BY WENDY LARIMER
T
he idea for the restaurant was put together
by chef Austin Johnson and managing
partner Dustin Wilson who met while
both were in Paris--Johnson as executive chef for
Gregory Marchand's celebrated restaurant
"Frenchie". Wilson had ties to a wine store in
TriBeCa and eventually convinced Johnson to
move back to New York.
One White Street was three years in the
making as the building was transformed from
a 4-story historic townhouse to a restaurant.
And this was no average townhouse. The site
was formerly designated by John Lennon and
Yoko Ono as the embassy for Nutopia--their
vision for a country that had no boundaries and
welcomed everyone. The concept of Nutopia
never came to fruition but Lennon would be
gratified to see that One White Street is
fulfilling his dream of a place close to
perfection, where everyone is welcome.
It isn't often that art, architecture, history, and exceptional food are
combined and presented in an atmosphere that feels like walking into the
home of a close f riend. When One White Street, tucked into the TriBeCa
neighborhood of New York City, opened last August, the owners set out to
create just such a place and have since found a loyal following.
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