Campagnola, an Higher East Facet staple for 40 years, is altering venues and shifting to the fashionable Impala condominium tower two blocks north.
In a daring Higher East Facet eating relocation, Campagnola — an “Italian Nation Restaurant” at 1382 First Ave. for almost 40 years — is shifting from its tenement-building dwelling to the fashionable Impala condominium tower two blocks north at 1456 First Ave., the place its new landlord shall be Aby Rosen’s RFR Realty.
It’s a surprising change of venue for Campagnola, which has lengthy drawn celebrities, politicians and law-enforcement bigs who enter via a country, arched-ceiling entrance room. The menu’s hearty southern and northern Italian dishes are attuned to the “nation” theme and “meant to be shared,” its web site says.
However Meridian Retail Leasing president James Famularo, who brokered the lease for Campagnola proprietor Curt Huegel, mentioned that Huegel “has leaned on a proficient designer, Delphine Mauroit, the proprietor of DMDesign & Structure, to seize the soul and atmosphere of the unique” — probably together with the unique bar, furnishings and paintings.
The brand new house in a former yoga studio on the base of the tower could have 3,400 sq. toes “in an ideal L form” on the bottom, Famularo mentioned, plus, 2,000 sq. toes within the basement. The setup permits the eating space to take up the entire major ground.
He couldn’t focus on phrases as a consequence of a non-disclosure settlement. The transfer is predicted to happen in about 9 months.
The owner was repped by Brandon Singer of MONA leasing, a brokerage that’s backed by RFR.
Huegel’s firm, Host Eating places, owns a number of main venues out and in of town. Amongst them is the Sefton bar/lounge throughout the road from the unique Campagnola — a lease that Famularo additionally dealt with.
Huegel was all the time recognized for eating places, not for bars — however Famularo mentioned he obtained the concept for Sefton when he observed a lot of Campagnola clients looking for drinks close by whereas they waited for his or her tables.
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