Café Boulud Reopens In New UES Location

UPPER EAST SIDE — A fine dining destination has returned to the Upper East Side. Café Boulud opened its doors to diners on Friday at 100 East 63rd St., just off Park Avenue.

Chef Daniel Boulud's great-grandparents began the original Café Boulud in Lyon, France. This new location is just two blocks south of DANIEL, Boulud's Michelin-starred eatery which this year celebrates 30 years in the neighborhood.

"It has been truly rewarding to bring back this iconic New York favorite," the restaurant team wrote in an Instagram post on Friday. "From a family café in Lyon in 1910, to the heart of Manhattan’s Upper East Side today, Café Boulud is Chef Daniel’s continual exploration of his most fundamental culinary inspirations."

His flagship Café Boulud location shuttered its Surrey Hotel location during the pandemic, then announced in May 2021 it would not return to the space on East 76th Street and Madison Avenue, where it had served diners since 1998.

And while Café Boulud will enter into a new space, La Tradition remains. That will be one of four classic menus offered in the new location, the others being the seasonal La Saison, vegetable-focused Le Potager and Le Voyage, which explores international flavors.

Romain Paumier, an alumni of the former Café Boulud and at Restaurant Daniel, will be the executive chef and Katalina Diaz will lead the pastry team, also moving over from Restaurant Daniel and formerly of Boulud Sud.

Boulud is partnering with BARNES International Realty to reopen Café Boulud at the Beekman building, as Patch reported previously. The chef is also partnering with the luxury realty group for a new speakeasy called Maison BARNES, slated to open in 2024.

Maison BARNES will include a bar, a dining salon and private dining rooms and a wine cellar table, the restaurateur said.

Patch's Kathleen Culliton contributed to this report.