El Sombrero, The Hat, the Place Busting At The Seams With NYU Students On Thursday Nights, The Joint Where Demetri Martin & His Comedian Friends Used To Hang Out "All The Time," served its final meal last night, according to EV Grieve. It had been open on the corner of Ludlow and Stanton since 1984.
Artichoke Pizza sniffed around the location but walked away. Brace yourself for a construct-it-yourself PB&J lounge, or a boutique that sells authentic Druid shrouds and electronics used on the set of Kids, or a members-only windowless room where the air smells like cinnamon and you can laugh and laugh.
El Sombrero shuttering means that two prime parcels in The Golgotha District remain vacant: inoteca closed last month and nothing has replaced it. Savor the slight drop in foot traffic.
While these places fade (Bereket et al will transmogrify soon) the space at 155 Rivington that previously housed St. Jerome's has re-opened as a bar that closely resembles the old configuration of St. Jerome's. "Rivington F&B," it's called, according to Bowery Boogie. We'll have more on this intriguing development later.
