New MoMA PS1 Restaurant To Open In April

LONG ISLAND CITY, QUEENS — A new restaurant will open at MoMA PS1 in April. The eatery will replace the museum's M. Wells Dinette, which closed Friday.

Chef Mina Stone is drawing on her Greek heritage for the new restaurant, Mina's, which will offer Mediterranean-inspired cuisine. The menu will change frequently to feature seasonal ingredients.

"Like any great art form, food has the power to transport you,” Stone said in a statement. “Mina’s will be a complement to the creative atmosphere of the museum, adapting traditional recipes to the modern palate with our signature style of cooking that is effortless, healthy, authentic, and approachable.”

Stone has cooked professionally in the art world for 15 years, including at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles and the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow. Her 2015 book Cooking for Artists, designed by artist Urs Fischer, featured more than 70 of Stone’s family-style recipes alongside drawings by artists like Darren Bader, Cassandra MacLeod, Matthew Barney, Elizabeth Peyton and Spencer Sweeney.

The restaurant's kitchen and interiors are designed by artist Alex Eagleton and architect Isobel Herbold, with plant design by Fleurotica and a natural wine program by Molly McIver.

MoMA PS1 is open from 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Thursday through Monday.