union square pavilion

After nearly 10 years of squabbles and protests and legal battles, the restaurant is now free to serve kale salad to tourists.

Construction has already started.

The controversial planned restaurant in Union Square made headlines again this week after New York legislators called on Mayor de Blasio to cancel the restaurant's contract.

"The Bloomberg administration and Union Square Partnership should be ashamed of themselves for trying to take away desperately needed play space in that community."

Bitter protests and a long, drawn-out lawsuit have thus far failed to

After more than two years of protests and a long, drawn-out