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Photography by Kit Noble
One of Manhattan’s hottest spots, The Grey Lady, makes its way back to its Nantucket namesake this Figawi. the old Bamboo. Three bars (one in the main dining room, one on the second floor, and one on the rear patio) will anchor a seating plan for more than seventy-five guests. Antique tin ceilings have been installed along with custom sconces, with new banquettes highlighting the space. Doing the majority of the work themselves, the owners are putting their signature mark on the business. “We hire tradesmen when we have to, but we are building the tables, doing the tile and grout all ourselves,” said Ryan. “That way if something goes wrong, as things often do, we know how to fix it.” The co-owners, who recently opened another Grey Lady location
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in Aspen, Colorado, have brought
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alk down the right block in
inspired restaurant back to its island
in Boston-based executive chef Da-
the Lower East Side of Man-
namesake by opening in the space
vid Nevins for their Nantucket op-
hattan and you might stumble upon a
of the long-defunct Bamboo Supper
eration, a graduate of the Culinary
portal to Nantucket. Opened by three
Club.
Institute of America (CIA) who has
island summer residents, The Grey
“The New York location is cer-
worked extensively with another
Lady on 77 Delancey Street has en-
tainly more a bar focus as we tend to
well-known chef on Nantucket, Todd
joyed wide acclaim as a slice of is-
get busiest at night,” said co-owner
English. Formerly the chef de cuisine
land living in the Big Apple. As one
Ryan Chadwick, “but Nantucket will
at English’s “Olives” in Charlestown,
New York Times review put it, “With
be an equal balance of dining and
David has held an array of top posi-
this atmosphere, the food doesn’t
bar.” Although there are plans to give
tions in restaurants around New Eng-
have to be good, but it is.” This Me-
the Grey Lady’s interior a complete
land, garnering high Zagat ratings
morial Day weekend, the Grey Lady
renovation, this season the restaurant
and three star reviews from both the
gang is bringing their Nantucket-
will retain much the same layout as
Boston Globe and Boston Herald.