Grace Bar and Restaurant

At 114 Franklin Street in Tribeca, a white restaurant stands tall, defined with prominent columns, wrapped in white lights. Her debonair presence could easily intimidate a passerby, but with her set back glass doors you become curiously lured in by the mystery shining through the windows.

Grace Bar and Restaurant immediately becomes charming and inviting, especially with a hassle-free greeting from the doorman (note: no bouncer at the door or IDs requested when entering; the bartenders are pretty lenient on proofing as well).

As you step into Grace, the confident outside presence of the restaurant soon comes over you, as you become instantly convinced that you're guaranteed a good night.

A loud but casual crowd drapes over the luxurious 40-foot bar, which is accessorized with a 14-draft beer tap and a most extensive selection of liquor for palettes of any kind and every state of mind.

Taste does not just end at the bar. Nostalgic 90’s rock tunes lead you to the back lounge, a dining area that extends its gratuity with its cozy wrap-around couch and tables. During the day, the high sky-lit ceilings compliment every lunch. At night in the candlelit room, waiters serve food in the lounge until midnight though the dining area stays open for a continued night of relaxing with friends.

Unlike most late night venues in the surrounding districts of Manhattan, full-menu orders can be placed at the bar until 4am. The friendly bartenders and staff encourage the customers to stay a while, drink, and dine late; an offer impossible to pass up with highly praised food and drinks.

A cleverly categorized menu divides into sections named “Garden” for vegetarian, “Yard” for meat, and “Beach” for fish, and late night tapas-like snacks. Try the popular French fries served in an over flowing bowl and a side of ketchup and spicy mayonnaise. Also recommended is the BBQ duck sandwich, supposedly the city’s only such sandwich. You’re sure to find a dish that suits you. Portions are perfectly filling for one but easily shared by two, with prices ranging from $5 to $14 dollars.

On weekends, don’t shy away from Grace in the late morning for the very popular brunch, which serves all dishes for $10 accompanied with a complementary morning cocktail. If your sweet tooth is pining for something decadent, Grace has a wide variety of cakes, cookies, ice creams, and sorbets or for the finer tastes, a vast selection of dessert wines and rare after-dinner liqueurs.

A large collection of beer and wine are served at Grace from open to close. Fine local and classic imported beers are available on tap and by the bottle. Californian and European wines are served by bottle or by glass. Grace also has a fabulous selection of seasonal specialty cocktails. Appropriately named Grace Kelly (stoli razberi, triple sec, fresh raspberries, lime juice, shaken and strained with Champagne), this drink assures the name’s sophistication in each sip of the glass.

Grace Bar and Restaurant presents high-end service and tastes, but encourages its patrons to “come as you are” – after a long day on Wall Street, with the boys for a football game, or even for a late night celebration. Grace Bar and Restaurant will truly enchant you with her grace, as it has for many these last 8 years.