Cafe Maud has a new location on the way to the Upper East Side, according to its website. The spot is slated to open at 1640 Second Avenue later this summer, with a target opening in July, according to recent reporting by Forbes. The space was formerly home to Five Mile Stone, which announced in January that it was closing for renovations.
Cafe Maud made a splash when it opened in East Village last June, helmed by hospitality group Host Restaurants. The group is known for other Manhattan spots like Jackdaw in East Village, Odd Sister in SoHo and Dear Maud in Hoboken. Curt Huegel, Paul McDaid, Ronan Carter, Jack Watson and Aaron Ashe are all partners in the venture.
“Host Restaurants is a hospitality group rooted in storytelling, inspired by our Irish heritage and the lyrical spirit of W.B. Yeats,” the Cafe Maud website states. “Each of our venues is a reflection of place and poetry — designed to bring people together through unforgettable food, cocktails and atmosphere.”
Cafe Maud has served as a neighborhood cafe and bar for East Village, serving coffee, breakfast items like lemon ricotta pancakes and acai bowls, pizzas, salads, bowls, and plates such as steak-frites and pesto rigatoni. The menu is designed to be health-conscious.
There is also a cocktail program, as well as a hidden speakeasy within Cafe Maud.
Last year, in addition to Cafe Maud, Host Restaurants opened The Rhymer’s Club, a bar that offers a nod to the secret poets’ society founded by Irish poet William Butler Yeats in 1890.
What Now New York spoke briefly with Carter, but he was not immediately available to provide further details about plans for the Upper East Side location for Cafe Maud.
