In recent days we’ve lost a couple of dear people who worked hard and created possibilities for all of us. Very different folks, they were both long standing members of the world of restaurant folk we can’t help thinking of as extended family.
In recent days we’ve lost a couple of dear people who worked hard and created possibilities for all of us. Very different folks, they were both long standing members of the world of restaurant folk we can’t help thinking of as extended family.
Larry Bogdanow was one of the very first restaurant designers who was willing to work with any sort of materials and all manner of spaces, sometimes with minuscule budgets. He had humor and warmth and accomplished some truly notable achievements in restaurant design, including the original work on the Union Square Café in New York City, the recently shuttered Savoy in Manhattan’s Soho and a whole lot more. He was a thoughtful political activist, taking progressive positions, rather publicly at times, way ahead of the current curve towards responsible and sustainable food business. He will be missed.
George Lang was a survivor, an original, and simply one of a kind. He escaped the horrors of the Holocaust and made his way through the byzantine kitchens of New York’s 20th Century. He helped the legendary Joe Baum create restaurants like The Four Seasons for Restaurant Associates and created new life and major benchmarks at the (recently) late and lamented Café des Artistes. He brought the old world grandeur back to Gundel in Budapest.
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