Major Food Group confirmed in June 2026 that it is taking over the former Tribeca Grill space at 375 Greenwich Street, per reports carried by Nation's Restaurant News, Robb Report and Wine Spectator — the landmark room Robert De Niro's partners made famous for three decades — with an American tavern-and-steakhouse concept targeted to open in 2027. The group also has a second Manhattan project listed: a new restaurant at 51 West Eighth Street in Greenwich Village, slated for fall 2026.
What was Tribeca Grill?
Tribeca Grill opened in 1990 at the corner of Franklin Street, in the Cary Building, and became the anchor restaurant of the neighborhood the movie business helped name. Its closure left one of downtown's most storied ground floors dark — a room with high ceilings, deep block presence and the kind of history that cannot be built, only inherited. Group-scale operators taking over closed institutions has become Manhattan's default succession plan; this is the largest example of the year.
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Why does the concept matter?
An American tavern-and-steakhouse is a notable pivot for a group known for maximal Italian and glittering supper clubs. It reads as a bid for the neighborhood dinner — Tribeca families, Franklin Street regulars, the weekend downtown trade — rather than the destination-scene business. Per the reporting around the June 8 announcement, the 2027 timeline leaves the room dark through next year, an unusually long interregnum for a space of this profile.
And the Village project?
The 51 West Eighth Street listing puts the group into the NYU corridor with a fall 2026 target — a block where destination dining has historically given way to student economics. If it opens as listed, the two projects would extend the group's Manhattan footprint into two neighborhoods whose rents punish rooms that miss. Opening dates here are per operator listings and June 2026 reporting; both will be tracked as they firm up.