Dame (restaurant)

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Dame
Dame NYC.jpg
The restaurant's exterior in 2024
Dame (restaurant)
Restaurant information
Street address87 MacDougal St
CityNew York
StateNew York
Coordinates 40°43′44″N74°00′05″W / 40.728988°N 74.001512°W / 40.728988; -74.001512
Website damenewyork.com

Dame is a restaurant in New York City. [1] The restaurant serves seafood and British cuisine.

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History

The restaurant first opened in 2020 as a pop up in a coffee shop on the Lower East Side, [2] and later, on MacDougal Street. [3] The pop-up was originally called "Dame Summer Club". [4] The restaurant's operators, Patricia Howard and Ed Szymanski, eventually signed a lease for a permanent location, next to the second pop up venue on MacDougal. [5] Howard and Szymanksi met while working at The Beatrice Inn. [6]

The restaurant is located near Lord's, a restaurant also run by Howard and Szymanski. [4] [7] Lord's opened in 2022. [7]

Reviews and accolades

Hannah Goldfield, in a positive review of the restaurant published by The New Yorker , praised the fish and chips as the best preparation of the dish she had ever eaten. [6] Pete Wells praised the restaurant, writing in his review that it had "a fresh point of view" on presenting seafood. [8] Wells highlighted Dame's fish and chips as his favorite entrée served by the restaurant. [8]

The restaurant was added to the Michelin Guide for New York City in 2022. [9]

See also

References

  1. Fabricant, Florence (October 4, 2022). "Lord's, From the Dame Team, Opens in Greenwich Village". The New York Times. Archived from the original on September 24, 2023. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  2. Richardson, Nikita (March 10, 2020). "A New Pop-up Is a Destination for Modern British Cooking". Grub Street. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  3. Lynch, Scott (July 2, 2020). "An "English Lawn Bar" With Excellent Fish & Chips Opens In Greenwich Village". Gothamist. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  4. 1 2 Shah, Khushbu. "Dame and Lord's Chef Ed Szymanski's Future Plans Include Sticky Toffee Pancakes and Black Pudding Burgers". Food & Wine. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
  5. Adams, Erika (January 13, 2021). "Buzzy West Village Pop-Up Dame Is Opening a Permanent English Seafood Restaurant". Eater NY. Archived from the original on August 22, 2023. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  6. 1 2 Goldfield, Hannah (January 15, 2021). "The Glorious Fish and Chips at Dame". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on June 2, 2023. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  7. 1 2 Orlow, Emma (May 11, 2022). "British Seafood Hit Dame's Follow-Up Restaurant Will Be a Nose-to-Tail Bistro". Eater NY. Archived from the original on February 23, 2024. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  8. 1 2 Wells, Pete (November 8, 2021). "A Chip Shop That's Not a Chip Shop: Dame, in the Village". The New York Times. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
  9. "New Additions to MICHELIN Guide New York 2022". MICHELIN Guide. Archived from the original on September 29, 2023. Retrieved July 11, 2024.