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The End of Good World As We Know It
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John Del Signore
Published Apr 6, 2009
Modified Apr 6, 2009
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Good World, the Orchard Street bar and grill with the cozy back patio, closed last week after more than a decade of Swedish meatballs and Gaffel Koelsch. The cause of death here wasn't the recession, but that other NYC restaurant Paraquat: the mustache-twirling landlord. Owner Annika Sundvick previously told Grub Street that she was being forced out to make way for some desperately needed condos; an elegiac note taped to the shuttered establishment elaborates further: "It was built with love and a warm light brightened the tip of Orchard Street like a beacon of hope. Sadly, a greedy landlord who has never stepped in America, and doesn't speak a word of English bought this building, evicted the tenants in order to flip it. In place of a thriving business that brought life to this corner, he has left us with an empty hole." But don't despair, brothers and sisters; that flickering flame of hope was heroically sheltered before it guttered completely, and the convivial blaze has been rekindled by Sundvick at her new restaurant/bar White Slab Palace. Excelsior!
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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