As the CEO Golden AgeMr. Neidich, 43, runs an elegant central empire that includes Le Dives in Dimes Square and Nines Piano Bar, where caviar potatoes are $ 99. It would seem to him a long journey from Lucy – but 18 years ago, when he was an aspiring actor, he began to live over the bar and became regular.
He approached Mrs. Mickevicius, despite their extremely different background – he is the son of the Privilegia Upper East Side – and from time to time he even helped and worked as her barback in his first concert in the hospitality industry.
So when he learned that Lucy was closing, he approached the landlord and concluded an agreement. But when the word came out that he was planning to renovate, the local grief turned to the local panic. Some people in the neighborhood feared they could have a place until all the characters were exhausted. Ev mourningthe blog East Village News, reported on development as if covering Watergate. A typical commentator predicted that Mr. Neidich would bring “noisy tourists” and “arrogant patrons”.
“I know what people say when they hear someone like me, take over a place like this,” he said.
The building paper covered the windows until the work was completed. Last night he was among those who were invited to the repetition side. In addition to a few touches-sweet bartender Kman, who wears a bucket cap, overlap the ceiling of stained water-to-be diving stinging space. The walls were still lined with trophies of dusty softball leagues. Rolling Stones were still playing on Jukebox. Even the bathroom graffiti remained intact.
Kristi Lowery, long -term regular, sat at the bar and treated a drink. “In 1993 I moved from South Carolina with several girlfriends and then some friends took us to Lucy,” she said. “The reason is that Lucy is Lucy himself.
At 22:00 the open door opened. Mrs. Mickevicius wore a winter coat and walking using a stick. Everyone encouraged. Mr. Neidich looked with a smile when her old customers greeted her hug. She ordered Gin and Tonic and posed for selfies.
