Bring Your Indoor Voice to The Library Next Tuesday

The Library, located on the mezzanine level inside the Public Theater building at 425 Lafayette Street, opens next Tuesday, October 9th.  Hours are 530pm - 2am every day.  According to their website, "the hidden away space plays dinner bar, watering hole or backstage lounge to downtown denizens and neighborhood dwellers, theater-goers coming or going, academics and artists alike."

Andrew Carmellini and Luke Ostrom (a partner in Locanda Verde and The Dutch) collaborated with Joe's Pub on The Library.  Joe's Pub has been serving food inside the Public building since '98.  The new menu has about 20 options in the form of starters, sandwiches, and mains; ranging in price from $12 to $26.  The wine list is Champagne heavy with a few white and red selections coming mostly from France.  A couple California and Oregon selections provide domestic options.  House cocktails are $14 each and six beers are available on tap at $6 a piece.

The Library is the first of two new projects from Carmellini to open this fall and the first to open on our Taste of Tastes to Come list. The second is a yet-to-be-named French restaurant opening in the former Chinatown Brasserie space down the street from the Library.