The room is small and the hours have shifted under new ownership. Confirm the night before you head over and book if you can.
Fedora sits in a basement under a 19th-century townhouse on West 4th Street, one of the most storied addresses in the West Village. The original Fedora ran for decades as a neighbourhood institution. Restaurateur Gabriel Stulman revived it in 2010 and folded it into his Greenwich Village group before it shuttered during the pandemic. Galerie reports the space has since been brought back by the team behind the nearby wine bar St. Jardim, partners Christa Alexander and Andrew Dete with wine director Basile al Mileik.
This is a room for someone who wants the old West Village dressed in a modern wine programme. The new owners come from one of the neighbourhood's most-loved wine bars, and they have kept the Fedora name and the below-street charm. If you want a buzzy scene with a long cocktail list, look elsewhere. This is a quiet, low-ceilinged room built for a glass of something good.
Reached by a short flight of stairs from the street, the bar keeps its tucked-away, below-grade feel. Galerie describes the revival as one of reverence and restraint, which reads as a room that respects its own history rather than gutting it. The scale is intimate, the kind of West Village basement that fills quickly and rewards an early arrival.
The new owners run St. Jardim, so the list leans wine-first, shaped by a dedicated wine director. The move here is to let the team pour you a glass rather than chase a signature cocktail. The kitchen and bar are built around the same restraint Galerie credits the revival with, so expect a tight, considered offering over a sprawling menu. Hours and the exact list have changed under new ownership, so check the venue's current pages before planning around a specific bottle.
A West Village wine crowd that knows the address and the new team behind it. The room draws neighbourhood regulars and the kind of diner who followed St. Jardim here. It stays low-key and conversational rather than loud, which suits the small basement space.
For more West Village rooms, line it up with Little Branch in New York for a basement cocktail den, Employees Only in New York for a late one, and The Up and Up in New York for another below-street bar.
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