Another New York City clubstaurant bites the dust.
Upscale Italian eatery and nightclub Lavo will say farewell to its Midtown location on East 58th Street on Jan. 23.
We’re told partygoers will have their final dance on Saturday, and the restaurant will officially close its doors on Tuesday.
“After 13 great years, we are sad to have to close LAVO NY, but we are excited to find a new home for one of the best venues we have ever owned,” TAO Group’s Noah Tepperberg told Page Six on Friday.
“We have countless memories from this venue and proud to have had one hell of a run,” he added.
Tepperberg and his partners Jason Strauss, Marc Packer and Rich Wolf, originally opened Lavo in 2010 with founding partner chef Ralph Scamardella.
Before Carbone was charging big bucks for its spicy rigatoni, “there was Lavo uptown,” Tepperberg reminded us.
Superstars like Beyoncé helped put the restaurant on the map.
The Chainsmokers opened for Steve Aoki there, when the duo was relatively unknown, and DJs Calvin Harris, Tiesto and Avicii spun regularly.
“Orange Is the New Black” star Jackie Cruz served tables at Lavo before landing a role on the hit, and nightlife impresario Rocco Ancarola, who passed away in December, hosted a legendary Sunday night dinner party for years.
The club was also a haunt for stars over the years including Mariah Carey, Nick Cannon, Paris Hilton, Heidi Klum, Rihanna, Kim Kardashian, Kendall and Kylie Jenner, and Leonardo DiCaprio.
Beverly Johnson, the first Black woman to be featured on the cover of American Vogue magazine, celebrated 50 years of the history-making issue at Lavo last Sunday after performing her one woman show.
Tamron Hall and Phillip Bloch were among the guests.
Original Lavo partners Packer and Wolf sold their shares to Madison Square Garden in 2017 and 2020.
Lavo has expanded to other locations including Los Angeles, Las Vegas, London and Singapore — and we’re told a new restaurant will open in Mexico City in two months.
Tepperberg told us the club will close permanently, but there are plans to relaunch in New York as a restaurant. Additionally, “We are keeping our kitchen team, and opening up a catering and delivery only business, so our loyal guest can still get their fix,” he said.
Tepperberg plans to eat at the restaurant every night until it closes, and said, “it will truly be missed.”
“New York is losing a piece of its nightlife history, and the last real nightclub left uptown… even though the original TAO restaurant mothership still stands across the street, East 58th Street will never be the same,” he concluded.
