Chez Margaux
Social club · West Village ·
French restaurant, lounge, caviar salon, late-night bar
French restaurant, lounge, caviar salon, late-night bar
"Chez Margaux is a private club recently opened by Jean-Georges Vongerichten, known for its exclusivity and buzz in the New York dining scene." - Melissa McCart
"An exclusive private supper club in the Meatpacking District, this latest venture is already a celeb favorite—Taylor Swift has been spotted there between tour dates." - Nancy DePalma
"Jean-Georges Vongerichten is getting into the private-club game with Chez Margaux, turning what used to be his 18,000-square-foot Spice Market into a members-only supper club and hospitality complex that includes a modern French restaurant, private dining areas, a library, a lounge with a Japanese-leaning menu, and a caviar salon that becomes a late-night bar called Gaux Gaux after 10 p.m. The project, at 403 West 13th Street at Greenwich Street and developed with Michael Cayre’s Midtown Equities, leans on inspirations of “the elegance of Paris in the 1930s” and “London’s renowned nightlife culture,” and the LinkedIn description pitches the supper club as an “inspirational dining experience” while Gaux Gaux will be a late-night playground with DJs. Renderings show a lush rouge reception with tasseled slipper chairs, curtains, and a velvet banquette; a dining room with a back bar partly obscured by four material arches and luxurious seating; a more neutral lounge with a fireplace, wall sconces, and animal-print-accented cocktail tables; and the companion caviar salon that transitions into the club. Membership is tiered—an under-30 rate at $1,800 per year with a $1,000 initiation and older members at $2,600 per year with a $2,000 initiation—and the club’s rules prohibit photography, iPads and laptops, and casual attire like ripped denim, baseball hats, flip-flops, and sandals. The club’s promotional copy also nods to Jean-Georges’s past — from bringing tuna pizza to the Mercer Hotel in 1997 to his ABC dining presence — positioning him as a figure of New York hospitality." - Melissa McCart
"Planned for the former Spice Market space at 403 West 13th St. at Ninth Avenue, this new restaurant from Chef Marc Forgione—teaming with his father Larry Forgione and the Butter Group—will serve Italian-Mediterranean food described as “Mediterranean fusion” and, given the Butter team’s nightlife background, will likely be a bit of a party scene. The huge space will feature an open kitchen, a communal table and a private garden, with Richie Akiva and the Forgiones setting the food and scene; Butter’s Roy Nachum is designing the restaurant. Named after fashion photographer Davide Sorrenti (who rose to fame in the ’90s and whose death at age 20 in 1997 was a major factor in the end of the era of “heroin chic”), Davide is expected to open in early 2019. It’s Marc Forgione’s first new restaurant in more than two years and Larry Forgione’s first in decades; Larry has won multiple James Beard awards and has been called “the Godfather of American cuisine.”" - Serena Dai
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