NYC's Famed Tavern on the Green Closing

[JOHN411S]

View, Safe Sex In A Bottle, on youtube

[ifhgsfj]

So, I guess they never re-opened it as anything, because the building is now filled with wild Flora (and presumably Fauna).

[badtown88]

Always wanted to go there. Oh well.

[girotube]

check my pictures of the place. I worked there for a very long time. I was doing the new website photography but never was published.

[diverse01]

Tragic news. I met someone special at Tavern on the Green. It was such a classy restaurant. It was more than a restaurant for me. It was a landmark of Central Park.

[Guest586]

At least someone is teaching manners. Good for her, good for all of us.

[Docthewrench]

It doesnt serve BBQ ribs or fried chicken

[girotube]

We did have MANGU and TOSTONES for the employees tho! Sancocho too.! The best food was behind doors. Insede the kitchen.

[MusicforMe123]

Greedy, greedy, greedy bastards and using the bankruptcy umbrella to rake in more money before leaving an empty hole for the many employees that have given their lives to this place.

[MalibuCornelius]

$38 million a year and going bankrupt? I will guess there were several people who worked there for 19 years (1 year to go to retirement) & now they got the shaft of a lifetime like the prison that work really is in America. And they/we get media that does not explain anything but all the good? At Fedco there were people who worked there for nearly 30 years who lost it all when Fedco secretly sold out to Target and claimed bankruptcy. USA is the biggest dog eat dog of the world with phony media

[girotube]

I worked there for 14 years till last night! Let me tel you that we spent loads of money in groceries, maintenamce and replacing thousands of broken glasses and silver. Every time we had a "TOG" (all 6 rooms at once. 2000 people) the damage was big and I'm not even talking about payroll yet!

One drunk guy felt the need to go to one of the bars and start throwing bottles breaking things, like the very $ costly tiger muse stained glass in the Rafters room!

Not defending that bratt tho!!

[girotube]

OK buddy! Looks like you like the sound of your typing! I worked there, I've seen it, and know it all, OK? AN EMPLOYEE. 14 years. You were not there. As you can see I have posted part of my work on the video response. I can tell you that insurance does not cover a drunk breaking a mirror or any decor. (ONLY ACIDENTAL) lots of broken glass every party, insurance right?

You've never been there and U are talking trash.

[girotube]

thousands of lbs in silverware gone in the trash. Broken china all day long. U sir just shot yourself in the foot.

Disco party in the Rafters Room, next morning when I get there to do my cleaning, what do I find? LOL One of the large mirrors broken, Did I see any insurance rep. in the building? NO! it had to be replace as soon as possible for the next event do in 5 hours. While I break down the dance floor and then Grab my Nikon to take pictures for the broshure and website.

Salvador P.

[girotube]

Watch my videos and don't waste your time with negativity... I was the one who lost his job yesterday... LOL not you!!!

I should be the one nagging and bragging...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

[MalibuCornelius]

Sure your just a worker with these Youtube video's. You still have not convinced that a bunch of drunks caused too many losses over the $38 million per year income. It's a sorry excuse to shaft all the workers who were depending on retirement after working there for over 15 years, just a swift kick in their ass is what they get for commitment. Antagonistic? Dude, stop your BSing. The next owner will raise the price and less customers will pay more. The majority lose in USA. HAPPY NEW YEAR!

[girotube]

You are still lost in your typing there buddy!

I have no intentions to convince you on anything. I just gave you a (don't talk what you don't know)

Do you know how much money goes on food alone? no. How much the rug cost? how much the electrial bill (24/7 lights on)? no. Boiler, AC maintenance, PAY 450 employees, thousands of glass broken, I broke a ton of them.. I can go for even with the expenses.. not to mention the BIG managers payroll...

[MalibuCornelius]

You guys intentionally started giving garbage food so that people would get upset, @$25 plate, and destroy the place and then pretend that a lot of damage this year caused you to bail out ie. scam. Costs are always past onto the customer, they got the volume. Normally you would save it over some damage, afterall the bank is overloaded from the past two decades, but they are secretly selling out. Now it's going to be $50 a plate and half the customers ie maximum efficiency+optimum damage control.

[girotube]

"You guys"? You have never placed a foot in TOG and you say all this RADIO MOUTH and bad critics gossip BS.

I'm a UNION WORKER not a manager nor the CEO. I CAN CARE LESS BUT WHAT YOU ARE PREACHING IS NOT TRUE!!! OK?? thats what I'm trying to get thru your antagonistic and irrelevant post!!

HAHAHA! a Fillet was $54 years ago! My wife had those @ $34 this year and she ate it all and LOVED it! The food is very good. I had a discount too, 30%

You see you keep typing and saying nada

[girotube]

A 30% off on the bill. the food was very good and cheaper than before...

All you read is bad reviews. BUT you don't see why!

This restaurant handle more covers than you can ever imagen in your life OK! someone will say I hate this or this is not good. I've been in restaurants where I eat a gret dish then I come back and is not the same for some reason. or I just had a bad day or I'm an old lonely NY food critic with nothing better to do.

The biggest problem was too many mouths to feed.

[girotube]

Did you think that 38M was the NET INCOME you BSING dude? Do you even know my fool name yet? What nerves you have. Did you know how much we were getting charged for a new website, JUST BECAUSE we were TOG? U' did not.

38. Million is nothing compared to what the restaurant used to make when Warner Leroy was alive. The place went down the hill after she got it.

After all expenses back in 1996, 97 TOG was making NET about 8Million.

We were up in the upper 40M and 50M (MILLIONS) OK!

[girotube]

The employees made terrible damage too! in every aspect of the business OK?

DUDE I'm a union worker of TOG who was also a photographer, A / V supervisor, head houseman, AND WE KNOW better than your radio mouth, gossip BS.. OK!?

Do yourself a favor and move along..

[john123wayne]

0:53 the lady is giving etiquette manners to her kid.

hey, let the kid relax

[abarzilai664]

Sad, it was like an institution. A part of New York is leaving.

[markynj]

Sad but the new owners who put up 25 million are not so sad to put in renovations, they got a steal of a deal. they will do quite well when the economy bounces back. who knows maybe original owners are in on too. claim bankruptcy then family friends come along and renovate and share the wealth.

[LU29UN99]

good, that place have alot health violations.I heard my friends went there & saw rats around it.

[girotube]

LOL there are in your house too! Its a park in NYC LOL duh! I killed a lot of those and we used to trap lots of raccoons. Like there is any in Mc.donals or any other restaurant. If I tell you1/4 of what goes on behind the scene you will never eat out again in your life.

Antagonistic your post!

[Fringe111]

How sad to here this news. I went to that place during my whole life. What a place