![]() 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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