claudine

What claudine does

Claudine is an independently owned, 26-seat fine dining restaurant operating from a single location at 225 Weybosset Street in downtown Providence, Rhode Island. Founded in 2024 by husband-and-wife chefs Josh Finger and Maggie McConnell — both alumni of Thomas Keller's Per Se in New York — the restaurant offers a nine-course, market-driven French-inspired chef's tasting menu that changes frequently, sometimes nightly, with a stated emphasis on Northeast seafood and seasonal ingredients. Service runs Thursday through Sunday evenings, with guests seated at a counter-style arrangement centered on a fully open kitchen and no walk-ins accepted.

The underlying "technology" of the business is the chef-driven operating model itself: a small, intentionally constrained physical format (single dining room, 26 seats, nine-course progression) that enables disciplined sourcing, menu iteration, and a curated natural-wine program. Reservations are managed through Tock with a $185 per-guest deposit applied to the final bill, and the company offers optional beverage pairings (Chef's Wine Pairing $100, Reserve Wine Pairing $200, Non-Alcoholic Pairing $75), a $75-per-bottle corkage option, and a full-restaurant buyout product for private events. There are no proprietary software products, APIs, apps, or technology integrations.

The business makes money almost entirely from a single revenue line: per-cover tasting menu revenue plus ancillary beverage and buyout spend, captured at the point of reservation via non-refundable deposits. Go-to-market is event- and editorial-driven rather than paid, with the restaurant's profile built through coverage in Wine Spectator, Boston Globe, Rhode Island Monthly, Providence Journal, Edible Rhody, and a 2026 James Beard Foundation semifinalist nomination for Best New Restaurant. The customer base consists of individual fine-dining enthusiasts willing to commit to a $185+ per-person ticket and adhere to strict dietary and timing policies, served exclusively within a 26-seat single-room venue.

Name

claudine

Legal name

Claudine

Website

https://claudinepvd.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Claudine is a privately held, 26-seat tasting-menu restaurant in downtown Providence, Rhode Island, founded in 2024 by Per Se alumni chefs Josh Finger and Maggie McConnell, serving a nine-course French-inspired chef's tasting menu with natural wine pairings to fine-dining guests.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fine Dining Restaurant

NAICS

Full-Service Restaurants (722511), Restaurants and Other Eating Places (72251)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Chef’s Table & Tasting Menu Restaurants (THAFACAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Private Culinary Experiences (Chef’s Table, Home Dining, Market-to-Meal) (THAJALAH)

Keywords

• Fine dining restaurant
• Chef tasting menu
• Natural wine program
• New England cuisine
• Intimate dining experience

Headquarters

HQ city

Providence

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Tasting Menu Revenue: The primary revenue stream comes from the $185 per guest Chef's Tasting Menu. Reservations are secured with a $185 per guest deposit at the time of booking through Tock, which is applied toward the final bill. Beverage pairings are available as add-ons.
2. Beverage Pairings: Optional wine and beverage pairings offered at reservation: Chef's Wine Pairing ($100), Reserve Wine Pairing ($200), Non-Alcoholic Pairing ($75). Corkage fee of $75 per 750ml bottle with a two bottle limit per person.
3. Full Restaurant Buyout: Full restaurant buyout option available for larger groups. Contact [email protected] for buyout availability.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Claudine is an intimate 26-seat, reservation-only restaurant serving a nine-course, market-driven chef's tasting menu rooted in classic French cuisine with emphasis on Northeast seafood and produce. The $185 per guest menu is booked through Tock with a refundable deposit that applies to the final bill, and optional wine, reserve wine, or non-alcoholic pairings are offered as add-ons. The experience is delivered in a single dining room built around a fully open kitchen, with full restaurant buyouts available for private events.

Product overview

Claudine is an intimate 26-seat restaurant offering a single nine-course chef's tasting menu for $185 per guest, featuring market-driven French-inspired cuisine with Northeast seafood emphasis. The restaurant operates as a unified dining experience without modular products—guests receive the tasting menu as the complete offering, with optional beverage pairing add-ons available. No technology products, APIs, or software integrations are offered.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Chef's Tasting Menu Nine-course, market-driven chef's tasting menu rooted in classic French cuisine with emphasis on Northeast seafood and seasonal produce, priced at $185 per guest for individual diners and small parties of 1-5 guests served Thursday through Sunday.
• Beverage Pairings Optional beverage pairing add-ons selected at reservation: Chef's Wine Pairing ($100), Reserve Wine Pairing ($200), and Non-Alcoholic Pairing ($75), with a corkage fee of $75 per 750ml bottle (two-bottle limit per person).

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Le Bernardin: Le Bernardin is an iconic NYC seafood-focused fine dining restaurant emphasizing French technique. Overlaps with Claudine on the French-inspired seafood emphasis of the tasting menu and Northeast product sourcing, but operates at a substantially larger scale.
• Eleven Madison Park: Eleven Madison Park is a celebrated NYC tasting menu restaurant offering a multi-course plant-forward menu with optional beverage pairings. Comparable in the high-end tasting menu + premium beverage pairing model, though operating at a much larger scale and brand tier than Claudine.
• Per Se: Per Se is Thomas Keller's flagship fine dining restaurant in NYC where Claudine's founders trained. Comparable in French-inspired tasting menu philosophy, premium pricing, and commitment to seasonal Northeast ingredients, but at substantially larger scale and brand recognition.

Direct peers

• Hjem: Hjem is an intimate single-room tasting menu restaurant in Seattle with a Scandinavian-influenced set menu, similar in scale and structure to Claudine. Both concepts rely on a small chef team, seasonal menus, and reservation-only operating models with optional beverage pairings.
• Tallulah on Thames: Tallulah on Thames is an intimate chef-driven tasting menu restaurant in Newport, RI offering seasonal New England cuisine with wine pairings. Closest geographic and conceptual peer to Claudine — both are small, chef-owned, single-room tasting menu concepts in Rhode Island targeting fine dining enthusiasts.
• Oberlin: Oberlin is a chef-driven Providence restaurant offering seasonal New England cuisine. Direct same-market competitor to Claudine, targeting overlapping fine dining enthusiasts in Downtown Providence with comparable culinary positioning.
• Alayne on Saratoga: Alayne on Saratoga is a small tasting menu restaurant in Saratoga Springs, NY offering a seasonal multi-course experience. Comparable to Claudine in intimate seating, chef-owned operation, market-driven menu, and high-end regional positioning outside a major metro.

Regional players

• The Dorrance: The Dorrance is a fine dining restaurant in Downtown Providence set in a historic bank building, offering seasonal American cuisine. Same Providence market as Claudine, overlapping on fine dining clientele but operating a larger, broader menu format.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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