1, 2, 3, 4, 5... 6?!
Monday, September 24, 2012 at 4:19PM 
Chez Sardine will open in the West Village sometime this winter. When it does, it will become the 5th installment in Gabe Stulman's Little Wisco empire. The restaurant will also be Stulman's first foray into Japanese food; drawing inspiration from a Japanese Izakaya, which is a type of casual Japanese drinking establishment that serves food to go with the booze. Chef Mehdi Brunet-Benkritly, who is currently at Fedora, will take the toque at Chez Sardine.
Work hasn't started on the 183 West 10th Street storefront yet, but today we get word that Stulman has partnered with former Momofuku Ssam and Ma Peche chef Tien Ho and plans on opening a bristo. A location has been chosen but isn't being revealed just yet. Is it safe to say it'll be somewhere in the West Village? Before work starts on the 6th Little Wisco project, Tien Ho will be working with Stulman at his other West Village haunts.