Grubstreet reports that James Beard Award winning, SF pizza-and-pig wunderkind Nate Appleman will be making his New York debut at restaurant king Keith McNally's (previously unnamed) Bowery pizza emporium, Pulino's Bar and Pizzeria.
Any previous intel about this project indicated that this would be a casual whole pie and slice joint catering to the downtown night life crowd. Appleman's involvement instantly makes this more of a formal dining concept, and my guess is McNally will create a typically magical dining room and make this a downtown hotspot to rival Daniel Boulud's DBGB, which is directly across the street.
Slated for a December opening, Pulino will cap off The Year of the High Profile Pizzeria, with Keste, Co. and Veloce already leading the pack. It's hard to imagine this meeting of East Coast and West Coast minds being anything but a huge success. With any luck, Christmas might come a few weeks early this year.
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