Floating Bar, Grand Banks at Pier 25, Is Open for the Season | Eater NY
"Moored at Pier 25, Grand Banks opened for the season today as a floating restaurant built aboard the 142-foot schooner Sherman Zwicker that Alex and Miles Pincus acquired from the Maine Maritime Museum and spent months renovating. I watched how its early summer 2014 opening turned into a jam-packed, high-spending scene—guests blowing through oysters and Chenin Blanc faster than the tiny galley could keep up—and how the ship’s limited heads and capacity strained under the crowd. I also observed the super-moon tide incident when Alex had to throw himself onto the spring line to keep the gangway from ramming the pilot house, a moment that convinced the brothers to run the operation more professionally, promote Kerry Heffernan to culinary director, and expand the Crewhospitality fleet." - Paul Greenberg
