Gere is latest celebrity restaurateur

Richard Gere is planning to become the latest celebrity restaurateur with his sights set on turning one of Bedford, New York's most famous buildings into a brassiere/café.

The 'Pretty Woman' star hopes to turn the only building in the upstate town left standing during the War of Independence in the late 1700s into the Bedford Post inn.

He says: "It's actually two restaurants; it's kind of a brassiere, café and real restaurant in eight rooms.

"It was the only building in Bedford that was not burned by the British during the Revolution War."

And his ambitious business plans include turning the diner into a stop-off for weary horse riders.

He adds: "The reason I ended up doing this is, you could ride a horse to this place... Eventually, we're gonna have a little stable there where you can actually leave your horse, get something to eat and ride home."