The bar at The Bedfird Stone Street. The bar looks like the interior of an ocean liner, a nod to the waterfront that was just outside the door when the stones on the street were laid centuries ago. The cocktails span the globe, reflecting places those ships may have docked in around the world.
And the people behind it have come full circle, returning to the area where they started their careers. It’s not often that history combines both personally and geographically but that’s the story of The Bedford Stone Street which opened in New York’s Financial District last fall. The building, a former Dutch warehouse, has obvious history as does the cobblestone street dating back to the city’s days as New Amsterdam.
And the personnel behind it-principals of Harry’s Restaurant Group and Atomic Hospitality Group- have their own. The partners Andres Balbuena, Paul Lamas, Ramon Morado, and Daddo Bogich. It all goes back to Harry Poulakakos, the Harry of downtown institution Harry’s which opened in 1972 in the landmark India House on Hanover Square and became the den of choice for the roaring Wall Street scene.
Later, son Peter took over and expanded into other restaurants including Bayard’s, a French restaurant upstairs at India House that was a breeding ground for the partners in this one: Paul Lamas, a partner in the Harry’s Restaurant Group, was the manager at Bayard’s; Ramon Morado, Andres Balbuena and Daddo Bogich worked their way up there and then went off 15 years.
