A famed fine-dining Italian restaurant in Manhattan, known for attracting a number of celebrities, including Jennifer Lopez, George Clooney and Tom Brady, is moving about four blocks south to a new home as Extell Development Co. plans to demolish its longtime digs.
Il Mulino’s uptown eatery will relocate from 37 E. 60th St. to 58 E. 56th, still between Madison and Park avenues, and reopen this summer under its new name Il Mulino NY Madison, the restaurant announced Monday. The East 60th Street location, which opened in 2012, decades after the Greenwich Village flagship opened at 86 W. Third St. in 1981, will close June 19.
News of the move comes the same day that David Rothstein, executive vice president of construction at Extell Development, filed permits to raze the existing 5-story building at 37 E. 60th St., occupied in part by Il Mulino on the ground floor, records show.
The Gary Barnett-led real estate firm is planning a new tower on the block but must first bulldoze the buildings in its way, including 33, 37 and 39 E. 60th St. as well as 655 Madison Ave., Crain’s reported last month. Extell acquired the properties as part of a $103 million deal that closed in February.
The exact opening date of the new East 56th Street space is unclear. Owned by the entity 5856 Madison Owner LLC, city records show, it will feature a 25-person dining room and a bar area with marble countertops and will continue to serve the authentic Abruzzese cuisine Il Mulino is known for, including signature dishes such as Dover sole, Langostino served with Tuscan risotto or sautéed spinach and ravioli ai porcini in a champagne truffle cream sauce.
The restaurant declined to comment on how much it will pay for its lease in the new space but CoStar estimates retail rent in the building to be about $129 to $158 per square foot.
