Greenpoint diners could be forgiven for feeling particularly hard done recently following the closure of two popular restaurants.
Firstly Paloma, at 60 Greenpoint Avenue, went up in flames on presidential election night after an alleged electrical fault. According to New York Magazine, the fire at the popular local eaterie owned and run by TV chef Camille Beccerra, began upstairs and spread to the rest of the building. Patrons celebrating Barack Obama’s victory had to be evacuated but nobody was injured, press reports stated.
Meanwhile, further along trendy Franklin Street, the renowned Queen’s Hideaway restaurant closed in late October due to “lease issues”, reported blog-site Gothamist. Owner Liza Queen is allegedly blaming her landlord, who increased the rent “astronomically,” for the forced closure. She told Gothamist: “People have been very sweet and sad about it. I think we’re the last of those kind of vaguely scruffy places.”
