{"id":109882,"date":"2021-01-23T23:34:24","date_gmt":"2021-01-23T23:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=109882"},"modified":"2021-01-23T23:34:24","modified_gmt":"2021-01-23T23:34:24","slug":"greenwich-village-hot-spot-le-figaro-cafe-plots-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/economy\/greenwich-village-hot-spot-le-figaro-cafe-plots-comeback\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenwich Village hot spot Le Figaro Caf\u00e9 plots comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>More from:<\/h4>\n<h3>Steve Cuozzo<\/h3>\n<p><img class=\"aligncenter\" \"><\/p>\n<h2>9 things you can do to save NYC&#039;s restaurants from COVID closures<\/h2>\n<h2>Catsimatidis&#039; Coney Island project could find sunnier home<\/h2>\n<h2>The Gray Lady is bemoaning NYC restaurant closures \u2014 even though it called for them<\/h2>\n<h2>The sky is the limit for new Moynihan Train Hall at Penn Station<\/h2>\n<h2>Howard Rubenstein, publicist and power broker to NYC elite, dead at 88<\/h2>\n<p>Legendary Greenwich Village hot spot Le Figaro Caf\u00e9 is coming back from the dead with nearly the same name and hopefully with the same artsy vibe.<\/p>\n<p>Veteran restaurant man and former model Mario Skaric will launch Figaro Caf\u00e9 (without the \u201cLe\u201d) this spring at the original location, 184-186 Bleecker St. at the MacDougal Street corner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will pay homage to the most famous tenant that was there and we\u2019ll make it more upscale,\u201d Skaric said.<\/p>\n<p>Le Figaro Caf\u00e9 opened in 1957 and became a celebrity draw under several different owners until it closed in 2008. It drew Beat Generation pioneers such as Jack Kerouac and Lenny Bruce in the 1950s and early &#8217;60s, and later, superstars Bob Dylan, Lou Reed and Al Pacino. A scene from Pacino\u2019s \u201cCarlito\u2019s Way\u201d was filmed there in 1993.<\/p>\n<p>The revival\u2019s a morale-booster for the Village, where the pandemic has wiped out scores of beloved eating and drinking spots. The Bleecker-MacDougal corner remains lively even though the Figaro site has been vacant for six years. A New York Times blog post lamented \u201cThe Lost Mystique of Le Figaro Caf\u00e9\u201d when it closed in August 2008.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"aligncenter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/cafe-figaro4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1286 1286w,https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/cafe-figaro4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1033 1033w,https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/cafe-figaro4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=915 915w,https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/cafe-figaro4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=642 642w,https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/cafe-figaro4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=606 606w,https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/cafe-figaro4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=453 453w,https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/cafe-figaro4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=568 568w\"\nsizes=\"(max-width: 568px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) calc(100vw - 170px), (max-width: 1280px) 66vw, (max-width: 1440px) 74vw, 100vw\"\nalt=\"cafe-figaro4\"\nsrc=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/cafe-figaro4.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\"\n><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/cafe-figaro4.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/cafe-figaro5.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1286 1286w,https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/cafe-figaro5.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1033 1033w,https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/cafe-figaro5.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=915 915w,https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/cafe-figaro5.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=642 642w,https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/cafe-figaro5.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=606 606w,https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/cafe-figaro5.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=453 453w,https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/cafe-figaro5.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=568 568w\"\nsizes=\"(max-width: 568px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) calc(100vw - 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