Nino's Restaurant, an iconic red-sauce eatery on the Upper East Side, faces closure as the Manocherian Brothers prepare to demolish the building for a 23-story high-rise. The restaurant, opened in 1991 by owner Shemsi "Nino" Selimaj, features a celebrated mural of past clientele but is now mostly empty. Patrons once included numerous celebrities, showcasing the restaurant's illustrious past. As it approaches its final days, Nino contemplates the loss of a beloved establishment amid a changing landscape for similar restaurants in New York City.
Red was the sauce, dark was the night, and empty the room at Nino's Restaurant, a red-sauce stalwart on the Upper East Side. Looking over the sea of unblemished white tablecloths was Shemsi "Nino" Selimaj, the dapper Albanian owner who opened the restaurant in 1991.
Like other red-sauce joints in New York City, Nino's future is cloudy. The building's owners, the Manocherian Brothers, are demolishing the structure later this year.
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