No, Longo's isn't closed for good
Nancy Longo's new restaurant is dark on a Saturday night. The note on the door says Longo's is closed for repairs. An application for a liquor license transfer is posted.
These are all the classic signs of a restaurant that's gone for good, but...
(Kim Hairston/Sun Photographer)
owner Nancy Longo assures me this is not the case.
"The restaurant is still in existence, and it will continue to be in existence," she told me over the phone. Apparently she's in the process of taking the whole restaurant over from her business partner, Andrew Silverman. (Hence the liquor license transfer; she will now own the license.)
That meant the county health department had to inspect the place again, and they found a plumbing problem which involves ripping up the floor. It has to be fixed before the restaurant can be reopened.
Longo hopes to be back in business in a week or so.
Thanks to Darlene Townsend for letting me know that Longo's is presently closed. She had a reservation Saturday night and found the restaurant dark when she and her companions got there. Longo says the staff tried to get back to as many customers as possible, but because of the short notice they didn't get to everyone.
Comments
Do not go to Longos. The service is horrendous and the food is too expensive for the quality. Nancy Longo is extremely rude, yelling at her staff and her customers. She is suppose to be such a great chef, but she was obviously not in the kitchen cooking the night that we were there.
Posted by: Debra | May 8, 2007 1:04 PM