In the same creative way they have imbued their seven other restaurants with glitz and shining success, the Grand Triumverate of Gastronomy, principals John Williams, Tom Guinney and Tom Sieg, have added their support and marketing genius to yet another restaurant. China Star - their first foray into Chinese food.
Gastronomy owns and operates the New Yorker Club, Market Street Grill, Oyster Bar, Club Baci, Baci Trattoria, Cafe Pierpont and Market Street Broiler and Fish Market.Typical of their other properties, Gastronomy chose another historic building to renovate as a home for China Star.
Others had unsuccessfully gone before: The Crystal Palace, Pancho Villa and Hot Rod Hundley's.
Old Fire Station No. 8 on 1300 East is a mere chopstick's throw from another Gastronomy eatery that is no small operation - Market Street Broiler and Fish Market, which serves nearly 200,000 annually.