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Gus's Place by Brian Scott Lipton
May 6, 2007, 2:54.47 pm ET
“You look familiar,” owner Gus Theodoro might intone the minute you walk into his namesake eatery, Gus’ Place. From someone else’s lips, the phrase might sound like oily salesmanship or mere flattery, but Theodoro is nothing if not a sincere man. His well-known geniality was one reason the original Gus’ Place lasted for nearly two decades on Waverly Place in the West Village before closing in 2005, and it’s sure to contribute to the success of this new, smaller incarnation on Bleecker Street, just east of Sixth Avenue. more
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