Minetta Tavern
111 MacDougal Street | also 113 MacDougal Street | Greenwich Village | built 1905
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- 1937
Eddie "Minetta" Sieveri opens Minetta Tavern
Minetta Tavern was opened in 1937 by Eddie "Minetta" Sieveri at 113 MacDougal Street. It became a popular spot for writers including E. E. Cummings, Ernest Hemingway, Eugene O'Neill and Dylan Thomas.
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- 1937
Minetta Tavern becomes a magnet for Village writers
Soon after opening, the tavern draws a literary crowd that comes to include e.e. cummings, Ernest Hemingway, Eugene O'Neill, and Dylan Thomas. Regular Joe Gould, the eccentric self-styled "Professor Sea Gull," is rumored to receive his mail there because he visits so often, cementing the bar's reputation as a Greenwich Village bohemian hangout.
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- 2008
Taka Becovic sells Minetta Tavern when the rent climbs, and it closes in May 2008
Taka Becovic, a former busboy, had bought the tavern from its founder, Eddie Sieveri, and was serving family-style Italian food there. He sold the business because he could no longer pay the higher rent. He did not disclose the exact figure, which was speculated to be at least $50,000 a month. The restaurant shut in early May 2008 and Keith McNally took over; after selling, Sieveri had come back each year to celebrate his birthday with dinner there until he died.
“Becovic sold the restaurant when he could no longer pay the increased rent... The restaurant closed in early May 2008…”
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- 2009
Keith McNally reopens Minetta Tavern as a French bistro
Restaurateur Keith McNally took over the tavern in 2008 from its owner, former busboy Taka Becovic, and reopened it in 2009 with a focus on French bistro food. The restaurant held one Michelin star from 2010 until 2018.
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- 2010
Minetta Tavern earns a Michelin star that it holds from 2010 to 2018
The Michelin Guide gave Minetta Tavern one star starting in 2010, and the restaurant kept the rating through 2018. The star came a year after Keith McNally reopened the tavern, which Eddie Sieveri had opened in 1937 and which takes its name from Minetta Brook, as a French bistro.
“Minetta Tavern received one Michelin star from 2010 until 2018.”
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Further reading
- Minetta TavernWikipedia
- A vintage 1903 espresso machine at a Village cafeEphemeral New York
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