Grey Lady Opening this Weekend at 77 Delancey

For about a month, 77 Delancey has been letting it all hang out. No brown paper to cover these corner windows during build-out. What remained of White Slab Palace is history, including the notorious elk head which injured a patron back in 2009. And all the cracked glass panes have been replaced.

We’ve watched the Grey Lady slowly evolve from plywood pig-stye to nearly operational. Most of the interior accoutrements arrived within the last week. Staff informed us that the New England-style raw bar, which will reportedly serve “seafood privately sourced from Maine,”  is slated to open this weekend. Liquor license is active, according to the SLA website.

We are also hearing that the folks at Grey Lady - Ryan Chadwick, Callum McLaughlin, and Gavin McLaughlin – are collectively in the process of inking a lease at the adjoining store, which previously played host to Swedish trading post, Fisk.

And for posterity, one of the funniest moments from the reign of White Slab Palace:

November 2009