Union Square Hospitality Group, the restaurant company founded by Danny Meyer, will open its first full-service Brooklyn restaurant at the Hotel Bossert in Brooklyn Heights, taking a 3,200-square-foot ground-floor space in the landmark building, according to reports in late May 2026 from Commercial Observer and The Real Deal.

The deal puts one of New York’s most decorated hospitality groups — the company behind Union Square Cafe, Gramercy Tavern and The Modern — into a historic address at 98 Montague Street, the spine of Brooklyn Heights’ main commercial corridor. The restaurant is slated to open in 2028.

The building

The Hotel Bossert, a 1909 building once known as “the Waldorf-Astoria of Brooklyn,” has cycled through plans for years, including a long-stalled hotel conversion. It is now owned by SomeraRoad, the development firm founded by Ian Ross, which has been repositioning the property. Meyer’s restaurant would anchor the building’s ground floor on Montague Street, a stretch dense with longtime Brooklyn Heights retail and dining.

A specific name, chef and concept for the restaurant were not disclosed in the reports. USHG’s portfolio spans fine dining (The Modern, Gramercy Tavern), neighborhood restaurants (Union Square Cafe, Maialino-era projects), the all-day Daily Provisions cafés and the rooftop Manhatta in the Financial District.

A company in expansion mode

The Bossert deal lands as USHG pushes well beyond its Manhattan base. The group is bringing Ci Siamo and Daily Provisions to Boston’s Seaport District, announced its first Detroit project at the new Hudson’s Detroit tower for 2026, and has been scouting in other markets. The common thread is a move into ground-floor anchor spaces in marquee developments — exactly the role the Bossert restaurant is built to play.

For Brooklyn Heights, a high-income, brownstone-dense neighborhood that has historically had relatively few destination restaurants relative to its wealth, a full-service USHG room is a notable get. The borough has drawn a steady stream of Manhattan operators in recent years, but a flagship from Meyer’s group — separate from its more portable Daily Provisions and Shake Shack formats — signals a bet on Brooklyn as a place for the company’s full-service hospitality model.

Why it matters

Meyer built USHG on the idea he calls “enlightened hospitality,” and the group’s restaurants have functioned as proving grounds for chefs and managers who go on to run their own celebrated kitchens. Where USHG plants a full-service flag tends to shape a neighborhood’s dining gravity; the original Union Square Cafe helped anchor the Union Square area’s revival, and Gramercy Tavern became a Flatiron fixture.

With a 2028 opening, the Bossert project is years out, and details remain thin. But the lease itself is the news: after decades centered in Manhattan, one of the city’s defining restaurant companies is committing a full-service restaurant to Brooklyn for the first time.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Danny Meyer's new Brooklyn restaurant?
At the Hotel Bossert, 98 Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights, in a 3,200-square-foot ground-floor space.
Is this Union Square Hospitality Group's first Brooklyn restaurant?
Yes. Per Commercial Observer and The Real Deal, it is USHG's first full-service restaurant in Brooklyn.
When will it open?
The restaurant is slated to open in 2028.
Who owns the Hotel Bossert?
The building is owned by developer SomeraRoad, founded by Ian Ross.