Prolific restaurateur Andrew Tarlow is closing one of his north Brooklyn hotspots after 20 years in business.
Marlow & Sons, the farm-to-table eatery that opened at 81 Broadway in 2004, will shutter for good April 6, Tarlow announced on Instagram earlier this week. The Williamsburg establishment is one of a half-dozen Brooklyn restaurants that are part of Tarlow’s hospitality group, the Marlow Collective, which also includes Roman’s at 243 Dekalb Ave. in Clinton Hill, Achilles Heel at 180 West St. in Greenpoint and Diner, just next door at 85 Broadway.
Jay Strell, a spokesman for the hospitality group, told Crain’s that Tarlow decided to throw in the towel on Marlow & Sons and vacate the building after the landlord, G4 Capital Partners, tried to significantly increase the rent. Tarlow declined to say how much he was paying for his lease, but CoStar estimates the space right near the Williamsburg Bridge would go for about $41 to $50 per square foot.
Louis Silverman, co-founder and managing partner at NoMad-based G4 Capital Partners, appears to have acquired the 3-story property between Wythe Avenue and Berry Street in 1998 for an unknown amount, city records show.
Silverman then started the real estate firm, with a focus on the Williamsburg waterfront, in 2005 with Robyn Sorid and Jason Behfarin. It has since completed more than $4.9 billion in transactions spanning every asset class, according to the company’s website. Silverman did not return a request for comment by press time.
Marlow & Son’s closure comes just months after Tarlow’s first move across the East River in his more than 20-year career. He opened Borgo, his inaugural Manhattan restaurant — and his first new eatery in a decade — at 124 E. 27th St. in NoMad late last year.
Tarlow’s first restaurant, Diner, opened on New Year’s Eve 1998, and has become known for popularizing the farm-to-table-type fare that has since proliferated throughout the borough.
Diner, which shares a wall with Marlow & Sons, is owned by a different landlord and will remain open.
