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Crain’s New York Business profiles the well-connected Philadelphia gay couple who will re-open Central Park’s legendary Tavern On The Green, which closed in bankruptcy in 2009 after almost 75 years in business. Philadelphia restaurateurs Jim Caiola and David Salama celebrated this summer when they were selected by the Bloomberg administration over several local heavyweights to run Tavern on the Green. …

Central Park’s famed Tavern On The Green, which recently closed in bankruptcy despite being the second-highest grossing restaurant in the country, is going to have a new life. As a snack bar and souvenir stand. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg envisions an unexpected, humble but most likely temporary destiny for the closed, bankrupt, once-glittering Tavern on the Green restaurant: a snack …

Central Park’s Tavern On The Green, the nation’s highest grossing and arguably most famous restaurant, will close tomorrow after 75 years in business. The former sheepfold at the edge of Central Park, now ringed by twinkling lights and fake topiary animals, is preparing for New Year’s Eve, when it will serve its last meal. Just three years ago, it was …