Originally Posted by patekfan

Travelsig,

I agree with you--I doubt they will leave it open for long or even make it a catering venue. In the hotel's press release the GM, Christoph Schmidinger, said, "New York City is one of the greatest cities in the world and we look forward to introducing our guests to a new and exciting venue soon." (http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/...er-Release.pdf)

Makes it seem like a new restaurant will enter the space and due to its location so close to the entrance on 58th and being across the stairwell landing from the lively bar.

Ciao!