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We’re not convinced that a genteel little section of the St. Lawrence Market district will ever pass for The Bowery, the NYC art and culture hub with a seedy past, but Uniq Lifestyle Entertainment Group and chef Tawfik Shehata are going to give it a whirl. Maybe they’ll prove us wrong—Uniq’s portfolio of venues includes Brant House, Maro, Cheval, Cobra, Jacobs & Co. and The Ballroom. Creating something out of nothing is what these folks do.
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Rob Gentile hangs with his meats (Photo by Karon Liu)
The brains behind Brassaii, Jacobs and Co. and soon-to-be-opened The Saint are adding yet another restaurant to their empire, this one tucked away in the alley beside Cheval on the ritzy King Street strip. The week-old Buca is serving Italian fare by executive chef Rob Gentile, a former sous-chef at One, Bymark and North 44°.
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Saintly partners: Giancarlo Spataro and Adam Graham
For the past two years, trendspotters’ eyes have been fixed on the Ossington Avenue strip. And now the ’hood is getting a fresh infusion of talent from the downtown core. The boys behind King West bistro Brassaii are opening The Saint, a new gastro-pub at 227 Ossington, in mid-April. The forecast feel? Swank style meets community comfort—that is, if the community embraces it.
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