Manufacturer: Syracuse China
User: The Coho, also known as The Coho Grille
Date of plate: April 1982

Liz Smith column - Daily News - July 10, 1983

1983 Advertisement for The Coho

Ad for New Year's Eve at The Coho - Daily News - Dec. 14, 1984

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Notes: In the early 1980s, the Rouse Company developed a festive, riverside marketplace for New Yorkers based on its previous successes: Faneuil Hall Marketplace in Boston, and Harborplace in Baltimore.

The South Street Seaport, as it was named, was a $350-million, 11-block complex of restaurants, specialty shops, pedestrian malls and restored 19th-century houses. The Coho Grille was the Seaport's premier restaurant, located on the top floor of the market building overlooking the seaport's historic ships, as well as the Fulton Fish Market and cobblestone streets. The Coho occupied 13,660 square feet.

Located at 11 Fulton Street in South Street Seaport, New York City, The Coho had a view of the Manhattan skyline and Brooklyn Bridge.

According to the Liz Smith column (shown above) in the Daily News dated July 10, 1983: "The Coho opening July 26, with a big bang on top of the Fulton Market Building. Tim Gaglio, Don Vita and Joel Gendels are the owners of this seafood cafe with an all-glass outdoor terrace to seat 300."

An article in Newsday dated Dec. 08, 1985, stated: "After shopping and sightseeing, hungry visitors can satisfy their appetites at the transformed Fulton Fish Market, now a huge complex of private stores. The market is potpourri of sights, sounds and smells. A retail fish store under the huge dome is the only vestige of its original function.

"Here at the new market, you can nosh as you go: gyros, pizzas, sushi, ice cream, pastries, chocolates, and even fresh fruit salad, to name only a few of the snacks available. For those who prefer a sitdown, there's a choice of either the Fulton Street Cafe or the Coho restaurant."

Since this article seems to be the last newspaper story about the Coho Grille, it might assumed that it closed before three full years of operation. A post by Tim Gaglio seems to sum up its history. He stated: "As one of the original restaurant tenants, The Coho Grille. Top floor of the market building. SSS was a creation by the Rousse Company. Built as a riverside festival marketplace for New Yorkers who never embraced it as a NY place to go. We had to rely on tourism. Didn't work in the 80's. Didn't work in the 90's and continues to underperform. We tried – the city failed."

Plate has three pinstripes – green, orange, and green – around the rim. In the well is a drawing of two coho salmon and the words "The Coho" is a dark green script font.

Sources:
Daily News – July 10, 1983 – Liz Smith column – blurb about The Coho opening
Newsday – Dec. 08, 1985 – last article found about the South Street Seaport
Tim Gaglio – post about the failure of The Coho Grille

Contributors:
Susan Fitzgerald: ID and photos
Ed Phillips: research and author