The beloved Upper West Side restaurant, which closed in 2009 after nearly a century in business, will be revived under new ownership in the coming months. It will be keeping its famed wood nymph murals.

01 Oct 2026 | 06:06

Café des Artistes is set to make a grand return to 1 West 67th St. roughly 17 years after it closed, as confirmed by an ad taken out in the New York Times on September 27.

It will be operated by Ariel Arce and Max Katzenberg, the team behind AirMax Hospitality, which took over the space that used to...