CENTRAL PARK SOUTH— The Cuozz is reporting, and a call to the restaurant confirms, that San Domenico, the high end Italian institution on Central Park South will be relocating. After 20 years, owner Tony May will move to Midtown due to an unresolved rent dispute:

"Both sides tried to compromise. May said the landlord’s latest offer would cost him $600,000 - 'but if we stay here at the rent they want, we’re not going to generate a sufficient amount of income.' May said he hopes to move San Domenico to a new Midtown address he won’t disclose. He said that to survive in today’s environment of high rents and tougher city regulations, he needs a location that will generate more volume - at least $8 million a year, compared to $4 million on Central Park South. 'I think it’s more the landlord’s loss than ours,' May said.

UPDATE: Cutty finds out that it's not just the location that's changing: “'Everybody takes us for granted,' he says. 'Everybody thinks we’re a little stuffy. So we want to move forward and put ourselves in a more contemporary environment and serve Italian cuisine in a way contemporary diners want it.'"
· San Domenico to Close in June [NYP]
· Tony May to Make San Domenico Bigger and Less ‘Stuffy’ [Cutlets]