Morton's, Other Big Chains Coming to Downtown
Yesterday the Daily News published a story about a mystery high-end steakhouse taking space in the ground floor of the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge (top photo), but the restaurant’s identity wasn’t a mystery for all that long. Morton’s signed a lease for a whopping 14,500 square feet of space at the hotel,…
Yesterday the Daily News published a story about a mystery high-end steakhouse taking space in the ground floor of the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge (top photo), but the restaurant’s identity wasn’t a mystery for all that long. Morton’s signed a lease for a whopping 14,500 square feet of space at the hotel, according to a press release published on CNN Money, and expects to open its 295-seat restaurant in late 2008. Doesn’t seem like the steakhouse could ever challenge Luger’s supremacy in Brooklyn (even after the Times demoted the old-school spot to two stars), but it’ll probably fit in just fine Downtown, which is increasingly drawing the national chain gang. Even more interesting (to us, anyway) was the news that Barneys, Apple, The Gap and Banana Republic have all expressed interest in taking space next door to the Marriott, in a city-owned building on Adams Street. We can only assume that the building in question is 345 Adams Street (bottom photo).
Luxury Shops for Downtown Brooklyn [NY Daily News] GMAP
Morton’s to Open its First Restaurant in Brooklyn [CNN Money]
Photo of the Marriott by Scott Bintner forProperty Shark.
Gage and Tollner’s will soon be occupied by Amy Ruth’s, a southern restaurant.
I agree that this is good news for Brooklyn. Somebody better tell Morton’s to offer The What a free steak to reward his perceptive and accurate predictions of NYC real estate.
Amy Ruth’s, the Harlem restaurant, is opening a branch in the old G&T.
Gage and Tollner will be Ruth’s Soul Food of Harlem fame.
how about bringing Gage & Tollner’s back? isn’t their old building empty now after the TGI Fridays went under (thankfully)?
this is great news! come one, come all. downtown is booming.
No brainer – Morton’s (which IMHO isnt all that great) will do amazing at this location. Hotel guests, Attorneys & Judges and Brooklyn residents will all frequent the place. Except for Luger’s (which you cant get into) and Ember’s in Bay Ridge I cannot think of another legitimate Steak House in all of Brooklyn (a city of 2.5M)
As with virtually every national chain that opens in Brooklyn (Marriott, Home Depot, Target, Lowes, etc…) this will become one of Morton’s highest grossing location and everyone will wonder why someone didn’t open a steak house in one of the larger business districts in the country much much sooner.
Sorry to say while Mom and Pop sleep – corporate america is using its brains.
I think this is fantastic news. I think Barneys/Apple rumors (like Whole Foods and Trader Joes) are wishful thinking. But Mortons should do well with the tourists and business travelers and I wouldn’t mind walking over there myself once or twice.
I’d just like to point out that the top photo shows the most useless bike path in NYC. Constantly clogged with cabs, livery cars, buses, and cop cars. Even after they painted the whole thing green, it’s still ignored.
The building in question is indeed 345 Adams Street. Muss Development, the builders of the Marriott, are purchasing the first two floors of the city-owned building and converting the offices to a reported (Eagle) 40,000 square-feet of retail.