Beatrice Inn to Return, Revamped by Graydon Carter, in Five Weeks

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By Kelly Dobkin

Um, The Beatrice Inn is reopening in five weeks?? According to the Wall Street Journal, it sure is. But this time around it won't be much like the infamous hispter-y dive of its last incarnation. Vanity Fair editor-cum-restaurateur Graydon Carter has taken the reins and tells the paper that the new restaurant will be "cozier" and that "it’s coming back, but it’s going to be a different kind of place than what it was last. Whatever it was – and I’m too old to have gone there, but my kids went – it won’t be that. There will be no Paul Sevigny." Hmm, sounds like a real hoot! In addition to that, you can expect "lots of wood and subway tiles" decor-wise, and for the chef to be announced very soon. Stay tuned for more on the new Beatrice Inn as the opening nears.