Dame (restaurant)

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Dame
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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]

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References

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