Media hangout Michael’s Restaurant set to reopen on April 21

The media world will get its unofficial cafeteria back on Wednesday when Michael McCarty reopens Michael’s Restaurant, the once and future hot spot for the chattering classes.

The West 55th Street eatery, a popular media hangout since it opened in the late 1980s, closed its doors on March 13, 2020, at the start of the pandemic. Since most of Michael’s customer base came from the Midtown office towers that emptied out due to the pandemic, McCarty didn’t bother reopening even as dining restrictions eased and the city allowed people to start eating indoors again — first at 25 percent capacity and now at 50 percent.