[1] The restaurant was founded by restaurateurs and married couple Jody Williams and Rita Sodi, their third collaborative project after Via Carota and Bar Pisellino, and fifth overall.

'"[9] Another restaurant inspired by Shaker cookbooks and cuisine, Stissing House, opened in 2022 in Pine Plains, a town in the Hudson Valley.

"[11] Wells further noted that candles might have helped soften the "Protestant severity" of the interior, but did refer to the furniture as "more comfortable than its penitential appearance suggests".

[12] Platt wrote that the cheese on the rarebit "wasn't quite melted" and that the cod cakes were "listless" and that they "lacked any trace of...just-cooked crunch.

"[12] Wells and Platt both anticipated that the arrival of spring—both reviews were written in winter—might meaningfully change the quality of the food at Commerce Inn, given the impact the season has on ease of access to fresh produce.

[12][11] In November 2023, Wells included Commerce Inn on a list of taverns in New York City where one could "have a drink and a bite while you escape the weather and anything else that’s giving you the chills".