Yankees fans will soon be able to get a taste of their favorite stadium steakhouse — in a prime Manhattan location.
NYY Steak, a partnership between the New York Yankees and the Hard Rock Cafe, is scouting for new spots in the city, with the first one likely to be in Midtown, Side Dish has learned.
“NYY Steak has been a great success at Yankee Stadium,” said Yankees spokeswoman Alice McGillion. “We have been looking at other sites for the restaurant, including sites in Manhattan, but nothing has been determined.”
At the upscale steakhouse, carnivores can nosh on a 28 oz. Porterhouse for $54.75 and Maine lobster at $25 a pound, while they take in the “signature wall” featuring dozens of autographs of Yankees greats.
Meantime, night-life club and restaurant kings Michael Hirtenstein, Eugene Remm and Mark Birnbaum of EMM Group’s Abe and Arthur’s, SL and Tenjune are opening two new hot spots.
The first is Catch, a sprawling seafood restaurant and lounge slated to open by the end of the summer at 21 Ninth Ave. in the heart of the Meatpacking District.
Chef Hung Huynh, a widely praised past “Top Chef” winner, has been working with EMM executive chef Franklin Becker.
Catch will have 200 seats on two floors, as well as a rooftop lounge.
EMM also plans to open Lexington Brass, short for “brasserie,” a 110-seat venue at the Hersha hotel group’s Hyatt 48 Lex hotel.
EMM generated $40 million in revenue last year and is projected to generate about $70 million in 2012, thanks in large part to its expansion plans, Hirtenstein told Side Dish.
The company’s new Hamptons hotspot SL East opened in East Hampton on Memorial Day weekend.