Pushkin takes a swing at Mantle’s

Russian pelmeni and borscht might soon replace all-American burgers and shakes at the longtime home of sports bar/eatery Mickey Mantle’s.

Landlord Atco, which is trying to evict the bankrupt restaurant founded by the Yankee Hall-of-Famer from its 25-year home at 42 Central Park South, is negotiating with the owners of nearby high-end Russian restaurant Brasserie Pushkin to replace it, sources said.

Whether or not Atco boss Dale Hemmerdinger strikes a deal with Pushkin owner Andrey Dellos, today looms as the bottom of the ninth with two down and nobody on for Mickey Mantle’s.

Owner Chris Villano plans to bring a $71,000 check to Bankruptcy Court to cover one month’s rent — hopefully buying time to find new funding to cover arrears.

As The Post first reported, the eatery hasn’t paid rent in four months due to a recent drop-off in business. Villano attributes the slowdown partly to his claim that Atco violated terms of the lease, which still has eight years left.

A spokeswoman for Atco yesterday said the company had no comment on Mickey Mantle’s or on Brasserie Pushkin. Neither Villano nor a rep for Brasserie Pushkin got back to us.

Hemmerdinger wants Mantle’s gone by the end of May.

Bill Liederman, who was slugging No. 7’s original partner in the place and is now a consultant, said he’s trying to raise $1 million to save it.

Opulent czarist-era fantasy Brasserie Pushkin recently opened at 41 W. 57th St., and earned a two-star review in The Post for its “refined” cuisine. Moscow-based entrepreneur Dellos also plans to open a new lower-priced outpost on West 14th Street, as has been reported.

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Dentsu Holdings USA has leased 33,000 more square feet at the Rudin family’s 32 Sixth Ave., bringing the firm’s stake there to 183,000 square feet. The asking rent was $50 per square foot, according to a source.

The subsidiary of Tokyo-based Dentsu Inc. is a leading holding company for advertising services firms.

Rudin Management CEO Bill Rudin is, not surprisingly, “delighted” by the expansion of “one of the most respected and revered pioneers and innovators in the digital media and technology fields.”

With 1.2 million square feet, 32 Sixth Ave.’s state-of-the-art infrastructure is also home to Bartle Bogle Hegarty, Clear Channel and Verizon.

Rudin’s Robert Steinman represented the landlord in-house, and Jones Lang LaSalle’s Alex Chudnoff and Scott Vinett repped Dentsu Holdings.

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The “iconic” new building L&L Holdings plans to replace its obsolescent 425 Park Ave. with could be a lot more iconic if the city rezones the Grand Central office district before 2015, when work is to begin.