The Russian Tea Room in New York City suffers as Ukraine invasion escalates

[Demovictory9]

https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/05/business/russian-tea-room-ukraine-invasion/index.html

New York (CNNBusiness)The Russian Tea Room is a 100-year-old New York City icon that has long drawn in locals and tourists alike. In its heyday, the restaurant hosted such luminaries as choreographer George Balanchine, artist Salvador Dali and composer Leonard Bernstein, and it was featured in the movies "Tootsie" and "Manhattan."

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Despite its name, the Russian Tea room isn't Russian at all. It's actually owned by a financial group incorporated in New York state. It was opened in 1927 by, perhaps apocryphally, "White Russian expatriates who had fled the Bolsheviks," according to the restaurant's website. It has had a succession of US owners ever since.

But that hasn't stopped protesters looking to boycott all things Russian, even if it's only a name and a cuisine.

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The atmosphere is far different on New York City's Lower East Side, where crowds have been lining up to eat at the Ukrainian diner Veselka. In just a week, its traffic has risen by up to 75%, said owner Jason Birchard, who added that his place has become a rallying point for the besieged nation.

[Wingus Dingus]

1. Pooty's really killing the brand, isn't he.

[lapfog_1]

2. I stopped using Russian salad dressing...

but I stopped maybe 55 years ago when my mother offered me a choice.

[DFW]

3. When I was in college, I played in the balalaika orchestra

We used to do concerts on campus twice a year, and we‘d all go up to a Ukie shop in the lower east of Manhattan to get our costume shirts made.

[AlexSFCA]

4. change name to Ukrainian tea room

business will increase

[BigmanPigman]

5. That's what a shop did on the lower east side, NYC.

I saw it on CNN today.

[abqtommy]

6. +100 That's exactly what I'm thinking! nt