Memories Served Well-Aged On Closing Night At Angus McIndoe

"It's the end of an era," many would say about Sunday night's closing of Broadway restaurant and watering hole, Angus McIndoe. (In later years it was renamed Angus' Café and Bistro, but did anyone ever call it that?) And though fourteen years may not seem like much time, era-wise, when you open up right next to the hottest show on Broadway, and your investors include that show's two stars, its author and two of its producers, you get a head start on establishing an era on your own time.

"The idea was to open a restaurant that would be here forever for the theater people," the venue's owner and namesake says to the New York Times. "I think it kind of worked."

Angus McIndoe opened in December of 2001, when the enormous success of THE PRODUCERS was helping Broadway become a major force in helping to revitalize New York's economy and emotional stability after 9/11. Mel Brooks, Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick all invested, as well as co-producers Bob and Harvey Weinstein.

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