{"id":59490,"date":"2020-02-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/59490\/gemmayzes-iconic-the-gathering-says-goodbye-to-beirut"},"modified":"2024-02-12T05:58:14","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T05:58:14","slug":"gemmayzes-iconic-the-gathering-says-goodbye-to-beirut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/59490\/gemmayzes-iconic-the-gathering-says-goodbye-to-beirut\/","title":{"rendered":"Gemmayze&#8217;s Iconic &#8220;The Gathering&#8221; Says Goodbye To Beirut"},"content":{"rendered":"Presumably another victim of the trying economic times that are currently plaguing Lebanon, we are sad to report that Gemmayze&#8217;s iconic restaurant The Gathering has closed its doors and said goodbye. <br \/>  <br \/>  In an Instagram post published a couple of days ago, the owner wrote out a heartfelt tribute to the family-owned restaurant that had been open since 2012. <br \/>  <br \/>  <iframe title=\"Embedded Instagram Post\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"532\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B8qTTFipr75\/embed\/\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"background: white; max-width: 540px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219); box-shadow: none; display: block; margin: 12px 0px 12px !important; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px;\"><\/iframe><br \/>  This comes alongside an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/59481\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">announcement<\/a> of 785 restaurants, pubs, and cafes having closed down during the past 5-months. A statistic that is expected to worsen in the coming months as the crisis spirals. <br \/>  <br \/>  We will miss the large iconic olive tree, and cherish the many memories of nights spent at The Gathering.     <figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"187\" data-id=\"437217\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/59490-2-250x187.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-437217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/59490-2-250x187.png 250w, https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/59490-2-600x450.png 600w, https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/59490-2.png 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure><\/figure>    ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presumably another victim of the trying economic times that are currently plaguing Lebanon, we are sad to report that Gemmayze&#8217;s iconic restaurant The Gathering has closed its doors and said goodbye.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":437219,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ai_generated_summary":"","_preview_accessed":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"media-embed-type":[],"class_list":["post-59490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"authorship":[56],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gemmayze&#039;s Iconic &quot;The Gathering&quot; 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