Boathouse

Newly renovated Central Park Boathouse is an absolute shipwreck — with rotten service and inedible food

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Newly renovated Central Park Boathouse is an absolute shipwreck — with rotten service and inedible food

After an 18-month closure, the dining room of the beloved Central Park Boathouse reopened under new management six weeks ago. It wasn’t worth the wait. The redesigned lakeside restaurant from Legends Hospitality, which runs the food concessions at Yankee Stadium and atop the World Trade Center, is more spirit-crushing than a three-pitch strikeout.  It’s an insult to … Read more

Central Park Boathouse dining is back — and it’s very bad

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Central Park Boathouse dining is back — and it’s very bad

The Dining Millions are eagerly anticipating the fabled Central Park Boathouse lakefront dining room reopening in late summer or fall. I often enjoyed it before previous operator Dean Poll gave it up last year. But hospitality giant Legends’ just-launched Boathouse Cafe, a casual, counter-service precursor to the main venue — it’s on an alfresco patio with nice greenery … Read more