Keith McNally Confirms Pastis Will Return to the Meatpacking District Where it Belongs in 2016

Now that a Restoration Hardware is confirmed for the original Pastis space at 9 Ninth Avenue, bistro kingpin Keith McNally finally drops some crucial information on the beloved restaurant's return, telling the Wall Street Journal that it will reopen somewhere on Gansevoort Street hopefully in September of 2016. Construction won't even start until next year, and McNally is being typically tight-lipped about where Pastis's new home will be, so now the hunt is on for further clues as to the restaurant's future whereabouts (do send any and all intel or suspicions to tips@eater.com). Meanwhile, now that Pastis is confirmed for Meatpacking, it's pretty clear that 5 Beekman, McNally's other ongoing project of late will be something entirely new.