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Café des Artistes was a fine restaurant at One West 67th Street in Manhattan and was owned by George Lang. He closed the restaurant for vacation at the beginning of August 2009 and, while away, decided to keep it closed permanently. He announced the closure on August 28, 2009.〔("Café des Artistes closing" )〕 His wife, Jenifer Lang, had been the managing director of the restaurant since 1990.〔http://www.212dressingroom.com/blog_more.php?id=5032〕 ==History== The restaurant first opened in 1917.〔(Café des Artistes history )〕 Late in 1985, there was a fire in the kitchen, but the restaurant was able to reopen.〔(December 18, 1985 NEW YORK DAY BY DAY ) Cafe des Artistes Making a Comeback〕 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.〔''New York Deco'', page 127, Richard Berenholtz, Carol Willis, Maren Elizabeth Gregerson (captions), Welcome Books, 2009, ISBN 978-1-59962-078-7.〕 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. At the time, he also faced a lawsuit from the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union Welfare Fund.〔 In 2011, a new restaurant, The Leopard at des Artistes, opened in the location. Like its forerunner, it caters to the upper echelon of New York society. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Café des Artistes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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