Roy Jay and partners provide backing of multi-million dollar restaurant

Big news for the space that formerly housed the massive high-end restaurant Lucier, which took a spectacular belly flop on the South Waterfront in 2008. Until recently, it was so well-preserved it looked as if the $4 million restaurant had been cleared by a neutron bomb.

Once the priciest restaurant in town, Lucier was owned by the people behind Old Spaghetti Factory and charged about $250 per couple for dinner.

Now, three of Portland’s most prominent African-American entrepreneurs—Frank Taylor of Portland Prime, Bernard Foster of The Skanner and Roy Jay of Central Parking—have applied to open a new venture called Quartet there. They promise live music from 6 to 10 pm. Here’s hoping they keep water flowing in the tiny lazy river running through the space. – w.w.

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