We're hearing all sorts of whispers that the hot Miami Beach restaurant, Social at the Sagamore Hotel is closing down.
The Jeffrey Chodorow restaurant opened inside the hotel nearly two years ago and promptly became a hot spot for the young, rich and fabulous in Miami.
But the grapevine is rumbling about differences yet again with the Sagamore's owner Martin Taplin, who also feuded with Thompson Hotels when they were managing the hotel. There's also been some rumblings on Chowhound that the restaurant has not been doing well as of late and that they have already let go several staffers.
Supposedly, breakfast and lunch service have been closed. Indeed when we tried OpenTable.com to make a lunch reservation, we were unable to do so. Dinner service is still on but we're hearing that it won't be for much longer, like less than a month.
A few weeks ago, a very reliable tipster (we heard from them about the Hotel Riverview before anyone else) put forth the possibility that hotelier Sean MacPherson was going to operate the Magic Castle Hotel sans partner Eric Goode.
Well, said tipster returns with some new info:
i have it from two very reliable sources that the magic castle is in the hands of sean macpherson. he is also the new owner of the famous japanese restaurant on the same hill.
That Japanese restaurant our tipster refers to is the Yamashiro which was built in 1914.
Previously Sean MacPherson's rep was not aware of any new project the last time we checked but this sounds pretty definite now. So what will Eric Goode be doing? We say Eric, now's the time to open your Ojai fantasy hotel!
Hoteliers Sean MacPherson and Eric Goode go together like peanut butter and jelly and the duo are behind three popular hotels in NYC--Maritime, Bowery, Lafayette--and are working on another, the Riverview.
But they might be splitting ways for their next project. A very reliable tipster writes into us:
has sean macpherson bought the magic castle in los angeles? and if he did why is he doing it without eric goode but with serge becker of the box fame?
For those of you who don't know the Magic Castle is a mecca for magicians and magic-lovers located on Franklin Avenue in Hollywood. Usually, it's a members-only club although there are some engagements that allow outsiders. The place also has the Magic Castle Hotel attached to it which we've never been in but has always looked a little sketch to us.
Not sure if MacPherson is buying the Magic Castle club, or just the hotel or both. If you know of anything more, hit us up on the tipline.
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