| |  |  | |  | |  | The Monkey Bar | | | “The management gauged the bustle at sister steak joints Michael Jordan's and Strip House and decided a big dose of cow might liven things up.” —nymag | | Cuisine: Steakhouse |
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| | | | | | MIDTOWN EAST—The famed Monkey Bar, located in the the Hotel Elysee, will close for an overhaul after dinner service tonight, The Glazier Group announced today. The continental, slightly steak-slanting, restaurant will be taken given an Asian makeover, complete with the installation of Patricia Yeo ... | | | | | | The cavorting monkeys painted on the walls of Monkey Bar have seen a lot, from the bar's opening in 1936 through its 1990s reincarnation as a restaurant, and a series of chefs since then. The last time I went to Monkey Bar, it was a good steakhouse. Now it's been modestly reconceived with a Chinese ... | | | | | | Kalina, 5/3/07 MIDTOWN EAST—We have it on good authority that Patricia Yeo has parted ways with Monkey Bar, the restaurant just a few months out of an overhaul, but an overhaul that has not been met warmly by the critics (with a score of 24, the worst Indexing restaurant in New York at present). ... | | | | | | Kalina, 5/3/07 Above, the new Monkey Bar barroom at around 4 PM yesterday, just before open. Surely the dining room will emerge having undergone a more thorough renovation, but the new front room looks quite a bit like old one, albeit a bit spruced. The headline here, however, is the new menu. ... | | | | | | Chris Cheung isn't monkeying around.Photo courtesy Chris CheungWe've always liked Chris Cheung, going back to the days when the young Long Island–born chef was trying to reinvent Asian fusion from the Chinese side at Almond Flower in Chinatown. (His exit from the place, and its epic aftermath, made ... | | | | | | MIDTOWN EAST—Seeing Monkey Bar go from New York institution to restaurant wasteland in under 12 months really leaves a mark—angers us, even, to lose such a place—, but here's to hoping the installation of a new chef can turn the place around. Said chef is Chris Cheung, who was last at Almond Flower... | | | | | | MIDTOWN EAST—In a surprise move, the spruced, reinvented Monkey Bar is slated to reopen its barroom tonight at 5 PM. While the dining room is still in the works, the front room makeover is complete (Kalina: en route). New exec chef Patricia Yeo may or may not be serving food tonight, but if she do... | | | | | | Yes, it's true. Patricia Yeo to take the helm at the Monkey Bar. Closing today, with the grand re-opening in May. Note that Ms. Yeo remains executive chef and partner at Sapa. She'll do double duty overseeing both spots. Full press release grandeur after the jump. Monkeying Around The Glazier Group... | | | | | | Frank Bruni appreciates Pichet Ong’s skill and creativity but finds his restaurant, P*ONG, in what will probably be a defining review, unequal to his talent: “Mr. Ong is an enterprising cook, but he doesn’t seem to be a seasoned restaurateur, and P*ong points out the difference.” [NYT] Similarly,... | | | | | | A veteran of Nobu and Ruby Foo’s, Chris Cheung was hired 5 months ago to replace Patricia Yeo at Monkey Bar, the red satin and black lacquer midtown institution known primarily for its, well, monkey theme. In an effort to reemphasize the food quotient of the restaurant, the 38 year-old chef maintain... | | | |
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