The big fish came out to celebrate Lure Fishbar’s 20th anniversary.
The bash was bait for “a reunion of the OGs” — as one partygoer put it — for its birthday celebration on Tuesday.
And it was everything a seafood-scarfing, yacht-loving, nightlife crowd would expect: five hours of nonstop dancing, caviar bumps, an open bar, and stories of the good ol’ days on Mercer and Prince.
Ronnie Madra and Maye Musk celebrated with Lure owner John McDonald. Ben Rosser/BFA.com“Last night was like a reunion, an old-school downtown celebration,” owner John McDonald told Page Six the morning after.
A jovial McDonald and Chef Preston Clark worked the room, greeting over 300 guests including Maye Musk, Ann Dexter Jones, Candace Bushnell, and Dan Abrams individually. Clark doled out caviar bumps as Dexter Jones stood on the banquettes, dancing in one of the restaurant’s booths as DJ Kieren Taylor played classics by Prince, Madonna, and Janet and Michael Jackson, which also had former ‘The Real Housewives of New York” star Dorinda Medley hitting the dance floor.
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“This dining room has packed in thousands of memories over the past 20 years and last night is yet another – as Preston often says, ‘Friday night in NYC, every night at Lure,” McDonald said.
And, of course, the party wouldn’t have been as special without McDonald’s partners in nightlife stopping by to fete 20 years of the nautical celeb hot spot, which counts Taylor Swift, Chris Rock, and LeBron James as some of its regulars.
Former “RHONY” star Dorinda Medley hanging with Rose Swarbrick, Candace Bushnell and Nicole Miller. Ben Rosser/BFA.comDavid Rabin, Noah Tepperberg, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Monica Novo, Jean-Marc Houmard, Jonathan Morr, Scott Sartiano, Nur Khan, Carlos Quirarte, Nelly Moudime, and Roberrt Collins were just a few of McDonald’s longtime nightlife pals who popped in to cheers him.
Lure opened in Soho on the corner of Prince and mercer Streets in 2004. Ben Rosser/BFA.comOther notable guests at the bash included: Patrick McMullan, Michelle Hicks, Steven Sebring, Victoria Brito, DJ Niks, Aku Orraca-Tettah, Phil Meynell, Rose Swarbrick, Nicole Miller, DJ Eva Vos, Omar Hernandez, CT Hedden, Myrna Suarez, George Hahn, Brendan Fallis, Hannah Bronfman, Jennifer Fisher, Donna D’Cruz and Tom Silverman.
We hear guests continued twirling at nearby bars The Mulberry and Temple after the celebration ended.
