’s transformation into – a Persian restaurant, or maybe an Argentinian steakhouse.īetcha it IS changed ownership or format or just plain closing until someone wants to sweat blood in this environment…. For now, I can just presume that Buon Gusto is undergoing an interior makeover, and that its owner has not decided, following the opening of Giulia, formerly Heights Café, that one Italian restaurant on Montague is enough. It rang and rang, with no recorded message. I tried calling Buon Gusto’s phone number. Please contact the restaurant directly or check back shortly for availability. I clicked on “Make a Reservation”, then on “Find a Table”, and got this message: ![]() Back home, I checked their website, which is up and functioning. Note the sign that says “We’re Open” and the lack of anything thanking us for our years of patronage. It seems the owner did decide that one Italian restaurant on Montague was enough.Ī neighbor alerted me to paper covering the windows at Caffe Buon Gusto, so I rushed to 132 Montague Street (between Henry and Clinton) and got this photo. Update: reader Andrew Porter has confirmed that Caffe Buon Gusto is moving to 72 Clark Street, evidently to the space previously occupied by Tazza. ![]()
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