These new restaurants, hotels, bars, lounges, and even a casino in New York are opening this fall and have private and semiprivate spaces for small and large groups, for meetings, events, holiday parties, and business entertaining.
1. Bowlmor Lanes plans to reopen the space above its Union Square bowling alley as a preppy, Caddyshack-inspired spot called Greenwich Village Country Club. After recent winter storms damaged the 16,000-square-foot site known as Carnival, Bowlmor C.E.O. Tom Shannon opted to rebuild the venue, which, in its new incarnation, will offer a nine-hole mini golf course, a boccie ball court, shuffleboard, and multiple lounges. Greenwich Village Country Club is slated to open in October with a design by artist Lee T. Wheeler and a menu from Bowlmor's culinary director, chef David Burke.
2. Last year the Genting Group won the bid to build a casino complex at the Aqueduct Racetrack, expected to open in early October. Not only will the site—known as Resorts World Casino New York—offer 2,280 video lottery terminals, 205 electronic table games, and two fine-dining restaurants, but it will also house a 130,000-square-foot space on the third floor for events and an open-air site with room for as many as 10,000 people.
3. The second dedicated conference space from Sentry Centers, the same company that runs a 43,000-square-foot property near Grand Central Terminal, is scheduled to open in September. The facility, known as Sentry Centers 810 Seventh Avenue, will offer 11 private studios across two floors in the space formerly occupied by the Coleman Center. The site, which sits at the northern end of the theater district, received a $2 million upgrade, improving the architecture and technology to make it more suitable for meetings and events.
4. The Wyndham Hotel Group's first Tryp by Wyndham property in the U.S. is slated to open in New York this fall. The Tryp Times Square South will be a 173-room site in Midtown—near Hammerstein Ballroom and Penn Station—and feature a design from architect Glen Coben. On-site amenities will include a café and lounge known as the Gastro Bar at 35th, as well as three meeting rooms that, combined, measure 2,100 square feet and have the capacity for as many as 100 people.
5. Earlier this year, restaurateur Danny Meyer closed Tabla, his crowd-pleasing Indian fusion restaurant across from Madison Square Park. This September, the space will reopen as La Mar Cebicheria Peruana, the first New York eatery from Peru-based restaurant group La Mar. With 140 seats, the upscale joint will sport a contemporary design from Stephanie Goto and serve haute Peruvian cuisine overseen by executive chef Victoriano Lopez.
6. It may not have many seats, but the Dream Downtown's in-house restaurant Romera is sure to be a flooded with diners when it opens next month. The 52-seater is a curious concept from Dr. Miguel Sánchez Romera, serving what chef and neurologist calls "neuro-gastronomy." The Glen Coben-designed space for the eatery is clean, with a natural palette and contemporary furnishings, and will offer a private dining room.
7. In July, Stephen Starr hosted a preview reception to announce the partnership between his event and catering arm and the New-York Historical Society, and in November will debut an Italian restaurant in the Central Park West building. Currently without a name, the project will have 1,800 square feet of space and serve Venetian-style small plates called cicchetti. Another Philadelphian involved is chef Jim Burke, who is overseeing the kitchen.
8. The same month his Midtown eatery Asia de Cuba closes, Jeffrey Chodorow will open a new spot in TriBeCa. The forthcoming restaurant Kutsher's, a spin-off of the country club in the Catskills owned by the Kutsher family, will debut in October with 140 seats in the space formerly occupied by Mai House. On the menu will be upscale Jewish-American fare from executive chef Mark Spangenthal.
9. Following the success of their wine bars in the East Village and TriBeCa, chef Marco Canora and sommelier Paul Grieco are planning to open a third outpost of Terroir, in Murray Hill. Expected to open in September, the 55-seat joint will offer a menu similar to its downtown siblings, with a selection of wine, beer, and comfort food dishes.
10. Early next month, beverage consultants Tad Carducci and Paul Tanguay, known as the Tippling Brothers, will open the Tippler, a bar in the basement of the Chelsea Market. The 3,000-square-foot former storage space will serve wine and beer alongside specialty cocktails.
