Community Board 1 approved the liquor license for Carnegie Diner and Cafe, which has taken The Palm space in 200 Chambers — and there was barely any discussion or even questions from the neighbors.

Carnegie Hospitality has Central Park and Times Square locations and is in the process of opening additional restaurants across Manhattan and Brooklyn in the coming year. The group also operates diner locations in Secaucus and Vienna, VA. The chef and owner is Stathis Antonakopoulos.

Their original proposal for the 5000-square-foot space included Delos Greek Restaurant as part of the program, but that seems to no longer be the case (the renderings below are also from their proposal last November). The current plan is 296 seats on the ground floor, mezzanine and patio on the corner of Chambers and West (you can see that arrangement on the lower left of the drawing above). The bar seats 22. Hours are 7a to 11p. No live music, no buyouts, no parties.

The menus below were shown as part of the presentation to the CB1 committee.

The Palm opened in that space in 2008, a year after the building was completed. This is the third proposal since The Palm shuttered in 2022. In 2023, neighbors upstairs came out in force against the owner of a Caribbean restaurant from Long Island called Nuvo Kitchen, saying they were concerned about the ‘dancing’ checked off on the application which would be “devastating” and “catastrophic” and “not appropriate” for the neighborhood. The second proposal was for the Argentinian steakhouse chain Baires Grill (pronounced by-rays); Community Board 1 approved the liquor license in February 2024 but it never materialized.

Rendering courtesy Carnegie Hospitality

This time, no one came from the building to either support or argue. And while the Licensing Committee usually asked applicants to come back after a year for their sidewalk cafe permit, they did not blink at this one. (It is a little different in that it is within the leasehold.)

Renderings courtesy Carnegie Hospitality