A basement fire at The Waverly Inn in the West Village sent diners, crew and tenants upstairs scrambling through thick smoke Monday and shuttered the famed restaurant before dinner service, officials and witnesses said.
The flames erupted in the cellar of the landmarked building on Bank St. at Waverly Place about 5:20 p.m., the FDNY said.
Salvador Dali painting worth $150,000 stolen from Manhattan gallery
A thief swiped a $150,000 Salvador Dali painting from an upper East Side art gallery earlier this week, police said Thursday night. The painting was lifted about 4:15 p.m.