Overview
- The 1906-founded Italian restaurant served its last dinner on Friday in Manhattan’s Theatre District.
- Barbetta was described as the district’s oldest Italian restaurant and the city’s oldest restaurant still in the founding family’s hands.
- Laura Maioglio took over in 1962 and ran the house for decades before dying last month.
- Longtime employees expressed grief as the doors closed, including private events manager Susana Gardijan and bartender Tito Garay, who spent 32 years there.
- Coverage noted the museum-like interior and celebrity draw, from an antique cash register and a royal-family chandelier to diners like Shirley MacLaine and Andy Warhol.