Settepani officially opened its doors last night for dinner service as a new wine bar. The restaurant will not be serving lunch until April 17th, so don't swing by during the day because it will still be closed. In the meantime, drop by for dinner during this soft opening period and receive a complimentary glass of wine! Ristorante Settepani is located at 196 Lenox Avenue and 120th Street. The nearest subway is the 2,3 at 125th or 116th Street. Photo by Ulysses.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
☞ EAT: Settepani Opens for Dinner Service
Settepani officially opened its doors last night for dinner service as a new wine bar. The restaurant will not be serving lunch until April 17th, so don't swing by during the day because it will still be closed. In the meantime, drop by for dinner during this soft opening period and receive a complimentary glass of wine! Ristorante Settepani is located at 196 Lenox Avenue and 120th Street. The nearest subway is the 2,3 at 125th or 116th Street. Photo by Ulysses.
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If this re-opens and can do well, it will really transform this part of Lenox at night - the area needs more places open at night. Hopefully One Bar will open up soon as well. On that note, supposedly the Den is moving to this location too - this is the bar that used to be on 132nd and 5th. Ultimately I think this will be nicer than FDB just because of the architecture.
ReplyDeleteI believe the neighborhood will support Sattepani as long as they improve customer service and have a reasonably price menu
ReplyDeleteReally excited about this neighborhood. Seeing a lot of activity in apartment closings and delighted to see Settepani up and running once again.
ReplyDeleteMe too. Feels like momentum is picking up considerably. What is going on with Fifth on the Park? Once they drop prices or rent large numbers of units that will help too.
ReplyDeleteThis block should be called Settepani way as this café now restaurant has had such a huge effect in uplifting these surrounding blocks over the last few years. For the longest time a selling point in the neighborhood would be how close a home was to Settepani. I wonder how much the café has raised the real estate value of the homes within in it’s vicinity?
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't go that far, westsider. There are several boarded up buildings right next to Settepani.
ReplyDeleteMaybe I am over reaching a little but Settepani has been a real pioneer on this block for nearly a decade when Harlem was a different place and things where a lot worse than a few boarded up stores. The owner was ahead of her time in seeing the future of this part of Harlem and maybe a little over optimistic. I do not doubt this bakery has been instrumental and attracting many home owners that have made the Mount Morris Park District one of the most desirable areas in Harlem.
ReplyDeleteMt. morris is now the most desirable part of harlem at least for townhouse owners. While Striver's Row and Hamilton Heights have beatiful residential stock as well, this area is within walking distance of Central Park, the development along FDB, the boutiques on Lenox, and 125th street. This wasn't really as much true a few years ago, but the market is starting to show this when you look at where recent transactions have occured. Even houses that need substantial work have traded for $1.5mm + in this area post-Lehman. Farther up, these kind of prices go only to finished brownstones.
ReplyDeleteMan honestly, I miss the old Settepani. The bread, coffee, and pastries were awesome and they had enough sit-down food to justify having brunch there. Now it's uber-expensive and yeah, the food looks delicious but honestly, is it appropriate for the neighborhood?
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