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Not to mention, also seen in countless movies and on television – (the restaurant was featured in a totally memorable scene in the Avengers!) The café has been a mecca for businessmen, politicians, celebrities, sports figures, and fashion models. “I’m not going to pay the rent and fees.Pershing Square, now a NYC restaurant institution, has received The Municipal Arts Society distinguished Preservation Award for the restoration and revitalization of NYC landmark – the viaduct at Grand Central. They’re in the train business,” Germanotta said of the MTA. “They’re really not in the real estate business. Germanotta, however, has no plans to oblige. “We trust that he will meet his obligations.” “We have served him with a 14-day demand notice that encourages him to pay his rent,” Minton said. “The people of the state of New York should not have to subsidize his business with more than a quarter million dollars of their hard earned money, because he doesn’t want to find a way to make his business successful,” Minton said.Īs for what’s next, this week the MTA sent a letter to Germanotta about his refusal to pay his rent. He believes Germanotta has a debt to settle with New York.

Minton says the MTA does constant outreach on behalf of the homeless in the station. The MTA is giving Germanotta 14 days to settle his debtsĪ 2019 report from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development estimates the number of homeless people in New York City at 78,604, with most of that group being families with children. Previously, Germanotta paid $50,000 per month in rent and fees, but his recent refusal to pay has led to the $260,000 bill from the MTA. Germanotta claims to have laid off seven people as a result of the loss of business. “Imagine you’re a tourist and you walk in there and see that. “The homeless guys are in there washing their hair in the sink,” Germanotta said. “Some days, there are more homeless people down there than there is foot traffic in the early morning,” Germanotta said.įrom an alleged rodent problem to dirty restrooms, the conditions are scaring off customers and harming his business, Germanatta says. However, Germanotta says his expectation of large crowds of customers faded. “What was the attraction? The number of passengers and the people that pass through every day.” “We had great expectations of being in the most well-known train station in the world,” Germanotta said. Restaurateur claims homeless population has led to business lossesĪfter opening his fried chicken eatery in 2018, Germanotta had high hopes. Minton also cited the lack of crime in the station’s dining concourse as evidence to rebut the restaurant owner’s allegations. “There is another business 40 feet away in a similar pavilion that is thriving.”

“It is a terrific place to do business,” Tim Minton, communications director for the MTA, told CNN on Friday. His landlord, the New York Metropolitan Transport Authority, says Germanotta’s view of the conditions at the famed Manhattan train station is unfounded. The restaurateur and father of Lady Gaga says he’s refusing to pay because of unclean conditions and the increasing presence of homeless people, who he claims caused business losses. Joe Germanotta is the owner of the Art Bird & Whiskey Bar in New York City’s Grand Central Terminal, but he hasn’t paid more than $260,000 in rent and fees.