10-07-2025
The City's Biggest Nautical-Themed Restaurant Will Drop Anchor in Chelsea Next Week
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Next week, Grand Banks brothers will open their biggest nautical-themed restaurant yet: This one, The Yacht Club, serving lunch and dinner, debuts on Thursday, July 17, on the rooftop of the Starrett-Lehigh Building in Chelsea (212 12th Avenue, between 26th and 27th streets). The 20,000 square-foot seafood restaurant from Alex and Miles Pincus literally spans the width of a city block, says a spokesperson, with indoor seating for 85 and a sprawling patio. The opening follows their recent rollout of Sailor's Choice in Hudson Yards – the sprawling, 200-seat drinking spot for summer. It is the 11th location around New York from their hospitality group, Crew, with others including Grand Banks, Pilot, Island Oyster, Drift In, High Tide, and Holywater — a mix of places literally on the water or aquatically-themed.
The Pincus brothers have hired Andres Grundy (formerly L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon and Raoul's) as chef with starters like homemade oyster crackers, three types of butter with a baguette and radishes, oysters, smoked trout roe on souffled potatoes, shrimp cocktail, caviar, and, naturally, a seafood tower (a whopping $250). The menu is laden with snacks like deviled eggs, sardines, sliders, kebabs, and tartare ($8 to $95 for first courses). There's a trio of salads to choose from, a few ways to order lobster, and main dishes like tilefish, skate wing, and steak Diane ($38 to $48). A separate outdoor menu for the terrace and cabanas focuses on snacks and share plates, from small pizzas to kebabs and sliders. Drinks are wine and bubbles, along with straightforward cocktails like spritzes and palomas.
Outside the Yacht Club. The Yacht Club
Two unexpected closings
Heroes, the splashy debut Soho restaurant from Ariel Arce, is temporarily closed for construction, according to Instagram. And over in Greenpoint, Mariscos El Submarino – one of several locations, following the original in Jackson Heights and the new spot in Jersey City – has a Department of Buildings order to vacate plastered to the door, at 222 Franklin Street, as of yesterday. The restaurant posted on Instagram yesterday stating that a fire in the building has halted operations for now. The shop has two more locations in the works, according to the website: One in Park Slope and another Clinton Hill. Eater has reached out to both locations for more information.
A Hamptons pop-up
Attaboy is also headed to the Hamptons. From August 11 through 17, the Lower East Side Korean cocktail lounge will take over the Billy Durney's Sag Harbor Tavern at 26 Bay Street. Just like in New York, drinks will be customized for each customer. –Beth Landman
Eater NY
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