Le Zie’s Family Expands:
Sister Sets Up Shop on Avenue A
Le Zoccole is a Venetian osteria that opened just over a month ago on Avenue A and Sixth Street, a block from Tompkins Square Park. It’s a spin-off of Le Zie (“The Aunts”), a popular artists’ hangout in Chelsea, which is also owned Read More
Giuseppe Cipriani had a suggestion. “Maybe it’s time to start writing something true about the whole story,” Mr. Cipriani, the 34-year-old scion of the family-run Cipriani restaurant empire, said angrily by phone from Italy.
Mr. Cipriani was complaining about the messy situation that has escalated since January, when Local 6 of the Hotel, Restaurant & Read More
PEN Versus Union
Again and again, the cry rose from the placard-waving rabble on East 42nd Street. “Hypocrite!” they yelled as men in tuxedos and women in evening gowns ducked their heads and ran the gantlet outside the entrance to Cipriani 42nd Street. Literary agent Andrew Wylie and writer Jamaica Kincaid approached. Ms. Kincaid’s face Read More
