City Winery

City Winery
Founded2005
Key peopleMichael Dorf (Founder)
Shlomo Lipetz (Vice President of Programming)
Websitehttps://citywinery.com/

City Winery is a chain of venues that feature a winery, restaurant, music venue, and private-event hosting. Its flagship location is in Hudson Square, New York City, with locations in Atlanta; Boston; Chicago;[1] Nashville; Pittsburgh, Philadelphia; St. Louis; and Washington D.C.[2] Each City Winery location is a fully functioning urban winery, importing grapes from all over the world to create unique locally made wines.

History

City Winery's Hudson Square location in 2018

City Winery was founded in 2008 by chief executive officer Michael Dorf.[3] The New York venue has hosted gigs by Graham Nash,[4] Norah Jones,[5] Lee Ann Womack,[6] Graham Parker,[7] and John Mulaney.[8][9] It also runs a set of free early evening weekday gigs for local musicians.[10]

In 2018, the company planned to open its first venue outside a major city, at a former textile mill in Montgomery, New York.[11]

A location at New York City's Grand Central Terminal was leased in 2022 and closed in 2024.[12][13]

References

  1. ^ "City Winery Chicago". Concerts50. Aug 30, 2019.
  2. ^ "What's the Deal". Wall Street Journal. May 31, 2015. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
  3. ^ "John Mulaney continues his sold out stand-up". Page Six. 27 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Graham Nash adds more dates to his solo tour". Vintage Vinyl News. Archived from the original on August 10, 2017. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
  5. ^ Duffy, Thom (May 20, 2015). "Norah Jones Pays Tribute to Blue Note's Bruce Lundvall at Farm Aid Benefit". Billboard. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
  6. ^ Leight, Elias (April 21, 2015). "Live Review: Lee Ann Womack Presents an Alternative History of Country at New York's City Winery". Billboard. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
  7. ^ Graham Parker & Brinkley Schwarz "Turned Up Too Late" City Winery NYC April 2016
  8. ^ "John Mulaney continues his sold-out stand-up run at City Winery". 2021-05-27. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  9. ^ Cohen, Jonathan (May 27, 2021). "John Mulaney adds more City Winery shows (tickets on sale)". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  10. ^ O'Neill, Natalie (May 24, 2015). "Your guide to this summer's free concerts". New York Post. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
  11. ^ Axelrod, Daniel (August 15, 2018). "$5M winery complex planned for Montgomery". Times-Herald Record. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
  12. ^ Orlow, Emma (April 27, 2022). "City Winery Is Taking Over the Former Great Northern Food Hall in Grand Central". Eater NY. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
  13. ^ Yakas, Ben (April 26, 2022). "City Winery opening new venue inside Grand Central Terminal". Gothamist. Retrieved April 28, 2022.

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