Gowanus Lounge reports that Beso, the Latin fusion bistro and beloved brunch spot on Fifth Avenue has closed. I don’t question that it might have closed but I do think the reason he gives is incorrect.
GL writes, "It closed
yesterday, reported because the landlord jacked up the rent
significantly. (We hear it was by many, many thousands of dollars a
month.)"
I happen to know that the one of the owners of Beso owns building and that’s why it’s been able to function at minimal capacity during the week.
Some people I know work at Beso and I will get the word from them.
My guess is: the owners of Beso sold the building or the owners of the building sold the business. Does anyone know the real story?
I saw a sign on the Associated Supermarket door that said “check out a new restaurant by the owners of Beso on such and such street,” but the sign was gone the next day. Where is the new restaurant?
I loved Beso for brunch, and enjoyed it much for dinner. Brunch was their strong-suit though.
Will surely be missed (just wish I could have gone once more!)
i beloved beso. especially the brunch.
beloved?
One of the owners of Associated Food Store which is next to Beso told me that his store will expand into that store front as well as into the adjacent coffee shop.
I live around the corner and local sources tell that they have not sold the building, but rather will be swapping spaces with another building-owner run business.
Our LatinAmerican friends will open a restaurant on the fringe of the neighborhood — Flatbush Ave or just beyond — and their new landlords will open a retail establishment in the Beso space, the specific nature of which escapes my memory at the moment.
NB: This is heresay and this commentor would happily accept more well-founded information!
UPDATE FROM 30sec LATER: I also heard the “early rumor” about Associated, but I will hold steady about them opening an eatery further afield while not selling the building.