Landry's bids $22 million for Café Fiorello, Trattoria Dell'Arte and other Fireman restaurants in bankruptcy
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Landry's, Tilman Fertitta's restaurant group, has made a $22 million bid for most of Fireman Hospitality Group's restaurants out of Chapter 11, Nation's Restaurant News reports. Fireman, parent of New York's Café Fiorello, Trattoria Dell'Arte and Bond 45, filed in August, about a year after founder Shelly Fireman died at 93.
Court documents show a Fertitta Entertainment affiliate was the stalking-horse bidder, and reports indicate Landry's mainly wanted the three flagships. Co-bidder Jeff Crivello's Ciao Hospitality is to take Paris Bar, the Le Jardin rooftop, Brooklyn Delicatessen and two Brooklyn Diners; he said there are no plans to convert them. Citing Eater, NRN says Café Fiorello in Washington closes after service on October 28, and Fiorella Italian Kitchen at National Harbor on October 29.
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Tilman Fertitta
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