![]() At Martiny’s - named after Watanabe’s favorite cocktail, but also a nod to French American sculptor Philip Martiny, whose studio used to occupy the space - every customer receives a warm oshibori (hand towel), as is Japanese custom, before proceeding to one of the three floors. And this Thursday, April 21, the Tokyo native will unveil his first solo project: Martiny’s, a Japanese cocktail bar spanning three floors of a renovated 1800s carriage house at 121 East 17th Street, located between Union Square East and Irving Place, in Gramercy.įrom the moment each person walks in the door until they pay their bill, Watanabe is embracing omotenashi, the Japanese word for hospitality in which an operator pays attention to every detail and anticipates a customer’s needs. Takuma Watanabe spent eight years as the head bartender of Angel’s Share - one of New York City’s most iconic and pioneering cocktail dens that recently shuttered - before venturing out on his own last year.
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