Public - A Restaurant

This is an interesting restaurant in New York city that I would love to go to. Public.Concept and design is by the AvroKO group whose work I am really liking from the looks of what I see (virtually of course;click the image to see closer.)


Located in the NoLita area at 210 Elizabeth Street in NYC, the restaurant serves International food served up by renowned chef Brad Farmerie. The globally inspired menu items are in the $30-55 price range. Farmerie has won many awards for his creative dishes. Public also has a 20 seat wine bar located within called The Monday Room.

The restaurant seats 120 people and the wine bar an additional 35 guests. The Monday room and the main dining room (on the upper level)are not wheelchair accessible but there is one accessible bathroom on the main floor of the establishment. Dinner is served seven days a week, beginning at 6pm and there is brunch service on Saturday and Sunday as well.

The food served up is referred to as "Free-spirited fusion" on the website which I gather means there is a lot of creativity thrown into the mix of offerings. There is a $25 corking fee for wine and gratuities of %20 are added for parties of 6 or more who dine at Public.

Formerly a bakery, the theme now represents a semi-industrial incarnation with sliding doors and hung filament bulbs along the ceiling. Oil lamps line one of the brick walls while a retired library-card catalogue has been placed by the coat check The full concept is represented with library style graphic details, including menus presented on clipboards and stamped like office order forms.

There is a lot of exposed brick in the space and skylights in the loft area above. Concrete flooring is used in the main floor area. Reviews I have read said that the space is often quite loud when busy. Several seating areas have changes in decor elements that differentiate each section yet they seem to be complementary.

Overall descriptions of the space indicate that it is trendy industrial chic with a cosy ambiance and interesting fayre.




AvroKO is also the genius behind Madame Geneva and Saxon+Parole both on Bleecker street. I will definitely be keeping an eye on their work.