Celebrity chef David Bouley is about to add another castle to his empire. He has signed a lease for a 10,000-square-foot restaurant at 10 Hudson Square, along Varick Street. Set to open January 2009, it will be a casual dining spot.

Bouley splashed onto the culinary scene in 1987 when he opened his eponymous restaurant, Bouley, in Tribeca. Not only did it earn four stars from The New York Times, but also the James Beard Foundation awards for best restaurant and best chef. In those days, he was one-half of a celebrity couple (with Bernadette Peters), and his restaurant was frequented by the likes of Warren Beatty, Bill Cosby and Woody Allen. In 1994, People magazine selected him as one of its “50 Most Beautiful People.”

Bouley closed in 1996 but since then the chef has opened numerous eateries, including Danube, The Bouley Bakery and Upstairs in New York, and Evolution in South Beach. Having worked at such venerable restaurants as Le Cirque, Le Périgord and La Côte Basque, Bouley has worked with the best in the industry and has garnered many awards and stars, including two Michelin stars. The original Bouley received the number-one Zagat Survey ranking in food and popularity of New York City Restaurants, receiving a 29 out of a possible 30, which no other other restaurant has been able to achieve.

The new restaurant is yet unnamed but is expected to be an asset to the Tribeca community. It will be Bouley’s fourth in New York (currently open) and a fifth, Brushstroke, will open tentatively in the fall of this year, for which he has partnered with Yoshiki Tsuji, president of the largest cooking school in Japan.

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