Obit Joe Allen

FILE - This May 21, 2014 photo shows the exterior of the Joe Allen on Restaurant Row in New York. Allen, whose Times Square-adjacent bistro which bears his name has been a decades-long draw for theater folk and where a post-Broadway drink is part of the Broadway experience, has died. He was 87. Allen died Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021, in Hampton, New Hampshire, according to Jason Woodruff, a former staffer for the Allen family of restaurants who spoke to the family. (AP Photo/Mark Kennedy, File) NYET198