Jean-Georges Is Opening a Massive Restaurant in Brooklyn
Chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten in one of his kitchens.
Chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten will bring his ABC trilogy to Dumbo, opening a giant restaurant of about 300 seats at 55 Water Street, at Dock Street, which also houses Cecconi’s and Time Out Market.
Lois Freedman, head of Jean-Georges management, confirmed that the restaurant is in the design phase and construction will start this season.
The combined concept of seasonal ABC Kitchen, Latin-leaning ABC Cocina, and vegetarian AbcV, started in Flatiron: A three-in-one restaurant opened London last month at the Emory Hotel in Knightsbridge.
The Dumbo location is the chef’s first Brooklyn spot; aside from the 13 locations in Manhattan — with his namesake, Perry St, Nougatine, JoJo, the Mark, and the Fulton among them — he also has restaurants in Bridgehampton; Greenwich, Connecticut; and Pound Ridge, New York.
The news comes on the heels of the announcement that his former 18,000 square-foot Spice Market, that closed in 2016, is set to become the private Club Margaux, a location with multiple restaurants.
Prior to the London opening, Jean-Georges Vongerichten has been spearheading ambitious concepts at a fast clip, in New York: that includes Four Twenty Five, the Midtown power dining spot that opened in December, and before that, the Tin Building in 2022, his food hall that opened in what had been Fulton Street fish market.
The combined projects point to skyrocketing growth following a 2019 New York Times profile that reported his restaurant group employs 5,000 people in 12 countries.