The Four Seasons Restaurant To Return After 2-Year Hiatus: Report

MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY — Midtown Manhattan icon The Four Seasons is set to return to the neighborhood after a two-year hiatus, and the restaurant is already accepting reservations, according to reports.

The restaurant will open just blocks away from its original location in a slightly smaller space on East 42nd Street and Park Avenue, the New York Times first reported. The new Four Seasons will seat 110 patrons compared to the old location's 160, according to the report.

The Four Seasons location has changed, but its ownership group remains the same. The new restaurant will be headed by partners Julian Niccolini and Alex von Bidder.

"Some people have already come in to pick their tables," Niccolini told the Times. "We get emails every day. People I can’t remember ever seeing before come up to me in stores, on the street, to ask about the opening."

The cooking team is led by executive chef Diego Garcia, chef de cuisine Brandon Lajes and pastry chef Bill Yosses, the Times first reported.

Staple menu items such as roast farmhouse duck will return to the Four Seasons menu as well as new offerings, the Times reported. A number of popular items such as the crab cakes, the chocolate velvet cake and the Four Seasons fancy cake will be updated by the new chefs, according to the report.

The Four Seasons' new space was designed by Brazilian architect Isay Weinfeld.

Read the full New York Times article here.

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