In the midst of fashion week hysteria, I missed the moment we have all been waiting for!   The Kenmare, the new restaurant and underground lounge brought to you by nightlife heavyweights, Beatrice Inn’s Paul Sevigny AND Rose Bar’s Nur Kahn *Double Whammy*, is unofficially open.   And although Sevigny told Grub Street,  “It’s not a new Beatrice… there’s never going to be a new Beatrice. We never planned for there to be a Beatrice. Beatrice is not a franchise.” I think it’s safe to say, Sevigny’s following will be following him to Kenmare, making it the “next Bea.”

The new Nolita hotspot played host to the after parties of Prabal Gurung and Proenza Schouler last (fashion) week, and will continue only host private parties for the next three weeks until it officially opens next month. *Be prepared to hear that anyway, even when it’s open.*

According to Urban Daddy, who got the first inside look, “It may look like any gilded, dimly lit speakeasy diner at first, but you’ll descend into a cavernous underground space decked with red leather banquettes and mottled stone columns that look like they were taken from an Egyptian tomb.”