The former restaurant at that location was Carpe Diem. The building was demolished, and the new restaurant tenant is Kinugawa. I don't know what they're paying for the space, but I do know that the proposed asking price was into five figures per month. That area, and most especially the area across the street, has often been referred to as "Rockefeller Wharf". The actual Rockefeller Wharf area is now owned by the Collectivité.
The former restaurant at that location was Carpe Diem. The building was demolished, and the new restaurant tenant is Kinugawa. I don't know what they're paying for the space, but I do know that the proposed asking price was into five figures per month. That area, and most especially the area across the street, has often been referred to as "Rockefeller Wharf". The actual Rockefeller Wharf area is now owned by the Collectivité.
With regard to location, if one goes back far enough, it formerly was the site of an old restaurant named L'Entrepont. A gracious, lovely old home with a very large "veranda," a surrounding, thickly vegetated garden, and a white picket fence. Tables spread throughout, and colored lights (the old fashion kind that one might have seen in the "carny" section of a county fair) strung among tree branches. In the "Sorry No Telephone" days, it was a legendary late night gathering spot.
Ah, L’Entrepont! After Luis, for a time it was Chez Francine by day, and L’Entepont at night.
Ah, L’Entrepont! After Luis, for a time it was Chez Francine by day, and L’Entepont at night.
It was also the Ti Zouk Café before it was Carpe Diem...
And it was Thi Widi after it was Ti Zouk and before it was Carpe Diem.