Disco Steak Frites and Tableside Martinis in the Former Soho Dos Caminos Space

With a menu of mashups like an everything-bagel Caesar salad, martini oysters, and disco steak fries, the Corner Store has opened this week in what had been Dos Caminos since 2004 (475 West Broadway at Houston Street). It’s a 4,500-square-foot, 130-seat space from a big-money team: One partner in the project is Tilman Fertitta, the founder of the Houston-based Landry’s, Inc, which features restaurants as disparate as the Palm — which Landry’s acquired for $45 million back in 2020 — Bubba Gump Shrimp Co., and Morton’s the Steakhouse in its portfolio. The maximalist restaurant could be the group’s next chain in the making, complete with a mascot of sorts known as Oli, the martini man etched behind the bar.

Fertitta, a partner in Catch Hospitality since 2017, joins the group’s restaurateurs, Eugene Remm and Mark Birnbaum, in opening the Corner Store, the first NYC concept the Catch group has opened in 13 years. Catch features restaurants in New York, Miami, Dallas, and Los Angeles, the latter where Britney Spears famously wrote a review on one of her first nights as a “free woman.”

While the CVs of the partners point to chains, for now, the spot is angling as a “small, local” neighborhood spot, Remm told Eater.

To transition to the Corner Store, the old Dos Caminos space was stripped down to the studs, says Remm, for an overhaul of the space that includes a 13-seat bar with a green onyx counter (a home for Oli the martini man, the behind the bar mascot). A candy-striped upholstered booth divides the space between the bar and the dining areas, while the banquettes display green-on-green velvet and leather. Off the dining space, there’s a 50-seat enclosed glass patio with a retractable awning, a space that opens in the warmer months, outfitted with armchairs and enamel tabletops.

The Corner Store pairs the nostalgia of a tavern with the maximalist leanings of places like Bad Roman in its mashups. The website claims it nods to “classic childhood flavors” for some dishes, while others “finesse familiar favorites.”

It’s a big menu, with raw items (tartare, shrimp cocktail, $12.50 to $24); starters and salads (spinach artichoke dip, five-cheese pizza rolls, $18 to $25); the butcher’s counter (wagyu French dip, rib-eye, $35 to $68), and entrees (lobster frites, Dover sole $28 to $89). The menu comes from Catch Hospitality’s culinary director, Michael Vignola, with executive chef Paul Castro of Catch New York and before that, Nobu.

The Corner Store

Drinks are not ignored here, with tableside martini service for cocktails like Oli’s Dirty Martini made with olive-oil-washed vodka; a tomato martini with housemade tomato water; and a sour cream and onion martini with spring onion cream-washed gin. Martinis are $19 to $21, while martini service — two different martinis (Oli’s Dirty and Tomato) costs $40.

In keeping with maximalist leanings, there’s a vodka-based Pornstar Royale cocktail with passion fruit, Champagne, and a frothy egg white finish, according to the menu. The cocktail crew includes beverage director Lucas Robinson, Alexis Belton (previously of the Aviary), and Dev Johnson (previously of Employees Only).

The Corner Store

The Corner Store is open from 5 p.m. to midnight daily, with reservations available via Resy.