Sweating the Details at Stulman's Joseph Leonard

Gabe Stulman, the former Front of House face of The Little Owl and Market Table, has been working over the last five months to put together a new restaurant, one Joeseph Leonard by name, at 170 Waverly Place near Seventh Ave. South. It's still too far off for completed pictures, but Vogue scores a rendering (right) and goes on an antiquing trip with the restaurateur to procure new design items. The takeaway: dude is sweating the details, trying for the faux antique look. Just some of the items that get name checked:

· a russet glass globe with exit emblazoned on it in white letters
· a 1920s sign he found in Chicago
· a metal-lined milk box (for champagne)
· small wooden crates (breadbaskets)
· a porcelain wall-mount sink—no pedestal
· a caged light fixture
· waiters’ terminal, made of 100-year-old Southern yellow pine.
· an armoire used to hold silverware
· antique frame to hols pictures of the investors’ grandfathers hanging near images of the restaurant’s namesakes

He and chef Jim McDuffee hope to open by July 15.
· Design: Joseph Leonard Restaurant [Vogue]
· First Word: CB2 Green Lights Gabe Stulman's American Brasserie on Waverly [~E~]
· Joeseph Leonard Stop Work Order [~E~]
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