Hello Sailor occupies a 4,000-square-foot, marina-adjacent property in nearby Cornelius, a lake town that Joe Kindred says is popular with Charlotte-dwellers looking for weekend recreation.

When it opens, Sailor will seat around 39 people inside, with room for more on the sidewalk in nice weather. “I think this neighborhood could use another good restaurant,” Stulman says.

When Alex Pincus was approached about starting a restaurant in Hudson Yards last October, he had reservations. He and his ...

Sailor, which was opened in September, is owned by the restaurateur Gabriel Stulman with his wife, Gina. It is the most mature restaurant of his career, and Ms. Bloomfield’s, too.