{"id":29436,"date":"2025-07-01T08:59:40","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T08:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/29436\/"},"modified":"2025-07-01T08:59:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T08:59:40","slug":"yellow-rose-team-opens-rose-marie-in-williamsburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/29436\/","title":{"rendered":"Yellow Rose Team Opens Rose Marie in Williamsburg"},"content":{"rendered":"

A patty melt walks into a bar\u2026or is it a restaurant? Rose Marie<\/a> is still trying to figure it out, but you don\u2019t need to think too hard: this is just a plain fun hangout. At the new spot from the couple behind Yellow Rose, which opened over the weekend, the sandwich is sure to be a crowd favorite, topped with a pickled green tomato. It\u2019s one of several dishes influenced by specials that first appeared at Krystiana and Dave Rizo\u2019s East Village restaurant, and now, after various tweaks, have found a home of their own.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a whole day where we were just making and eating patty melts,\u201d says Krystiana of how they agreed on the one. \u201cThere were many different variations \u2014 obviously, everyone has their opinions on what they think the perfect patty melt is, because it is such a classic dish.\u201d <\/p>\n

The new Williamsburg spot is a little more freeform in theme: a little Southern but not explicitly so, the type of place where you can stop by for a full meal (saltine-crusted fish) or a snack (a toast piled high with Campo Rosso Farm corbaci peppers, sungold tomatoes, parmesan and olive oil); seasonally-driven drinks like a pickled rhubarb martini or a guava daiquiri, a bar menu designed by Yellow Rose and Ramona bar alum Margaret Fitzgerald. <\/p>\n

The name Rose Marie refers to the Bob Dylan song \u201cGoin\u2019 to Acapulco\u201d (It\u2019s also fitting as their business partner, Tracy Spetka\u2019s mom, is named Rosemary). The design is a hodgepodge of things they\u2019ve picked up from various auction sites and even from their own home \u2014 the kind of couple that\u2019s down to drive out of the way to pick up the kind of clown art piece that completes a wall. A requisite Cevallos Brothers<\/a> poster hangs in the bathroom, a poster from the Les Blank film, Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers, in the dining room. <\/p>\n

The Rizos had been looking for a space for another project for a few years now. \u201cWe don\u2019t have any outside investors, it\u2019s literally just me and Dave,\u201d says Krystiana. \u201c They landed on 524 Lorimer Street, at Ainslie Street, in Williamsburg, a quiet corner of the neighborhood that had previously been a short-lived restaurant, a storefront with character and plenty of natural light.<\/p>\n

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While searching, the couple knew they didn\u2019t want it to be another Tex-Mex spot like Yellow Rose. \u201cDave never thought he\u2019d be cooking Tex-Mex \u2014 that was never really his thing,\u201d she says. It sort of happened accidentally. During the pandemic, the San Antonio natives started doing taco pop-ups that took off \u2013 and saw there was a market for it. In 2020, they opened Yellow Rose, the restaurant, as a love letter to their home state<\/a>, and in the process, helped give handmade flour tortillas their long-overdue moment<\/a> in New York. <\/p>\n

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Dave, who before opening the restaurant, worked at Superiority Burger, has always been the kind of chef who loves to tinker with vegetable-centric dishes, changing frequently by what\u2019s available at the farmers market. But the blessing and the curse of being a restaurant known for something \u2014 in Yellow Rose\u2019s case, tacos \u2014 meant that most people want to stick to the signatures and not deviate too much. Rose Marie dishes like the chicken cutlet topped with a creamy Campo Rosso Farm slaw were first piloted in some form there and now get full attention from diners.<\/p>\n

The businesses can stand alone from each other, but no matter their space, the Rizos have a knack for creating a casual, friendly atmosphere that doesn\u2019t take itself too seriously \u2014 the very type of place that has developed strong fanfare and regulars. \u201cFor us, our philosophy has always been the kind of place that everyone can hang out in,\u201d no matter their mood or price point. <\/p>\n

Rose Marie is open right now daily from 5 until midnight, and is considering adding brunch down the line: \u201cWe\u2019re feeling it out and seeing what the neighborhood wants.\u201d<\/p>\n

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