NYC Sandwich Shop Counter Service Is Opening Two New Restaurants | Eater NY

"Upper East Side fine-dining restaurant Daniel is turning its private dining room into a high-end U.S. Open watch party space next month. The Evian Club is a collaboration with the water brand and its global brand ambassador, American tennis player Frances Tiafoe, along with chef Daniel Boulud; the space is meant to feel like you’re actually at the matches while enjoying passed canapés, family-style dishes, and screenings of the tennis competition. Dishes include shrimp and peach salad, Texas wagyu sliders, and Alaskan king salmon, and it runs from Wednesday, September 3, through Sunday, September 7, with reservations bookable online; there will also be an iteration of the dishes available for national shipping through Goldbelly. Frank Bruni says, “All in all Daniel remains one of New York’s most sumptuous dining experiences. And while it yields fewer transcendent moments than its four-star brethren and falls prey to more inconsistency, it has a distinctive and important niche in that brood, a special reason to be treasured.”" - Nadia Chaudhury