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Note: This is a review under chef David Santos, who left the restaurant in August 2011. After chef shuffles too numerous to mention, the restaurant closed in August 2012. If only the owners of Hotel Griffou had had the good sense to hire David Santos as chef from the get-go. Instead, they hired a journeyman best not named, who got zero-star reviews from both the Times and New York.

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Hotel Griffou. 21 West 9th Street, New York, NY 10011 (212) 358-0228 Visit Website.

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The Hotel Griffou was sold to Oreste Giolito, who renamed it the Hotel Europe and kept Cervio Hernandez on. The New York Times revealed a shocking detail about Hernandez on January 27, 1909. "He was a Cuban negro, born a slave, and never doubted that he was the possession of the Griffou family, with whom he came to this country.

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Faux classic is the New York restaurant flavor du jour, but partners in the new Hotel Griffou at 21 West Ninth Street hit authenticity pay dirt with a history-buff neighbor's fortuitous tip.

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I wondered when making a reservation at Hotel Griffou. No, that's not the case, but back in the 19th century, this historic brownstone was a hotel owned by an eccentric woman, Madame Marie.

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Rachel Roy and Chloë Sevigny have already been spotted at the new restaurant from a pair of Balthazar and Waverly Inn alums.

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City Guides Hotspots come and go. A watering hole can be the place du jour only to become passé once word gets out. New York has had many hotspots over the years, from Studio 54 to Webster Hall.

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The restaurant is named after Marie Griffou—the woman who ran a boardinghouse at the same address. It's been said that Mark Twain used to frequent the Greenwich Village brownstone. Upvote Downvote. @JaumePrimero December 1, 2011. The dirty martini is one of the best I've had in the city.

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Hotel Griffou Pity The Fou Your New Hidden Supper Club. June 10, 2009. New York, NY, 10003 212-358-0228 Extras. Slideshow; Sign up for UrbanDaddy Emails. Get breaking info on the most important things you need to know. Sign Up. I am 21+ years old Elsewhere on the Daddy.

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Hotel Griffou. SATISFACTORY. 21 West Ninth Street, (212) 358-0228. ATMOSPHERE Four intimate dining rooms have contrasting decorating schemes but share an aesthetic that is prewar and vaguely.

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Hotel Griffou, which opened several months ago in another cozy retread restaurant space (this one recently occupied by Marylou's, on 9th Street, in the Village), has also been conceived as a.

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Inside Hotel Griffou. The restaurant Hotel Griffou, owned by veterans of the Waverly Inn, Freemans and La Esquina, has opened on West Ninth Street. Christopher Smith for The New York Times. Share.

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Mon-Sat 6pm-midnight; Sun 11am-4pm, 6pm-midnight. Do you own this business? Sign in & claim business. It's style over substance at Hotel Griffou. The subterranean venue is split into.

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Hotel Griffou is the chic West Village restaurant conceived by New York restaurant veterans Larry Poston and Johnny Swet, together with Jonathan Hettinger and Jesse Keyes. Hotel Griffou has captured the bohemian, creative, stylish atmosphere for which downtown New York is known. The restaurant gets its name from the 1870's boarding house located in the same building and originally presided.

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Hotel Griffou has finally opened its doors and I am thrilled for the principals Larry Poston (Waverly Inn), Johnny Swet (Freeman's), Jesse Keyes (La Esquina/Goldbar), and Jonathan Hettinger, who.

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