Cronkite Pizza and Wine Bar Closing?
2:01 pm March 15th, 2007 by Sal Cangeloso
From Eater:
1. Subterranean dining room = bad.
2. Gothamist was invited to taste it.
3. Pizzeria De Santo, which opened after Cronkite, is both newer and better.
4. PR Firm of record, Bullfrog & Baum is not cheap; expected cash flow problems will force parting of ways with PR when venue needs buzz most.
5. Shameless Valentine’s Day stunt.
6. Supporting testimony from LES resident: “God. I forgot it was there.”
This is a restaurant that I visited when it was first opened and was not particularly impressed with. I posted about it and there were a surprising number of comments that were strongly in favor of the restaurant and left anonymously. I take no joy in Cronkite’s possible failure, in fact it is too bad to see an okay LES food option close down, but Pizzeria Di Santo is apparently doing well (I have not been there yet, so I have no comments on it) and that is pretty close by. I guess we’ll see what happens, pizza seems like a sure-fire hit, but there is very tough competition in NYC…
