The future of Bryant Park Grill in doubt after the iconic eater of judge’s boots in favor of Star Chef

The increasingly toxic struggle to control the popular Bryant Park grill is leaving a bitter taste for hungry visitors to the Midtown iconic Oasis.

Non-profit corporation Bryant Park (BPC), which manages the park, but the boot of the team’s long team operator, in favor of the world world chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten. But the cash register owner Michael Weinstein says he will not rest the closed glass dinner and two small outdoor cafes, despite their leases that expire this month, as he suppresses a court case seeking to overturn the decision.

Weinstein told the post that he did not intend to close its grill and its satellites as “as long as we are in litigation.”

Weinstein ran for 30 years. He is sued the Park Corporation, the Vongerichten Seaport Entertainment Group, Department of Parks, which has the last word on an operator, and the New York Public Library, whose main building removes the Grill space and has an advisory saying.

His registration of the Supreme State Court says the corporate “flawed” selection process was created to elect vongerichten from the beginning and that BPC President Daniel Biederman tried to run the park as his “personal field”.

But in opposition to the special request of the cash register for an order to block his overthrow last week, Judge Anar Rathod Patel essentially called the Ark and Weinstein injured, saying: “Simply dissatisfaction with a competitive result is not a bad confidence.”

Following Patel’s decision, “Park intends to exercise its right to continue in a cash expulsion from the site, Benderman said.

Bryant Park Grill, at the eastern end of the park, has 4,900 square meters inside and almost as much space on the roof for Alfresco. One of the country’s highest volume restaurants with $ 25 million in annual income.

The BPC issued a request for proposals to take over the leases and small cafes last year, ahead of their expirations this spring.

Eleven possible operators submitted proposals. The corporation chose Seaport Entertainment Group (SEG) because it believes that Michelin-star, internationally renowned, would bring greater prestige and greater income to the park over time, though Seg would pay less rental than paying Ark.

Seg’s proposal “represents the best combination of operational records, financial force and creative talent in the field of food and design,” Biederman told the Community Board 5.

According to the Arku Court’s submission, the Vongerichten team may need to close the grill for 10 months or longer for a redesign – to which the BPC would contribute $ 2 million, which the crate called “improper” as no other applicants were offered.

But no closure is close. Biederman told The Post, “Weinstein is attracting a wide variety of legal movements to stay more of his rent, so he will surely stay there for spring and maybe summer months.”