Jeez, this is one hell of a restaurant.
Restaurant Florent, to be exact, a funky diner-slash-brasserie-slash-bistro in New York's Meatpacking District. Owned and operated by French transplant Florent Morellet since the mid-1980s, the place was a haven for artists, eccentrics, outsiders, and regular neighborhood folks for several decades. As the documentary "Florent: Queen of the Meat Market" opens, all sorts of celebrities and cultural elites pay homage to the place, many of them standing right in front of the restaurant. That's where we see the stencil on the window: "Serving 24/7 until the bitter(sweet) end: June 29." And then below it in all capital letters: "Au Revoir." So we know this movie does not have a happy ending.
The story of "Florent" is a story of New York City; in other words, a story of change. When Morellet moved to the Meatpacking District it was still a working meat market.
Restaurant Florent, to be exact, a funky diner-slash-brasserie-slash-bistro in New York's Meatpacking District. Owned and operated by French transplant Florent Morellet since the mid-1980s, the place was a haven for artists, eccentrics, outsiders, and regular neighborhood folks for several decades. As the documentary "Florent: Queen of the Meat Market" opens, all sorts of celebrities and cultural elites pay homage to the place, many of them standing right in front of the restaurant. That's where we see the stencil on the window: "Serving 24/7 until the bitter(sweet) end: June 29." And then below it in all capital letters: "Au Revoir." So we know this movie does not have a happy ending.
The story of "Florent" is a story of New York City; in other words, a story of change. When Morellet moved to the Meatpacking District it was still a working meat market.
- 5/19/2011
- by Matt Singer
- ifc.com
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