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Originally published on May 25, 2021 11:43 am
Eli Sussman never imagined he would be able to open a restaurant at 30 Rock the heart of Manhattan and the location of Tina Fey s sitcom by the same name.
But he s done it.
His Mediterranean fast casual restaurant Samesa opened in Rockefeller Center in March. Before that, Samesa was on a residential side street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. It s about as night and day as you can get, Sussman says.
Until now, getting a spot in Midtown was too expensive and competitive Sussman would be typically bidding against big chains.
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Eli Sussman stands in front of the new location of his Mediterranean restaurant, Samesa, at Rockefeller Center in New York City. Camille Petersen/Courtesy of Camille Petersen
Eli Sussman never imagined he would be able to open a restaurant at 30 Rock the heart of Manhattan and the location of Tina Fey s sitcom by the same name.
But he s done it.
His Mediterranean fast casual restaurant Samesa opened in Rockefeller Center in March. Before that, Samesa was on a residential side street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Camille Petersen
Originally published on May 25, 2021 4:17 pm
Eli Sussman never imagined he would be able to open a restaurant at 30 Rock the heart of Manhattan and the location of Tina Fey s sitcom by the same name.
But he s done it.
His Mediterranean fast casual restaurant Samesa opened in Rockefeller Center in March. Before then, Samesa was on a residential side street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. It s about as night and day as you can get, Sussman says.
Until now, getting a spot in Midtown Manhattan was too expensive and competitive Sussman would be typically bidding against big chains.
But new leases and lease renewals are down nearly 60% in Manhattan since the early days of the pandemic, opening up new locations, according to the real estate services firm CBRE.