Mario Batali and Joe Bastianich, owners of B&B Hospitality Group (B&BHG), will take over the food and beverage program at New York’s Maritime Hotel.
The project will encompass the spaces currently occupied by La Bottega, the lobby bar, and the property’s cabanas as well as room service for hotel guests.
The food program will mirror the hotel’s nautical architectural elements and will include the cuisine of the Italian coast and islands. Pastel colors and terracotta tiles will transport diners to the terraced hillsides of Positano.
The Maritime project will be B&BHG’s first new standalone restaurant in New York in nearly a decade. Its most undertaking in the city was the 4-Star Del Posto, which opened in 2006 west of the hotel’s Chelsea location. B&BHG also operates the restaurants inside the Eataly marketplace, which opened in 2010.
“The Maritime has just as much, if not more, outdoor space as any other hotel in Manhattan. It’s the sort of place I like to spend time. We’ll bring our perspective on Italian food and a little old-school New York to this Chelsea landmark,” Batali says. “The neighborhood is ready for a new hangout.”
