London-based chef Thomas Straker is scheduled to open Straker’s New York on October 10 at 59 Grand Street, at West Broadway, in the former Lucky Strike space. Eater New York describes Lucky Strike as a former Keith McNally fixture. The restaurant is Straker’s first outside the United Kingdom.
The opening was initially planned for late September, according to Eater. Its account describes a room with an open kitchen and green stone, plus dining areas with leather banquettes, dark wood and warm lighting.
A restaurant opening in a changing neighborhood
SoHo’s built environment reflects earlier changes in how its commercial buildings were used. A New York City Planning Commission report locates a separate project site within the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District and refers to a 1973 designation report. That is neighborhood context, not a claim that Straker’s specific building has a historic designation. Artists moved into vacant SoHo lofts.
Commercial data offers a broader frame, but not a reading of this block. In November 2024, the Department of City Planning issued a storefront report. Separately, the SoHo Broadway Initiative reported 85 percent retail occupancy in its district as of December 9, 2024. That district-wide figure does not establish the occupancy or business mix around Straker’s address.
One separate example of restaurant succession
A different downtown address illustrates how successor restaurants can have their own timelines. Eater NY reported that the Great Jones Cafe operated in NoHo from 1983 to 2018; the Jones opened at 54 Great Jones Street in 2019, was renamed Jolene in 2021 and later closed. It is a separate site and succession from Lucky Strike and Straker’s, and one example does not establish a pattern of restaurant openings or closures.
A London menu adapted for New York
The restaurant’s posted menu includes snacks, starters, pastas, meat, fish and sides.
