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Checking in With Terroir
Friday, August 17, 2012 at 2:42PM 
Lest we forget, we've still got one more high-profile restaurant opening to look forward to before the year is out: the fourth (or fifth, if you count the one on the High Line) outpost of chef Marco Canora's uber-popular "elitist wine bar for everyone" Terroir, coming to the space last occupied by dive bar Great Lakes, on Fifth Avenue and First Street.
Construction has been progressing slowly but surely since kicking off a couple months ago. Tough to see what's going on inside thanks to all that plywood, but there's one difference that's already apparent. Can you spot it? It's the windows on the side of the building: they've been bricked over for years, and recently they've been cut back out to allow some more light into the space.
I've been wonering how they'd handle the rather ramshackle exterior, and am still curious as to whether they'll be giving it a paint job or not; it'll sure be a bold move if they don't.
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Reader Comments (5)
How's Calexico doing down the block?
@Ben Last i checked they've still got the construction paper up but I don't think permits have been issued.
I did notice the windows... wonder why they bricked over them in the first place?
I hope Terrior & Calexico do a mighty fine job of eating Aperitivo's lunch from across the street. Its mediocre fare and Pompous/Rude/Obnoxious owner don't stand a chance against the new competition.
Will enjoy watching Aperitivo's slow death over the next year.
We very much enjoy Aperitivo and while some of the wait staff is lacking, service is always quick and the food is delicious and very reasonably priced. We always spend $20 to $30 less for dinner than we would at another nearby place, and enjoy it much more.
Watching and waiting for a restaurant to close is a strange hobby with an uncertain timeline. Look how long it took for El Pollo to close. Imagine all the other things you could accomplish instead of pining for the untimely death of an eating establishment with which you have absolutely no connection. Cut your fingernails and go outside.