The Waverly Inn Restaurant

West Village, New York –

The green farmhouse façade of The Waverly Inn may suggest a typical West Village café, but the chic or connected patrons who actually get a table will find a bustling gastropub with a hint of downtown elitism.

Another venture by Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter, the venue features a décor of velvety red walls, copper bulldog sconces, pictures of the 1940s Brooklyn Dodgers, and a working white marble fireplace that sets the scene for the clientele of wealthy locals, successful artists, and older corporate types who mull around the weathered wooden bar as they await their tables.

The spacious main dining room has enough candlelit tables and vintage red velvet chairs to accommodate the fashion editors and publishing types chatting over their upscale cuisine, and enough mirrors in hand-carved frames to allow them to keep a discreet eye on the who’s-who patrons strolling through the crowd.

A semi-enclosed outdoor space called the Conservatory, replete with a glass greenhouse ceiling and ivy-covered exposed brick, provides a relaxing place for guests to hobnob in the open air in the summer or enjoy the roaring fire in the winter.

Somewhat pretentious but always loud and lively, Waverly Inn offers an exclusive scene that might just be worth the wait.