Sushi Restaurant To Pay City $500,000

By Staff Reporter of the Sun | February 2, 2007

A popular Greenwich Village sushi restaurant will pay the city $500,000 after violating the city's landmark law, city lawyers announced yesterday.

The dispute is over the rooftop of the restaurant, Sushi Samba, which is located on Seventh Avenue within the Greenwich Village Historic District.

Although the restaurant had the city's permission to build an open-air trellis on its roof, the restaurant instead built a more permanent addition. A state judge last year ordered the restaurant to remove the steel rooftop structure the restaurant had erected and ordered a civil fine imposed.

The restaurant will be allowed to construct another rooftop trellis in accordance with the Landmarks Preservation Commission's regulations.

Yesterday's settlement ends the litigation.