Ignacio Mattos Is Exiting Corner Bar at the Nine Orchard Hotel | Eater NY

"I learned that Ignacio Mattos will no longer be overseeing the kitchen at Corner Bar in Nine Orchard; the change, set to take effect in March, follows a licensing deal that runs through the summer and leaves his future involvement undecided. It’s an unusual outcome for a chef who helped make the hotel a spot embraced by both tourists and New Yorkers and whose work at the property garnered a two-star Pete Wells review in The New York Times. Despite his stepping back, Corner Bar will remain open and keep Mattos’s recipes in place, and some employees may be offered positions in other Mattos Hospitality spots while most can remain under the Nine Orchard hotel operators if they choose to continue." - Emma Orlow