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Iconic Fireman Hospitality files for bankruptcy — spurring NYC’s biggest restaurant-empire crisis since 2020

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The COVID pandemic’s long shadow threatens the future of Fireman Hospitality Group, which runs some of Manhattan’s most iconic and venerable Italian restaurants. In a stunning move this month, Fireman filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, citing cash-flow problems that started before the 2020 lockdowns and turned critical when the group’s large restaurants lost much of … Read more

Trattoria dell Arte ‘one-of-a-kind’ restaurateur Shelly Fireman dead at 93

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Trattoria dell Arte ‘one-of-a-kind’ restaurateur Shelly Fireman dead at 93

Shelly Fireman, the colorful restaurateur who created long-lived Trattoria dell Arte and Fiorello and filled his places with his own whimsical, sometimes bawdy sculptures, passed away at age 93. His passing leaves a deep rupture in the city’s Italian hospitality scene. “If New York City’s restaurant industry had a Hall of Fame, Shelly Fireman would be listed among the … Read more