Why are so many of the city's restaurants closing earlier than ever? tammieetc writes in the latest edition of TheYearIAteNewYork
Inside Frenchette, where the kitchen currently closes at 9:30 p.m. Photo: Tammie Teclemariam This article originally appeared in The Year I Ate New York, a newsletter about eating through the city, one restaurant at a time. Sign up here.
I made it, barely, and was surprised to see the room completely full. Elegant couples and trios shared booths littered with bottles of wine and Vichy Catalan mineral water, while people at the bar drank espresso martinis and posed for Instagram. There was one empty bar seat, perfect for me.
The counter person in charge of firing the appetizers explained they close at 11, “but our last seating is at 10:30.” Are people still coming in then?, I asked. “Not so much coming at that time, but still some people hanging out.”
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