Owned and operated by three women, with a predominantly female staff, West Village fixture King stands as a shining beacon in a male-dominated industry.
“We’ve been lucky to be received as restaurateurs first,” says partner, sommelier, and general manager Annie Shi, who runs King alongside co-owners and chefs Jess Shadbolt and Clare de Boer. “For the next generation of women in the industry, I want the same opportunity that we were given: To be judged on who we are, rather than as women.”
Throughout the months of March and April, Resy will celebrate women in the restaurant industry through our annual The Women of Food global dinner series, including King’s (sold-out) dinner in honor of Elizabeth David.
We’re also celebrating the many other great women-owned restaurants in New York, because we believe that behind every great restaurant is a woman.
The following trailblazing women-owned restaurants in New York are testament to that mantra.
Uptown and Harlem
Chaiwali — Book Now
Anita Trehan
Emmy Squared Upper East Side — Book Now
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Midtown
Atoboy — Book Now
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Alex Guarnaschelli
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Vicki Freeman
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Meaghan Dorman
Dear Irving on Hudson — Book Now
Meaghan Dorman
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Eleni Vareli
Il Fiorista — Book Now
Alessandra De Benedetti
Mala Project Bryant Park — Book Now
Amelie Kang
The Village
Air’s Champagne Parlor — Book Now
Ariel Arce
Balaboosta — Book Now
Einat Admony
The Banty Rooster — Book Now
Delores Tronco-DePierro
The Butcher’s Daughter West Village — Book Now
Heather Tierney
da Toscano — Book Now
Caitlin Toscano
Don Angie — Book Now
Angie Rito
Emily WV — Book Now
Emily Hyland
High Street on Hudson — Book Now
Ellen Yin and Melissa Weller
I Sodi — Book Now
Rita Sodi and Jody Williams
King — Book Now
Jess Shadbolt, Clare de Boer, and Annie Shi
Kubeh — Book Now
Melanie Shurka
Nami Nori — Book Now
Lisa Limb
The Riddler — Book Now
Jen Pelka
Tokyo Record Bar — Book Now
Ariel Arce
Villanelle — Book Now
Catherine Manning
East Village and NoHo
August Laura — Book Now
Laura Saniuk-Heinig-Greene and Alyssa Sartor
Bessou — Book Now
Maiko Kyogoku
Emmy Squared East Village — Book Now
Emily Hyland
Hanoi House — Book Now
Sara Leveen
il Buco — Book Now
Donna Lennard
il Buco Alimentari e Vineria — Book Now
Donna Lennard
Khiladi — Book Now
Sruthi Chowdary
Madame Vo — Book Now
Yen Vo
Madame Vo BBQ — Book Now
Yen Vo
Mala Project East Village — Book Now
Amelie Kang
Papilles — Book Now
Elena Oliver
Porsena — Book Now
Sara Jenkins
Root & Bone — Book Now
Janine Booth
Rosie’s — Book Now
Vicki Freeman
Van Da — Book Now
Yen Ngo
Vic’s — Book Now
Vicki Freeman
Nolita and SoHo
The Butcher’s Daughter Nolita — Book Now
Heather Tierney
Casa Bocado — Book Now
Ivy Stark
The Musket Room — Book Now
Barbara Lambert and Jennifer Vitagliano
Niche Niche — Book Now
Ariel Arce
Pietro Nolita — Book Now
Mina Soliman
Shoo Shoo — Book Now
Sharon Hassan
Shuka — Book Now
Vicki Freeman
Special Club — Book Now
Ariel Arce
Wayan — Book Now
Ochi Vongerichten
Lower East Side and FiDi
Cervo’s — Book Now
Leah Campbell
Dimes — Book Now
Sabrina De Sousa and Alissa Wagner
Fish Cheeks — Book Now
Jenn Saesue
Kings Co. Imperial Lower East Side — Book Now
Tracy Young
Malibu Farm — Book Now
Helene Henderson
Russ & Daughters Cafe — Book Now
Niki Russ Federman
Sel Rrose — Book Now
Kristin Vincent
North Brooklyn
Bar Beau — Book Now
Claire Chan
The Butcher’s Daughter Brooklyn — Book Now
Heather Tierney
Di an Di — Book Now
Kim Hoang
Emmy Squared Williamsburg — Book Now
Emily Hyland
Le Fanfare — Book Now
Giorgia Fadda
Le Garage — Book Now
Catherine and Rachel Allswang
The Four Horsemen — Book Now
Christina Topsøe
Kings Co. Imperial Williamsburg — Book Now
Tracy Young
Lighthouse — Book Now
Naama Tamir
Lilia — Book Now
Missy Robbins
Misi — Book Now
Missy Robbins
Pheasant — Book Now
Catherine Alexander
Pierozek — Book Now
Alexandra Siwiec
Ramona — Book Now
Natalka Burian
South Brooklyn
Bricolage — Book Now
Lien Lin
Elsa — Book Now
Natalka Burian
Emily BK — Book Now
Emily Hyland
Fausto — Book Now
Erin Shambura
The Good Fork — Book Now
Sohui Kim
Haenyeo — Book Now
Jenny Kwak
Hart’s — Book Now
Leah Campbell
Hunky Dory — Book Now
Claire Sprouse and Kirstyn Brewer
Insa — Book Now
Sohui Kim
James — Book Now
Deborah Williamson
LaLou — Book Now
Ilyssa Satter
LaRina Pastificio & Vino — Book Now
Silvia Barban
Le Succulent — Book Now
Melanie Delcourt
Otway — Book Now
Claire Well and Samantha Safer
Tanoreen — Book Now
Rawia Bishara
Long Island City
M. Wells Steakhouse — Book Now
Sarah Obraitis
