Meow Wolf Is Opening in NYC With a Restaurant | Eater NY

"Announced at South by Southwest in Austin on Monday, March 10 during a panel with co-founder Benji Geary and vice president of public relations and communications Kati Murphy, this forthcoming Manhattan project will be located on Pier 17 in the Seaport but currently has no set street address or projected opening date. A company representative confirms that "there will be some sort of restaurant and/or bar," though no further details have been finalized. The development would be the company's seventh location and its first in the Northeast region; a Los Angeles site is slated for 2026, which suggests this location may open afterward. The organization's sprawling exhibits incorporate interactive storytelling across multiple settings and plots where attendees can explore distinctive spaces full of videos, music, lights, creatures, and more — "think of an immersive play on Sleep No More but with original stories, really zany art, washing machine slides, and disco kitchens." Press materials also suggest the new project will lean into city themes and "perhaps using the company’s Plotzo rat king character, who rules the subterranean group known as the Undermallers (per Meow Wolf lore)." The site's landlord is the Seaport Entertainment Group (SEG), which also houses other recent Pier 17 tenants; SEG confirmed the lease relationship." - Nadia Chaudhury