Farewell to Forlini's

Manhattan's Longstanding Power-Lunch Red Sauce Joint Turns Off the Lights

The sad news arrived yesterday that Forlini’s, the downtown red-sauce institution where judges and lawyers met for decades to sup, rub elbows and make deals, had closed for good.

Forlini’s opened in 1956 at 93 Baxter Street and has remained in the Forlini family for its entire run. If you look up any article written about the place over the last 66 year…