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Milk & Honey Will Close October 25, But Will Relocate (Again)

Petraske, bartending, most likely with Joni Mitchell playing in the background.
Petraske, bartending, most likely with Joni Mitchell playing in the background. Photo: Jed Egan

Sasha Petraske tells Robert Simonson that a pesky demolition clause in his current Milk & Honey lease means he’ll be forced to close the establishment next month. The second version of the upscale cocktail bar debuted in January of 2013 at 30 East 23rd Street, a space that’s three times larger than the bar’s original Lower East Side location. (That one’s Attaboy now.)

Petraske, who abruptly dropped Milk & Honey’s famous reservations policy at the 66-seat bar last year, says October 25 is the bar’s very last call before its current home is torn down in advance of a new development, and the relocation also means he will downsize: “We hope to move the venue back to its original size, somewhere downtown, hopefully opening in February,” he tells the Times.

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Milk & Honey Will Close October 25, But Will Relocate (Again)