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Article: Armin Amiri to Turn Shuttered Socialista Cafe into Exclusive All-Night Diner.
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- The New York Observer (New York, NY)
- Article date:
- September 30, 2008
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Just when the era of exclusivity seemed to have peaked in this town, Socialista mastermind Armin Amiri has decided to open an all-night diner--with a guest list from 11 p.m. to 4 a.m.
"It's gonna be upscale diner food, like Florent, but a couple notches up food-wise," said Mr. Amiri, who is a former Bungalow 8 doorman and a working actor.
The yet-to-be-named diner will open in the ground-floor space that formerly housed Cafe Socialista, which Mr. Amiri closed in June.
The Cafe wasn't working, Mr. Amiri says, because the food was "almost a Jean-Georges style," he said. "At 3 o'clock in the morning, you want something more diner style, but still upscale."
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