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{{Short description|Former restaurant in Manhatten, New York}}
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'''Café des Artistes''' was a fine [[restaurant]] at One West 67th Street in [[Manhattan]] and was owned by [[George Lang (restaurateur)|George Lang]]. He closed the restaurant for vacation at the beginning of August 2009 and, while away, then 85-year-old Lang decided to keep it closed permanently. He announced the closure on August 28, 2009.<ref name="Café des Artistes closing">{{cite web|last=Fabricant |first=Florence |url=http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/29/cafe-des-artistes-has-closed |title="Café des Artistes closing" |publisher=Dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com |date=2009-08-29 |accessdate=2017-11-10}}</ref> His wife, Jenifer Lang, had been the managing director of the restaurant since 1990.<ref>http://www.212dressingroom.com/blog_more.php?id=5032</ref>
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'''Café des Artistes''' was a fine [[restaurant]] at [[Hotel des Artistes|1 West 67th Street]] in [[Manhattan]]. New York City. It was owned by [[George Lang (restaurateur)|George Lang]], who closed the restaurant in early August 2009 and announced later that month that the restaurant would remain closed permanently.<ref name="Café des Artistes closing">{{cite web|last=Fabricant |first=Florence |url=http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/29/cafe-des-artistes-has-closed |title="Café des Artistes closing" |publisher=Dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com |date=2009-08-29 |accessdate=2017-11-10}}</ref> His wife, Jenifer Lang, had been the managing director of the restaurant since 1990.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.212dressingroom.com/blog_more.php?id=5032 |title=212dressingroom Blog |access-date=October 1, 2009 |archive-date=September 4, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090904221823/http://www.212dressingroom.com/blog_more.php?id=5032 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==History==
==History==
The restaurant first opened in 1917,<ref name="Café des Artistes history">{{Cite web |url=http://www.cafenyc.com/cafedesartistes/html/index2.htm |title=Café des Artistes history |access-date=2006-11-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070603024531/http://www.cafenyc.com/cafedesartistes/html/index2.htm |archive-date=2007-06-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref> at street level of the [[Hotel des Artistes]] tower. Café des Artistes was designed for the residents of the Hotel des Artistes, since the apartments lacked kitchens. Artists such as [[Marcel Duchamp]], [[Norman Rockwell]], [[Isadora Duncan]] and [[Rudolph Valentino]] were patrons.<ref name="NYDeco">''New York Deco'', page 127, Richard Berenholtz, [[Carol Willis (architectural historian)|Carol Willis]], Maren Elizabeth Gregerson (captions), Welcome Books, 2009, {{ISBN|978-1-59962-078-7}}.</ref> Late in 1985, there was a fire in the kitchen, but the restaurant was able to reopen.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/18/nyregion/new-york-day-by-day-cafe-des-artistes-making-a-comeback.html December 18, 1985 NEW YORK DAY BY DAY] Cafe des Artistes Making a Comeback</ref>
The restaurant first opened in 1917,<ref name="Café des Artistes history">{{Cite web |url=http://www.cafenyc.com/cafedesartistes/html/index2.htm |title=Café des Artistes history |access-date=2006-11-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070603024531/http://www.cafenyc.com/cafedesartistes/html/index2.htm |archive-date=2007-06-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref> at street level of the [[Hotel des Artistes]] tower. Café des Artistes was designed for the residents of the Hotel des Artistes, since the apartments lacked kitchens. Artists such as [[Marcel Duchamp]], [[Norman Rockwell]], [[Isadora Duncan]] and [[Rudolph Valentino]] were patrons.<ref name="NYDeco">''New York Deco'', page 127, Richard Berenholtz, [[Carol Willis (architectural historian)|Carol Willis]], Maren Elizabeth Gregerson (captions), Welcome Books, 2009, {{ISBN|978-1-59962-078-7}}.</ref> Late in 1985, there was a fire in the kitchen, but the restaurant was able to reopen.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=Susan Heller |last2=Dunlap |first2=David W. |date=1985-12-18 |title=NEW YORK DAY BY DAY; Cafe des Artistes Making a Comeback |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/18/nyregion/new-york-day-by-day-cafe-des-artistes-making-a-comeback.html |access-date=2022-08-19 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>


In early September 2009, two years into the [[Great Recession]], Lang announced that the café was closing; shortly thereafter, Lang filed for [[Chapter 7 bankruptcy]] protection, claiming debts of nearly $500,000, some of which was owed to a union benefit trust.<ref name="lang">{{cite news|author=Wells, Pete |title=Aftermath |url=http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/09/aftermath/ |work=NYTimes.com |date=September 9, 2009 }}</ref> At the time, he also faced a lawsuit from the [[Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union]] Welfare Fund.<ref name="lang"/>
In early September 2009, two years into the [[Great Recession]], Lang announced that the café was closing; shortly thereafter, Lang filed for [[Chapter 7 bankruptcy]] protection, claiming debts of nearly $500,000, some of which was owed to a union benefit trust.<ref name="lang">{{cite news|author=Wells, Pete |title=Aftermath |url=http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/09/aftermath/ |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=September 9, 2009 }}</ref> At the time, he also faced a lawsuit from the [[Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union]] Welfare Fund.<ref name="lang"/>
[[File:Hotel des Artistes sidewalk tables jeh.jpg|thumb|Ready for outdoor dining]]
[[File:Hotel des Artistes sidewalk tables jeh.jpg|thumb|Ready for outdoor dining]]


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==The murals==
==The murals==
The restaurant's famous murals, retained in the new restaurant's 2011 renovation,<ref name="Timesreview" /> were painted by [[Howard Chandler Christy]]. Christy was a tenant of the building, Hotel des Artistes, until his death in 1952.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://academicmuseum.lafayette.edu/special/Christy/Christyonline/bio.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-12-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224093828/http://academicmuseum.lafayette.edu/special/Christy/Christyonline/bio.html |archive-date=2013-12-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="NYDeco"/> There are six panels of wood nymphs, the first of which were completed in 1934. Other Christy works on display include paintings such as ''The Parrot Girl'', ''The Swing Girl'', ''[[Juan Ponce de León|Ponce De Leon]]'', ''Fall'', ''Spring'', and ''[[the Fountain of Youth]]''.<ref name="Café des Artistes history"/>
The restaurant's famous murals, retained in the new restaurant's 2011 renovation,<ref name="Timesreview" /> were painted by [[Howard Chandler Christy]]. Christy was a tenant of the building, Hotel des Artistes, until his death in 1952.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://academicmuseum.lafayette.edu/special/Christy/Christyonline/bio.html |title=Lafayette College - Howard Chandler Christy Papers - Biographical Sketch |access-date=2013-12-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224093828/http://academicmuseum.lafayette.edu/special/Christy/Christyonline/bio.html |archive-date=2013-12-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="NYDeco"/> There are six panels of wood nymphs, the first of which were completed in 1934. Other Christy works on display include paintings such as ''The Parrot Girl'', ''The Swing Girl'', ''[[Juan Ponce de León|Ponce De Leon]]'', ''Fall'', ''Spring'', and ''[[the Fountain of Youth]]''.<ref name="Café des Artistes history"/>


==In popular culture==
==In popular culture==
* 1981: It is the setting for the film ''[[My Dinner with Andre]]''. Actual filming took place in the then-unoccupied [[Jefferson Hotel (Richmond, Virginia)|Jefferson Hotel]] in [[Richmond, Virginia]].
* 1981: It is the setting for the film ''[[My Dinner with Andre]]''. Actual filming took place in the then-unoccupied [[Jefferson Hotel (Richmond, Virginia)|Jefferson Hotel]] in [[Richmond, Virginia]].
* 1986: It is the location of dinner between Kim Basinger and Mickey Rourke in the film ''[[9½ Weeks]]''.<ref>http://onthesetofnewyork.com/9andahalfweeks.html</ref>
* 1986: It is the location of dinner between Kim Basinger and Mickey Rourke in the film ''[[9½ Weeks]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nine 1/2 Weeks Film Locations - [otsoNY.com] |url=http://onthesetofnewyork.com/9andahalfweeks.html |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=onthesetofnewyork.com}}</ref>
* 1988: In the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' first-season episode "[[We'll Always Have Paris (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|We'll Always Have Paris]], Captain [[Jean-Luc Picard]] visits a holographic recreation of the restaurant.
* 1988: In the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' first-season episode "[[We'll Always Have Paris (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|We'll Always Have Paris]], Captain [[Jean-Luc Picard]] visits a holographic recreation of a restaurant in 24th-century Paris that bore the same name.
* 1993: It is the location of a poker lesson in the [[Woody Allen]] film ''[[Manhattan Murder Mystery]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Manhattan Murder Mystery |url=http://www.sonymoviechannel.com/movies/manhattan-murder-mystery/details |website=sonymoviechannel.com |publisher=Sony/CPE US Networks |accessdate=2015-01-12}}</ref>
* 1993: It is the location of a poker lesson in the [[Woody Allen]] film ''[[Manhattan Murder Mystery]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Manhattan Murder Mystery |url=http://www.sonymoviechannel.com/movies/manhattan-murder-mystery/details |website=sonymoviechannel.com |publisher=Sony/CPE US Networks |accessdate=2015-01-12 |archive-date=January 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113165952/http://www.sonymoviechannel.com/movies/manhattan-murder-mystery/details |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* 1994: In the ''[[Friends]]'' second-season episode "[[Friends (season 2)|The One With The Bullies]]", [[Monica Geller|Monica]] states that she was a [[sous chef]] at the restaurant.
* 1996: The film ''[[The First Wives Club]]'' used the restaurant as the location where the three women have lunch after their friend's funeral.
* 1996: The film ''[[The First Wives Club]]'' used the restaurant as the location where the three women have lunch after their friend's funeral.
* 2007: In the ''[[Gossip Girl]]'' first-season, Blair Waldorf states that she was supposed to have lunch here with her mother, like they used to when they were younger.
* 2024: In the TV series ''[[Feud: Capote vs. The Swans]]'', Lee Radziwell suggests the restaurant and [[Lutèce (restaurant)|Lutece]] as a possible place for their next lunch together, as possible alternatives to their typical lunch spot [[La Côte Basque]].


==References==
==References==
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*{{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20070603024531/http://www.cafenyc.com/cafedesartistes/html/index2.htm}}
* {{Official website|https://www.theleopardnyc.com/}} – The Leopard
* [http://www.nysun.com/article/6240 At Cafe des Artistes, the Host's Enthusiasm Is Contagious]
* [http://www.nysun.com/article/6240 At Cafe des Artistes, the Host's Enthusiasm Is Contagious] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061121143112/http://www.nysun.com/article/6240 |date=November 21, 2006 }}

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Café des Artistes
Front entrance to Café des Artistes in October 2008
Map
Restaurant information
Established1917 (1917)
Closed2009 (2009)
Food typeFrench
Street address1 West 67 Street
CityNew York
StateNew York
Postal/ZIP Code10023

Café des Artistes was a fine restaurant at 1 West 67th Street in Manhattan. New York City. It was owned by George Lang, who closed the restaurant in early August 2009 and announced later that month that the restaurant would remain closed permanently.[1] His wife, Jenifer Lang, had been the managing director of the restaurant since 1990.[2]

History

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The restaurant first opened in 1917,[3] at street level of the Hotel des Artistes tower. Café des Artistes was designed for the residents of the Hotel des Artistes, since the apartments lacked kitchens. Artists such as Marcel Duchamp, Norman Rockwell, Isadora Duncan and Rudolph Valentino were patrons.[4] Late in 1985, there was a fire in the kitchen, but the restaurant was able to reopen.[5]

In early September 2009, two years into the Great Recession, Lang announced that the café was closing; shortly thereafter, Lang filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection, claiming debts of nearly $500,000, some of which was owed to a union benefit trust.[6] At the time, he also faced a lawsuit from the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union Welfare Fund.[6]

Ready for outdoor dining

In 2011, a new restaurant, the Leopard at des Artistes, opened in the location. According to the New York Times, it caters to those in New York society who derive "fame from power rather than the other way around".[7]

The murals

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The restaurant's famous murals, retained in the new restaurant's 2011 renovation,[7] were painted by Howard Chandler Christy. Christy was a tenant of the building, Hotel des Artistes, until his death in 1952.[8][4] There are six panels of wood nymphs, the first of which were completed in 1934. Other Christy works on display include paintings such as The Parrot Girl, The Swing Girl, Ponce De Leon, Fall, Spring, and the Fountain of Youth.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ Fabricant, Florence (August 29, 2009). ""Café des Artistes closing"". Dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
  2. ^ "212dressingroom Blog". Archived from the original on September 4, 2009. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
  3. ^ a b "Café des Artistes history". Archived from the original on June 3, 2007. Retrieved November 30, 2006.
  4. ^ a b New York Deco, page 127, Richard Berenholtz, Carol Willis, Maren Elizabeth Gregerson (captions), Welcome Books, 2009, ISBN 978-1-59962-078-7.
  5. ^ Anderson, Susan Heller; Dunlap, David W. (December 18, 1985). "NEW YORK DAY BY DAY; Cafe des Artistes Making a Comeback". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
  6. ^ a b Wells, Pete (September 9, 2009). "Aftermath". The New York Times.
  7. ^ a b Sifton, Sam (August 2, 2011). "The Leopard at des Artistes". The New York Times. Retrieved August 18, 2011.
  8. ^ "Lafayette College - Howard Chandler Christy Papers - Biographical Sketch". Archived from the original on December 24, 2013. Retrieved December 21, 2013.
  9. ^ "Nine 1/2 Weeks Film Locations - [otsoNY.com]". onthesetofnewyork.com. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
  10. ^ "Manhattan Murder Mystery". sonymoviechannel.com. Sony/CPE US Networks. Archived from the original on January 13, 2015. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
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