A new restaurant and bar focused on serving small plates is coming to 61 Grove Street in Greenwich Village. Its trade name and grand opening have not been revealed yet.
It intends to offer worldly seasonal small plates with select entrees, desserts and bar drinks, according to a liquor license application submitted to Manhattan Community Board 2. It plans to have 11 tables with 22 seats and a bar with 10 seats. It will be run by a new hospitality group, D6 Hospitality, founded by Conor O’Higgins, David Drinkwater, and Nicholas Demirjian. O’Higgins is affiliated with a bar in Dublin, Ireland, called Brickyard Gastropub, and Drinkwater is affiliated with Maiden Lane, a European bar in Alphabet City.
The 950-square-foot space is housed in a mixed-use building built in 1900. Between 2012 and 2021, it was occupied by Big Gay Ice Cream Shop. It is currently a bodega called Cigarillos.
“We’re still in the earliest stages and are waiting for a number of items to be in place before we start spreading the word too much,” says co-owner, David Drinkwater, who will primarily help with back-end business matters.
The menu included in the liquor license lists small plates like foraged mushroom arancini with smoked garlic aioli ($18) and charred hispi cabbage with soused anchovies, crisp shallot and burnt butter hollandaise ($28) to large plates like baked whole bass with romanesco cauliflower and caviar cream ($80) and whole roasted square with pearl onion, smoked halloumi and gremolata ($28). There will also be sides like french fries with parsley and garlic aioli ($10) and bar snacks like reuben bits with piccalilli ($13.50) and a cheese charcuterie ($16).
“Our menu will be hugely inclusive and have something for everyone from price to allergen awareness,” it says in their liquor license application.
The tiered pricing system will range from $10 to over $60, according to the liquor license.
