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White Gold Butchers, a Ken Friedman Restaurant, Has Closed | Eater NY

"Located at 375 Amsterdam Ave. at 78th Street on the Upper West Side, White Gold Butchers—the restaurant-and-butcher-shop originally opened by Ken Friedman and April Bloomfield—has closed: it ended service on Sunday, and I saw a sign on the window noting that a restaurant with an “approach to healthy and sustainable eating” will eventually take over the space. The closure follows allegations of misconduct against Friedman late last year, including accusations of groping and unwanted kissing; in June Bloomfield and Friedman split their empire and ended their partnership, with Friedman keeping White Gold. Opened in October 2016, the spot ran a casual, counter-service menu during the day and a full-service operation in the evening and was largely well-received, earning two stars in The Times. Bloomfield had positioned White Gold as a way to control the farm-to-table process for it and other restaurants in their empire and recruited nose-to-tail butchers Erika Nakamura and Jocelyn Guest as partners here, though they left a few months after the misconduct allegations. Eater has reached out to Friedman for more information." - Serena Dai