Tribeca Grill is a New American restaurant located at 375 Greenwich Street ( at Franklin Street ) in Tribeca , Manhattan , in New York City , co-owned by Robert De Niro , Drew Nieporent and Lou Diamond Phillips , among others . It opened in 1990 . The Executive Chef is Scott Burnett . The " large mahogany bar is from the Maxwell 's Plum restaurant . " During a film shoot in France in February 1998 , De Niro was questioned as a witness about the Bourgeois prostitution ring . De Niro denied any involvement , later filing a complaint . Despite saying at the time that he would not return to France , he later filmed there and presided over the jury at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival
2011 Cannes Film Festival
2011 Cannes Film Festival
Robert De Niro