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"The ground-floor space—now operating under a new name—was intended to be Mattos's much-awaited fine-dining tasting-menu restaurant; it was initially called Amado, then Amado Grill. Despite being fully designed and ready to go, after several false starts it never opened. Sources told Eater that Mattos's exit followed internal tensions with the property's former owner, Andrew Rifkin, a managing partner at DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners." - Melissa McCart