NYC restaurants struggle after steam pipe blast

Nation's Restaurant News,  July 30, 2007  

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NEW YORK -- Trapped in the socalled "frozen zone" when a powerful steam pipe explosion shut down parts of midtown Manhattan, some restaurants in the area were forced to close temporarily, while others reported mass cancellations. Rare Hospitality's The Capital Grille, Patina Restaurant Group's Naples 45, Cafe Centro and Cucina & Co., and a host of quick-service and dell operators were either shut or serving a fraction of their normal daily traffic 48 hours after the city prohibited pedestrian and vehicular traffic within a 10-block radius of the 41st Street blast site.

A 50-year-old woman died from a heart attack while running from the 30-story geyser of steam that was released by the explosion. A tow truck driver was in critical condition after his truck fell into the crater. Another 15 or so pedestrians and drivers were treated and released.

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