A Progressive Restaurant Opening in NYC

[mcscajun]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=103&topic_id=181888&mesg_id=181889

[nedbal]

1. address please

[mcscajun]

2. Not open yet -- soon.

From the news stories:
It is set to open in Greenwich Village "as soon as possible," said Mamdouh Fekkak, a Moroccan-born waiter. The cooperative is paying $21,500 a month for the space at 417 Lafayette St., about a 20-minute walk from the trade center site.

[TomClash]

3. It's a few doors down from the Public Theater

Not really near the WTC, near Astor Place in the Village.

[mcscajun]

4. Colors Is Open.

Previous threads:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=103&topic_id=181888
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=169&topic_id=4996

It has an inspirational back story, a genesis in tragedy, an arc of resurrection. Colors is where dozens of surviving workers from Windows on the World, the restaurant that was atop the World Trade Center, have regrouped. And they not only work there but also have a financial say and stake in it. It's a cooperative venture, owned and run by its waiters and waitresses, bus boys and cooks.

Getting it off the ground took sweat equity, creatively engineered loans, optimism, patience and more than four years since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Early this month, that perseverance paid off, and Colors at last opened its doors on Lafayette Street, just south of Astor Place.

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Many of the recipes were derived from favorite dishes of the families of the workers themselves. That's another movie-ready detail, another prompt to root for this place.

Colors, 417 Lafayette Street, between Astor Place and East Fourth Street, East Village; [phone]. Appetizers, $11 to $17. Entrees, $18 to $33.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/13/dining/13jour.html