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New York Post, Tuesday, August 6, 2019

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Almanac

Athens 90/73/s 92/73/s

Baghdad 113/86/s 113/85/s

Beijing 87/74/c 85/73/t

Berlin 79/62/pc 78/59/t

Cairo 95/75/s 94/76/s

Dublin 67/54/t 68/53/sh

Geneva 84/61/t 73/58/t

Hong Kong 90/81/sh 90/82/t

Jerusalem 84/66/s 84/64/s

Kabul 102/68/s 100/67/s

London 75/57/t 75/56/t

Madrid 96/73/s 84/68/pc

Mexico City 72/57/t 68/56/t

Montreal 85/68/t 80/67/t

Moscow 64/51/r 68/57/r

Paris 73/61/t 80/59/pc

Rio de Janeiro 77/63/pc 81/67/s

Rome 86/67/s 89/72/pc

Sydney 67/46/s 72/50/s

Tokyo 93/80/s 93/81/pc

World cities TODAY TOMORROW

Albany 86/68/t 83/67/t

Danbury 82/67/pc 85/67/t

Glens Falls 85/65/t 81/64/t

Gr Barrington 84/65/t 84/65/t

Kingston 85/67/t 85/67/t

Liberty 81/62/t 80/63/t

Monticello 82/61/t 81/61/t

Newburgh 84/69/t 86/67/t

Poughkeepsie 85/68/t 86/67/t

Saratoga Springs 85/66/t 81/66/t

Stroudsburg 84/66/t 84/65/t

Torrington 82/67/pc 84/67/t

Syracuse 87/68/t 81/66/t

Regional cities TODAY TOMORROW

Sun and Moon

Coney Island 12:26a 1:07p 1:22a 2:02p

Fire Island 12:33a 1:09p 1:25a 2:05p

Hempstead 4:03a 4:36p 5:08a 5:41p

Huntington 4:01a 4:31p 5:01a 5:31p

Jones Inlet 12:10a 12:51p 1:06a 1:46p

Montauk Point 1:31a 2:09p 2:27a 3:09p

Port Washington 4:06a 4:42p 5:16a 5:50p

Sandy Hook 12:30a 1:11p 1:26a 2:06p

New York Tides TODAY TOMORROW

YESTERDAY’S CONDITIONS AT CENTRAL PARK THROUGH 6PM

Temperature

High Tide for 1st 2nd 1st 2nd

Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy,

c-cloudy, sh-showers, r-rain, t-thunder-

storms, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice

Sunrise today ......................... 5:57 a.m.

Sunset tonight ........................ 8:06 p.m.

Moonrise today .................... 12:21 p.m.

Moonset today ..................... 11:47 p.m.

High: 82, Low: 70, Mean: 76

Departure from Normal

Yesterday: 0 degrees

Precipitation

Yesterday: 0.00”, Month: 0.21”, Year:

33.40”, Normal year to date: 29.61”

Cooling Degree days yesterday ..............11

Total for the month (normal) ..........64 (56)

Total since Jan. 1 (normal) ..........793 (695)

Last year to date .....................................829

Heat Index (at noon yest.) ..................... 76

UV index (for Tue.) ............... 8 (Very High)

Humidity (at noon) ............................. 50%

First

Aug 7

Full

Aug 15

Last

Aug 23

New

Aug 30

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Forecast data is current as of 6

p.m. yesterday. Temperatures are

today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

Tuesday Wednesday

Thursday Friday

Today: An

afternoon t-storm

in the area. High 80

to 86.

Tonight: A

t-storm in spots

early. Low 70 to 76.

Partly

sunny. High

83 to 89.

Evening

Mainly clear. Low 67

to 73.

Tomorrow

night: Showers

and t-storms. Low

67 to 73.

Tomorrow:

T-storm. High 84

to 90.

Mostly

sunny. High

80 to 86.

Evening

Clear. Low 62 to 68.

Bridgeport

82/72

Stamford

83/71

Peekskill

83/69

White Plains

82/68

Garden

City

83/73

Sussex

84/67

Newark

86/72

Paterson

86/71

Asbury Park

83/73

Manasquan

83/73

Toms River

85/72

Long Beach

83/74

Atlantic City

86/73

Ocean City

84/75

La G

83/73

Sandy Hook

81/73

Long Beach

82/74

Deer Park

82/72

Huntington

82/72

JFK

83/73

Montauk

Riverhead 79/71

80/71 Southampton

79/72

Pollen: Low. Predominant pollen: Hickory,

Pecan, Pine family

AQI rating: (for Tue.) ..........................Moderate

AIR QUALITY

Showers

T-storms

Rain

Flurries

Snow

Ice

Cold

Warm

Stationary

Fronts

Shown are noon positions of

weather systems and precipitation.

Temperature bands are highs for

the day. Forecast high/low tempera-

tures are given for selected cities.

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Tuesday, August 6, 2019

T

HE Rockefeller Center

dining venues run by just-

booted Patina Group enjoy

one of the world’s choicest

eatery locations — but might

be too much to chew for all

but the best-heeled restau-

rant companies.

As first reported Monday on

nypost.com, Rock Center

landlord Tishman Speyer

won’t renew the lease on Pa-

tina’s Sea Grill, Rock Center

Cafe and Cucina & Co. when it

expires in January 2020. The

venues surrounding the be-

loved landmark’s sunken plaza

comprise 18,000 square feet of

indoor space in total, plus out-

door space in summer.

The beloved landmark

complex is visited by 350,000

people daily — not including

the thousands who work at

companies such as Comcast

and stores including Michael

Kors and FAO Schwarz.

But, “it’s time for a change,”

said Cushman & Wakefield

super-broker Joanne Podell

of the underperforming Pa-

tina spaces, where she isn’t

involved.

Of course, Rock Center

isn’t Times Square. Tishman

Speyer, led by Rob Speyer,

invested hundreds of mil-

lions of dollars to restore the

complex’s original grandeur

and reposition its office and

retail space. It won’t likely

settle for a chain, mid-market

restaurant tenant.

James Famularo, another

retail broker who’s not in-

volved at the location, specu-

lated, “Tishman Speyer will

probably want $400 per

square foot from a new ten-

ant and profit-share above a

base. Unfortunately, many

operators are reluctant to

sign deals at that price point

because of the minimum

wage increases, so finding a

new tenant may be challeng-

ing in this environment.” The

landlord declined to com-

ment on rent.

The Sea Grill and the other

sunken-plaza eateries have

been at Rock Center since the

mid-1980s, when they were

owned by New York com-

pany Restaurant Associates.

Patina and R.A. became sepa-

rate companies in 2006.

But as a more casual dining

style typified by “grazing”

menus and communal tables

took hold, the flagship Sea

Grill and only slightly

cheaper Rock Center Cafe

struck many as stodgy, except

during the tourist-packed

Christmas season.

Restaurant Associates

president of restaurant serv-

ices Ed Brown — who was

the Sea Grill’s three-star head

chef for 14 years until 2007 —

recalls that “It was like David

Rockefeller’s private club

when it opened in 1985. Men

wore jackets.”

A 2000 relaunch made the

place less stuffy and garnered

good reviews. But Patina

struggled to keep the venues

profitable in the past few

years.

Tishman Speyer said in a

statement that it’s “now ex-

ploring other partners and

concepts in food and bever-

age” to replace Patina.

An industry source said,

“It’s an open secret that Tish-

man Speyer was talking to

other restaurants about tak-

ing over the Rock Center

spaces earlier.” A Tishman

Speyer rep said only that the

company “is constantly in

talks with several restaura-

teurs about a variety of

spaces.”

One source cited tension

between landlord and tenant

over the popular alfresco

bar. Tishman Speyer

last year ap-

proached Patina

about taking it

over to run by it-

self, as the real es-

tate giant does with

the Rainbow Room

and Top of the Rock.

“But the Patina guys said,

‘no way — it’s the only part of

the operation that makes

money,’ ” the source said.

Even so, news of the oust-

ing might have taken Patina

by surprise. The Sea Grill

posted a LinkedIn search for

a new executive chef just last

week. Patina’s rep declined to

comment.

Patina still owns or oper-

ates New York restaurants in-

cluding Lincoln Ristorante,

Stella 34 at Macy’s, the State

Grill in the Empire State

Building, Brasserie 8 ¹/₂ and

La Fonda del Sol.

The company was

sold in 2014 to

Delaware North,

a privately held

hospitality giant

boasting $3.2 bil-

lion in annual rev-

enue and run by

Boston Bruins owner

Jeremy Jacobs.

Although well-regarded

New York restaurant execu-

tive Nick Valenti remains as

Patina’s CEO, sources said

his managerial role has been

diminished.

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Sea Grill set to skate away

Lease yanked from famous Rock Center restaurants

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