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open table interview
By Stacy Shoemaker Rauen
REIGN SUPREME
Prince Street Hospitality expands its empire
When Covid hit, Lola Taverna in New York's SoHo neighborhood had only
been open for a few months. The world had stopped, and Cobi Levy and
Will Makris, the duo behind Prince Street Hospitality, had to pivot. Levy,
who had hits with West Village bistro Charles and Japanese sushi joint
Niko (both now closed), and Makris, who helped launch the buzzy members
club Zero Bond in New York with nightlife impresario Scott Sartiano, got to
work. They turned Lola Taverna into a communal gathering spot, offering
takeout food with chairs to rent (the money went to first responders).
Utilizing the park next door, they served up to 250 people a day. It helped
them survive those early pandemic days, and when restaurants were able
to reopen, Lola Taverna was on everyone's mind, with a waitlist on the
weekends that numbered up to 4,000.
In the early days, Levy, who is from San Francisco, and Makris-a Long
Island, New York native-were both club promoters in New York who went
on to help run various hotspots, meeting at famed nightclub Provocateur
in 2008, where Makris was the assistant manager. Sartiano suggested they
work together, and Makris and Levy joined forces on fast casual restaurant
Broken Coconut and Lola Taverna. Launching Prince Street Hospitality was
a natural next step. Today, their portfolio boasts seven restaurants in New
York and Miami, with a second location of Cucina Alba on the boards in
Los Angeles, the pair's first foray on the West Coast. Here, they share how
they're reimagining F&B in New York and beyond.
You first met at Provocateur nightclub in New York. What made
you finally decide to come together?
Cobi Levy: I'll give credit to Scott Sartiano. He's an old friend of mine, and
Scott had worked with Will at the Darby. I worked with Scott when I ran
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Butter for him in Midtown. We'd all been swirling around each other. When
we were doing Broken Coconut in 2017, Scott said we should bring Will
in. That was the first time we had the chance to work together. I was [also]
opening Lola Taverna at the time, and I brought Will in with me on that.
The next thing you know, we had something going, and we said 'Let's see
where we can take this.'
You worked in some iconic New York clubs like Butter and TAO.
What did you learn from those experiences?
CL: Devotion to the client. There's an idea of just say yes and then figure out
how you're going to get it done. There's a little bit of that chaos that comes
into it, like 'I don't care how many we have on the books if someone needs a
four top, we're going to figure it out right now.'
Will Makris: Working with so many different groups, I saw a lot of things I
would do better when I got to do my own thing. You take the good and the
bad and then you formulate your own place into what you think will work.
What made you decide to open a restaurant on your own?
CL: We're either fearless or stupid or some combination therein. Will's a little
too humble to say this about himself, but he has a hustler mentality.
WM: I don't have the same fearlessness as Cobi. I would not have done it
without him. I'm not a traditional hospitality person, but I do know what
works and [because] I was surrounded by the right people like Cobi, I felt
like we had a shot. I felt comfortable knowing I had a partner in this that
knows what the hell he is doing.
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Hospitality Design - October 2023

contents
from the editor
behind the design
people: siteseeing
sketchbook
business sense: new brands
interview: new hoteliers
interview: hospitality veterans
profile: humbert & poyet
bdny preview
casegoods + tables
window coverings
outdoor furniture
wave of the future
vedi aslanyan
heather ciszczon
paolo ferrari
ashli johnson
kat kim
kerrie murphy
pascale sablan
constantina tsoutsikou
open table
interview: cobi levy + will makris
interview: dominique leach
interview: bryan + michael voltaggio
bar helena
hiatus
craven
gitane
ferns
chez noir
pastry club woda
lao fan dian
cyrus
greywind + spygold
ta-kumi madrid
torrisi
projects
kona village, a rosewood resort 
inn at mattei’s tavern
the manchester
the st. regis kanai resort
the georgian
ad index
back space: naomi heaton
Hospitality Design - October 2023 - Intro
Hospitality Design - October 2023 - Cover1
Hospitality Design - October 2023 - Cover2
Hospitality Design - October 2023 - 1
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Hospitality Design - October 2023 - contents
Hospitality Design - October 2023 - from the editor
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Hospitality Design - October 2023 - 8
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Hospitality Design - October 2023 - behind the design
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Hospitality Design - October 2023 - people: siteseeing
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Hospitality Design - October 2023 - sketchbook
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Hospitality Design - October 2023 - business sense: new brands
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Hospitality Design - October 2023 - interview: new hoteliers
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Hospitality Design - October 2023 - interview: hospitality veterans
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Hospitality Design - October 2023 - profile: humbert & poyet
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Hospitality Design - October 2023 - bdny preview
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Hospitality Design - October 2023 - casegoods + tables
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Hospitality Design - October 2023 - window coverings
Hospitality Design - October 2023 - outdoor furniture
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Hospitality Design - October 2023 - 110
Hospitality Design - October 2023 - wave of the future
Hospitality Design - October 2023 - vedi aslanyan
Hospitality Design - October 2023 - 113
Hospitality Design - October 2023 - heather ciszczon
Hospitality Design - October 2023 - 115
Hospitality Design - October 2023 - paolo ferrari
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Hospitality Design - October 2023 - ashli johnson
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Hospitality Design - October 2023 - kat kim
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Hospitality Design - October 2023 - kerrie murphy
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Hospitality Design - October 2023 - pascale sablan
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Hospitality Design - October 2023 - constantina tsoutsikou
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Hospitality Design - October 2023 - open table
Hospitality Design - October 2023 - interview: cobi levy + will makris
Hospitality Design - October 2023 - 135
Hospitality Design - October 2023 - interview: dominique leach
Hospitality Design - October 2023 - interview: bryan + michael voltaggio
Hospitality Design - October 2023 - bar helena
Hospitality Design - October 2023 - hiatus
Hospitality Design - October 2023 - craven
Hospitality Design - October 2023 - gitane
Hospitality Design - October 2023 - ferns
Hospitality Design - October 2023 - chez noir
Hospitality Design - October 2023 - pastry club woda
Hospitality Design - October 2023 - lao fan dian
Hospitality Design - October 2023 - cyrus
Hospitality Design - October 2023 - greywind + spygold
Hospitality Design - October 2023 - ta-kumi madrid
Hospitality Design - October 2023 - torrisi
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Hospitality Design - October 2023 - 152
Hospitality Design - October 2023 - projects
Hospitality Design - October 2023 - kona village, a rosewood resort 
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Hospitality Design - October 2023 - inn at mattei’s tavern
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Hospitality Design - October 2023 - the manchester
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Hospitality Design - October 2023 - the st. regis kanai resort
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Hospitality Design - October 2023 - the georgian
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Hospitality Design - October 2023 - ad index
Hospitality Design - October 2023 - back space: naomi heaton
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