For Rent, MePa Edition

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The retail listing for Florent, the MePa shrine to steak frites, has surfaced. After debate about whether the rent hike would be offensive or merely egregious, the actual figure—$58,334/mo—is somewhere right in the middle. Either way, looks like it won't be another restaurant paying that kind of rent on Gansevoort Street. [Eater]